If I am in the regular USAC Rural Health Care Program and I am under contract how will switching to the Rural Health Care Pilot Program be handled?
Neither the Rural Health Care Pilot Program nor the regular Rural Health Care program will pay early termination or contract penalties for existing services. The pilot program does not allow “double dipping,” or obtaining reimbursement for the same telecommunication connection under both the regular and the pilot program. The connection to the California Telehealth Network must be viewed as providing different services and not duplicate services funded by the regular program. The California Telehealth Network is currently exploring ways to handle the transition of applicable telecommunications between the regular program and the pilot program. USAC has provided the following guidance as it relates to participation in the regular and pilot programs and duplication and overlap of service: The regular rural health care program and rural health care pilot programs are two separate and distinct programs. There is no prohibition against HCPs participating in both programs at the same time, a
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