This illustrates how we assist rural and urban healthcare facilities.
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C O N F I D E N T I A L
Agenda 1. Introduction
2. Rural Health Care Program Overview
3. Eligibility Requirements
4. Consortium Overview
5. Eligible Services
6. Required Forms
7. Questions
Rural Health Care Program
Rural Health Care (RHC) Program
$591 Million Annual Funds to provide reduced rates to Healthcare Providers. • Healthcare Connect Fund (HCF) Program • Provides Eligible Health Care Providers (HCP’s) and Consortia with up to 65% discount on eligible expenses related to “broadband” connectivity Where does the money come from? • Telecommunications companies are required by the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to make annual contributions to make up the Universal Service Fund. • USAC (Universal Service Administration Company) administers this for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
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Segra • Funding Year (FY) 2016 -$400 Million • Funding Year (FY) 2017 -$571 Million • Funding Year (FY) 2018 -$591 Million
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Eligible Entities Rural, not-for-profit, or one of the following provider types:
Community Health Centers or Centers that provide health care to migrants Dedicated Emergency Rooms of “RURAL” for-profit hospitals
Community Mental Health or Behavioral Health Centers
Hospitals • Urban hospital under 400 beds has no annual funding cap • Urban hospital over 400 beds has an annual funding cap of $30K • Rural hospital has no funding cap
Rural Health Clinics and FQHC’s (Federally Qualified Health Center
Consortia of HCPs consisting of one or more eligible entities
Teaching Hospitals or Medical Schools • No cap for an Urban teaching hospital
Skilled Nursing Facilities
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Eligible Services
Eligible Services
Voice • Converged PRI • SIP Trunks • ISDN PRI
Managed Services • Managed Ethernet • Managed MPLS • SD-WAN • Hosted Firewall • Managed Switches • Managed Routers
Cloud –Not Yet • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) • Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) • Backup as a Service (BaaS) • Data Centers & Colocations
Network • Ethernet • Dedicated Internet Access (DIA) • Dark Fiber • Cable • 4G LTE • DS1, DS3, & T-1’s for Data
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Contact Information Jarion Manning Major Account Executive
Work: 984-222-1322 Cell: 919-306-6591 jarion.manning@segra.com
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