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- Rural_health_clinic abstract "A Rural Health Clinic (RHC) is a clinic located in a rural, medically under-served area in the United States that has a separate reimbursement structure from the standard medical office under the Medicare and Medicaid programs. RHCs were established by the Rural Health Clinics Act (P.L. 95-210), (Section 1905 of the Social Security Act). The program was established to address an inadequate supply of physicians serving Medicare beneficiaries and Medicaid recipients in rural areas and to increase the utilization of non-physician practitioners. As of 2003, there were approximately 3,600 RHCs in the U.S.To encourage the development of RHCs serving rural, under-served communities, Medicare reimburses RHCs based on their reasonable and allowable costs. This is different from most medical providers in the United States, which are paid on a prospective payment system (PPS) under Medicare to lower overall costs. If a RHC is owned by a hospital with fewer than fifty beds, this cost-based payment is without a cap. If, however, the RHC owned by a hospital with more than fifty beds or is considered standalone or freestanding, the cost-based reimbursement is capped. This cap is adjusted annually for inflation and is at about $75 per visit. Medicaid reimbursement for RHCs, after the Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000, is based on a state-specific PPS.At the time of creation of an RHC, the clinic must be located in an area that has the following characteristics: defined as non-urban by the United States Census Bureau defined as medically under-served by one of the following characteristics: Primary Care Geographic Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) under Section 332(a)(1)(A) of the Public Health Service Act (PHS Act); Primary Care Population-Based HPSA under Section 332(a)(1)(B) of the PHS Act; Medically Underserved Area under Section 330(b)(3) of the PHS Act; or Governor-designated and Secretary-certified shortage area under Section 6213(c) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989.There are certain exceptions to the general location requirement for "essential providers," including sole community providers, major community providers, and specialty clinics.Like other medical providers, RHCs must provide certain services in order to qualify for the program. In addition, a RHC must employ a nurse practitioner (NP) or a physician assistant (PA) and have a NP, PA, or certified-nurse midwife available at least 50 percent of the time the RHC operates.".
- Rural_health_clinic wikiPageExternalLink rhc.html.
- Rural_health_clinic wikiPageExternalLink rural.asp.
- Rural_health_clinic wikiPageExternalLink www.narhc.org.
- Rural_health_clinic wikiPageExternalLink about_us.php.
- Rural_health_clinic wikiPageExternalLink rhc.php.
- Rural_health_clinic wikiPageExternalLink rural-health-clinics.
- Rural_health_clinic wikiPageExternalLink F095-210.html.
- Rural_health_clinic wikiPageID "22149199".
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- Rural_health_clinic hasPhotoCollection Rural_health_clinic.
- Rural_health_clinic subject Category:Clinics.
- Rural_health_clinic subject Category:Medicare_and_Medicaid_(United_States).
- Rural_health_clinic comment "A Rural Health Clinic (RHC) is a clinic located in a rural, medically under-served area in the United States that has a separate reimbursement structure from the standard medical office under the Medicare and Medicaid programs. RHCs were established by the Rural Health Clinics Act (P.L. 95-210), (Section 1905 of the Social Security Act).".
- Rural_health_clinic label "Rural health clinic".
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