Rural Health Care
About Rural Health Care:
- Overview of the Program
- Overview of the Process
- Monthly Conference Calls
- Individual Outreach
- Understanding Audits
- Training Events
- Filing Appeals
- Rural Health Care Pilot Program
Rural Health Care Tools:
Step 1: Determine Eligibility
Service providers that wish to participate in the Rural Health Care Program must be eligible.
All eligible telecommunications providers including interexchange carriers, local exchange carriers (LECs), competitive LECs, and all other common carriers, may receive support for providing discounted telecommunications service to eligible rural health care providers. (The FCC's Fourteenth Order on Reconsideration, CC Docket No. 96-45, FCC 99-256, eliminated the requirement that only eligible telecommunications carriers as defined by the FCC could participate in the Rural Health Care Program.)
All service providers with a Service Provider Identification Number issued by USAC may receive support for providing discounted Internet access to eligible rural health care providers.
If you have questions concerning the eligibility of a particular service provider, call USAC's Client Services Bureau at 1-888-641-8722.
