Rural health - additional resources
Listed below are additional resources identified specifically for rural health services:
First Coast resources
- Map of rural counties in Florida - Do you know if your practice or facility is in a rural area? Here is the Florida Department of Health map to help you identify Florida counties deemed rural.
- View recently released articles on billing and coverage from the First Coast Medicare website.
- All-inclusive payment for RHCs and FQHCs
- Telehealth services - Medicare pays for a limited number of Part B services furnished by a physician or practitioner to an eligible beneficiary via telecommunications system.
- Information on the PWK process - PWK allows documentation to be submitted with an initial claim. This process can be beneficial to those billing oncology and hematology drugs which require specific information to be supplied before processing the claim.
CMS resources
Rural health centers (RHCs)
- Rural health webpage - This webpage is the home for CMS rural health information and links to many helpful resources such as the rural health fact sheet, enrollment rules, and coding guidelines. You can also locate external links to national organizations, associations, and other valuable resources for rural health.
- Visit the Rural health clinics center on the CMS website.
- Rural health clinic fact sheet
- RHC certification and compliance - This webpage provides basic information about being certified as a Medicare and/or Medicaid RHC provider and includes links to applicable laws, regulations, and compliance information.
Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs)
- Visit the Federal qualified health centers (FQHC) center on the CMS website.
Critical access hospitals (CAHs)
- Visit the Critical access hospitals center on the CMS website.
- CAH certification and compliance - This webpage provides basic information about being certified as a Medicare and/or Medicaid RHC provider and includes links to applicable laws, regulations, and compliance information.
Additional resources
- RHC and FQHC conditions for coverage and participations - This webpage provides information on health and safety standards that FQHCs and RHCs must comply with to begin and continue participating in the Medicare program.
- Beneficiary notices - Both Medicare beneficiaries and providers have certain rights and protections related to financial liability under the Medicare program. These financial liability and appeal rights and protections are communicated to beneficiaries through notices given by providers.
- Telehealth services - Medicare pays for a limited number of Part B services furnished by a physician or practitioner to an eligible beneficiary via telecommunications system. View this booklet for more information on eligible services. (ICN 901705)
- Mental health visits via telecommunications for RHCs & FQHCs (SE22001) - RHCs and FQHCs can provide telecommunications for mental health visits using audio-video technology and audio-only technology.