<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Greetings,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">This was sent to me by Deb La Marche, NRTRC. It provides the most succinct description of these two notices for proposed rule making. If you are interested in providing comments to the FCC, you will need to read the documents in their entirety. If not, the fact sheets will give you the basic information.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Best,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Cathy</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Deb LaMarche</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:deb.lamarche@utn.org">deb.lamarche@utn.org</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Jul 12, 2019 at 10:45 AM<br>Subject: [NRTRC Board] FCC Health Care Initiatives<br>To: <a href="mailto:NRTRC-board@lists.uen.org">NRTRC-board@lists.uen.org</a> <<a href="mailto:NRTRC-board@lists.uen.org">NRTRC-board@lists.uen.org</a>><br></div><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Just a heads up that the FCC has issued two recent documents that should be of interest to health care providers. Here are links to them. These will be discussed at our conference.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Promoting Telehealth for Low-Income Consumers<u></u><u></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Notice of Proposed Rulemaking – WC Docket No. 18-213<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-358067A1.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-358067A1.pdf</span></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">72 pages, but starts with a 1-page Fact Sheet<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">This proposes the establishment of a $100 million pilot program to deliver health care to patients in their homes. There is a 30 day comment period after publication in the Federal Register, followed by a reply
comment period which closes 60 days after publication in the Federal Register. The actual order will come out sometime after that, perhaps sometime this fall?<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(<i>Editorial note from me</i>: Be aware that generally the FCC only covers broadband costs. It sounds as though they
<b>may</b> consider covering telehealth equipment if the connectivity is embedded within it. However, the FCC will not cover programmatic costs, including personnel, so applicants will need to be prepared to cover these costs themselves.)<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Promoting Telehealth in Rural America<u></u><u></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Report and Order – WC Docket No. 17-310<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-358434A1.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-358434A1.pdf</span></a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">151 pages (!) but starts with a 1-page Fact Sheet<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This is a draft which will be discussed at the FCC Commission meeting on August 1. The intent is to reform the Rural Health Care program, something that is badly needed.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Deb<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting"">Deb LaMarche</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Program Director & PI, <b><a href="https://nrtrc.org/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none">Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource Center</span></a></b><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">801-587-6190 office | 801-690-3406 cell |
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">The NRTRC is proud to be part of the
<a href="https://www.telehealthresourcecenter.org/" target="_blank">National Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers</a><u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
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