Rural health clinic articles

Certain services are not considered RHC services because either they are not inlcuded in the RHC benefit or a Medicare benefit.

Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) mental health visits will include visits furnished using interactive, real-time telecommunications technology.

RHCs are paid on the basis of an encounter. An encounter is defined as “a face-to-face encounter between the patient and a practitioner (physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, nurse…

Rural health clinics (RHCs) were enacted with The Rural Health Clinic Services Act of 1977 (Public Law 95-210) to help address the unserved medical needs of Medicare beneficiaries in rural…

Here are additional educational resources identified specifically for rural health services.

Here are additional educational resources identified specifically for rural health services.

This gives a brief definition as to what constitutes an all inclusive payment for an RHC and an FQHC.