Clinics

Rural Physician Ass't Program

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In an effort to make our website more useful, we have pulled specific resources and information that we thought would be useful to rural clinics in the state.  

 

Rural Health Clinic Background and Research

  • A Comparison of the Rural Health Clinic and Federally Qualified Health Center Programs, HRSA: June 2006.
  • Meaningful Use of the Electronic Health Records by Rural Health Clinics. -  This report “identifies the rates of electronic health record (EHR) adoption among a national random sample of Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and the extent to which RHCs that have adopted an EHR are likely to achieve Stage 1 meaningful use. February 2014.
  • Profile of Rural Health Clinics: Clinic and Medicare Patient Characteristics - This report “presents a summary of the geographic distribution and clinic-level characteristics of rural health clinics, as well as an overview of the Medicare beneficiaries they served.” March 2013. 

  • Profile of Rural Health Clinics: Medicare Payments & Common Diagnoses: Review of 2009 Medicare Outpatient Claims Data - “Using data extracted from 2009 Medicare outpatient provider claims, this brief presents a summary profile of Medicare billing and reimbursement activity for independent and provider-based RHCs.” December 2012.

Operations and Policy

  • Starting a Rural Health Clinic – A How-to Manual - This manual provides information on RHC qualifications, feasibility, and filing an application, along with preparing for certification, completing a cost report, RHC coding and billing, and other information.

Reimbursement

  • Road to 10 - An online resource to support ICD-10 preparations.

Rural Health Clinic Resources

  • CMS Rural Health Clinics Home Page - This site provides RHC updates on policy changes, rules and regulations, billing and reimbursement, enrollment/certification, and other information.
  • National Association of Rural Health Clinics - The National Association of Rural Health Clinics is RHCs’ national trade association. The website features regular updates on reimbursement, events, resources, funding/grant opportunities, policy changes, links to other valuable resources, and there is a member portal.
  • 3RNet – National Rural Recruitment and Retention Network - A network of rural stakeholder who support rural organizations in the recruitment and retention of physicians and other health professionals.
  • Rural Health Information Hub (RHIhub) formerly Rural Assistance Center - The RHIhub is a national health and human services information portal. It includes tools, resources, research and other searchable information including grant opportunities.
  • RHC News Listserve - Operated by NARHC, the news listserve is a healthcare blog, where participants are appraised of news and where participants can pose rural health clinic questions. All participants can answer questions, so a NARHC administration monitors the site, assuring incorrect information is not being disseminated. To sign up contact vperkins@narhc.org.
  • RHC Technical Assistance Calls Listserve - The Technical Assistance listserve is a training site operated by NARHC, where participants are notified of upcoming webinars such as, ICD-10, updates on the RHC Manual, and quality improvement. To sign up contact vperkins@narhc.org.
  • ​Rural Health Clinic Technical Assistance Series - Approximately five calls are held each year to provide RHCs with information on operational and policy issues specific to RHCs. The series is conducted in coordination with NARHC and are recorded and made available on this website. Past series have featured: ICD-10, RHC manual updates, Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Grant Program, Civil Rights, Compliance Programs, and others.

 

Recordings of our previous trainings are listed below. For more, visit our "Virtual Library" page, by selecting the "Workshops" Content Type.

  • Rural Health Clinics 101 is designed to provide an overview of the Rural Health Clinic (RHC) Program including how to obtain certification, qualification, program requirements, compliance, Cost-Report submissions, and implications of RHC billing and payment.
     
  • The Rural Health Clinic Medicare Cost Reporting provides an overview of Medicare cost reporting for rural health clinics, including details on defining costs, allowable costs, flu vaccines, and Medicare bad debts. 
     
  • The Rural Health Clinic Medicare Billing provides an overview of billing for RHC services, billing for non-RHC services performed in a RHC, and Medicare payment for services.  
     
  • Rural Health Clinic Technical Assistance Series - Approximately five calls are held each year to provide RHCs with information on operational and policy issues specific to RHCs. The series is conducted in coordination with NARHC and are recorded and made available on this website. Past series have featured: ICD-10, RHC manual updates, Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Grant Program, Civil Rights, Compliance Programs, and others.

 

 

We have created a separate page for resources related to MBQIP.  Click here to access it. 

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MBQIP is a federal quality improvement initiative utilizing measures deemed relevant to rural settings. In Wisconsin, the project is managed by the WI‑ORH.  Rural hospitals report measures in the areas of HCAHPS, Emergency Department Transfer Communications (EDTC), outpatient, and influenza immunization. 

The Rural Health Clinics 101 Educational Webinar (2018) provides an overview of rural health clinics, including how to obtain certification, program requirements, Cost-Report submissions, and implications of RHC billing and payment.

The Rural Health Clinic Medicare Cost Reporting Webinar (2018) provides an overview of Medicare cost reporting for rural health clinics, including details on defining costs, allowable costs, flu vaccines, and Medicare bad debts. 

The Rural Health Clinic Medicare Billing Webinar (2018) provides an overview of billing for RHC services, billing for non-RHC services performed in a RHC, and Medicare payment for services.