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Rural Healthcare Support Mechanism Item Circulates Among FCC Commissioners

An item on a proposed rural healthcare (RHC) support mechanism circulated on FCC's eighth floor Tuesday, said a circulation list posted Friday on the agency's website. The item could address a funding year 2019 shortfall allocating unused RHC money from…

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the prior funding year, an official said. It would also address funding year 2019 funding requests for multiyear payments that exceeded a budget sub-cap. Industry also wants the FCC to clarify new certification rules for its rural telehealth program set to take effect July 1, USTelecom said in a filing posted Friday to docket 17-310 and in meetings Tuesday with Wireline Bureau staff and commissioner aides. The commission voted in August to change the way it subsidizes its rural healthcare program despite widespread concerns (see 1908010041).