RHC COVID Initiatives

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...

Dear RHC Community, We hope you will join us for our free, upcoming technical assistance webinar, Strengthening Rural Health: The Role of HPV Vaccination, in partnership with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital HPV Cancer Prevention Program. Rural life is a choice...

Hello RHC Community! The American Telemedicine Association is celebrating the week of September 16th as “Telehealth Awareness Week.” NARHC is pleased to add its voice to the important discussion about how telehealth is used by the over 5,500 Rural Health Clinics...

Free Webinar, Thursday August 15th The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS)Proposed Rule. This annual regulatory update contains a significant section specifically for RHCs, this year...

Dear RHC Community, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Proposed Rule. As a reminder, this annual rule provides regulatory updates to the fee schedule and also contains a significant section...

RHC Community, We hope you will join us for our free, upcoming technical assistance webinar, HHS Finalizes Section 1557 Nondiscrimination Rule –Impacts for RHCs. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) recently...

As Congress approaches the December 31st deadline to extend Medicare telehealth flexibilities, key committees in Congress have advanced differing pieces of legislation that will dictate federal telehealth policy in the years ahead. Since 2020, the use of telehealth...

Dear RHC Community, Over the last several weeks, the HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Department of Labor (DOL), and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) all released massive final rules covering policies ranging from...

CMS newly updated booklet for RHCs! The attached booklet provides updates on: RHC patient services Care management services Specifically, the booklet provides updated billing information for new RHC provider types and services: Marriage and Family Therapists (MFTs)...