Arizona Rural Health Clinic Designation Manual - Arizona Center for ...
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G. Important Resources<br />
1) Starting a <strong>Rural</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Clinic</strong>- A How-to <strong>Manual</strong>, U.S. Department of <strong>Health</strong> and Human<br />
Services, <strong>Health</strong> Resources and Services Administration, Office of <strong>Rural</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Policy, 2004<br />
Available online at: http://ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/RHC/RHCmanual.htm<br />
This manual includes the following in<strong>for</strong>mation:<br />
-Overview of the RHC Program<br />
-Getting Started - Does Your Site Qualify<br />
-Feasibility Analysis - Is The RHC Program For You<br />
-How to File the RHC Application<br />
-Preparing <strong>for</strong> the RHC Certification Inspection<br />
-Completing the Cost Report<br />
-RHC Coding and Billing Issues<br />
-State Survey and Certification Agencies<br />
-State Offices of <strong>Rural</strong> <strong>Health</strong><br />
-Criteria <strong>for</strong> <strong>Designation</strong> as a HPSA or MUA<br />
-Sample Policy and Procedures <strong>Manual</strong><br />
-Other Resources<br />
2) Medicare Benefit Policy <strong>Manual</strong>: Chapter 13 - <strong>Rural</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Clinic</strong> (RHC) and Federally Qualified<br />
<strong>Health</strong> <strong>Center</strong> (FQHC) Services<br />
Available online at: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/manuals/Downloads/bp102c13.pdf<br />
This manual includes the following in<strong>for</strong>mation:<br />
-<strong>Rural</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Clinic</strong>s (RHCs) Defined<br />
-<strong>Rural</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Clinic</strong> and Federally Qualified <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Center</strong> Service Defined<br />
-Physician Services<br />
-Services and Supplies Furnished Incident to Physician’s Services<br />
-Nurse Practitioner, Certified Nurse Midwife, and Physician Assistant Services<br />
-Services and Supplies Incident to Nurse Practitioner’s, Certified Nurse Midwives’s<br />
-Conditions <strong>for</strong> Coverage of Visiting Nurse Services<br />
-<strong>Clinic</strong>al Psychologist Services Away and at the RHC/FQHC <strong>Clinic</strong> or <strong>Center</strong><br />
-<strong>Clinic</strong>al Social Worker (CSW) Services Away and at the RHC/FQHC <strong>Clinic</strong> or <strong>Center</strong><br />
3) Medicare Claims Processing <strong>Manual</strong>: Chapter 9 - <strong>Rural</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Clinic</strong>s/Federally Qualified<br />
<strong>Health</strong> <strong>Center</strong>s<br />
Available online at: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/manuals/downloads/clm104c09.pdf<br />
This manual includes the following in<strong>for</strong>mation:<br />
-General Differences Between RHCs and FQHCs<br />
-Method of Medicare Payment <strong>for</strong> RHC and FQHC Services<br />
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