FCC Releases Guidance on USF Rural Healthcare Rate Compliance
The FCC provided guidance on complying with USF rural healthcare program rules, with applications due through May 1 for the 2019 funding year beginning July 1. A telecom or broadband "service provider should determine the rural rate before it responds…
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to a health care provider’s request for bids (FCC Form 465) and ensure that the rate is sufficiently documented at that time," said a Wireline Bureau public notice in docket 02-60 and Tuesday's Daily Digest. "Once the health care provider selects a winning bid and service provider, and enters into a commitment, any attempt to change the rates or other contract terms could violate the program’s competitive bidding rules. ... [H]ealth care providers must have program-compliant rural rates supported by documentation in hand before they file their FCC Form 466 funding applications." The PN noted three methods that service and healthcare providers can use to determine rural rates.