Medicare Extends Medical Telehealth Billing

Healthcare privacy law is evolving — and February 16, 2026 is a firm compliance deadline for new federal privacy requirements that affect how clinics handle and communicate about substance use disorder (SUD) treatment records. These changes come from HHS’s update...

CMS is improving the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) program by switching to electronic fee coupons and CLIA certificates. After March 1, 2026, paper fee coupons and CLIA certificates will no longer be available; we’ll stop mailing paper...

December 18, 2025 Effective January 1, the application fee is $750 for institutional providers who are: Initially enrolling in the Medicare or Medicaid programs or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Revalidating their Medicare, Medicaid, or CHIP enrollment...

National Association of Rural Health Clinics (NARHC) needs your help! As many of you know, Congress failed to extend Medicare medical telehealth coverage by September 30, so these flexibilities have lapsed. While our top priority is to reinstate these critical...

NARHC is thrilled to announce the introduction of three new bills to strengthen and modernize the Rural Health Clinic (RHC) program: the Modernizing Rural Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner Utilization Act (H.R.5199), Rural Health Clinic Location Modernization...

It is critical to know when your revalidation with TMHP is due. Let us take care of this and all your credentialing needs - contact us today! The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is requiring assistance from MCOs to enhance provider outreach efforts...

Trump’s First 100 Days and What’s to Come – Policy Updates for RHCs Health policy has been a much discussed topic since the Trump Administration’s second term and the 119th Congress began just a fewmonths ago! Currently, Members of Congress are debating reforms to the...

Dear NARHC Members, Please join us on December 10 at 4 PM Eastern Time for our 2024 Annual Membership meeting. In this virtual meeting, our NARHC Executive Committee (President Mandy Shelast, Vice President Shannon Chambers, and Secretary/Treasurer Denise Schentrup)...

NARHC has been engaging with CMS over the last year in an attempt to resolve the CPT Category II code issue for RHCs, including through a letter to the CMS Administrator. We are very pleased to report that CMS recently issued a CMS Change Request to allow Category II...

Dear RHC Community, On November 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the CY 2025Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Final Rule. NARHC is very pleased to report that the rule finalizes several Rural Health Clinic (RHC) specific policy...