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Rural Health Care Program of the Universal Service Fund
The Rural Health Care Program of the Universal Service Fund (USF), which is administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC), is a support program authorized by Congress and designed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to provide reduced rates to rural health care providers (HCPs) for telecommunications services and Internet access charges related to the use of telemedicine & tele-health. The Rural Health Care Program of the Universal Service Fund makes discounts available to eligible rural health care providers for telecommunication services and monthly Internet service charges. The program is intended to ensure that rural health care providers pay no more for telecommunications in the provision of health care services than their urban counterparts.
Resources
August 10, 2010 Proposed Rule on Rural Health Care Universal Service
February 28, 2011 Proposed Rule on Modernizing the FCC Data Program, Form 477
Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Universal Service, Rural Health Care Program
FCC. Section 5. Rural health care support. Monitoring Report. December 2008.
Rural Health Care Pilot Program homepage
2010 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking homepage