WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- Federal Communications Commission has issued a proposed rule called: Promoting Telehealth in Rural America.
The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on Aug. 31 by Marlene Dortch, Secretary.
Summary: In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks comments on the scope of the similar service and rural area comparability requirements, comments on possible improvements to, or replacements of, our existing cost study method of determining rural telecommunications rates, comments on possible methods of promoting the use of lower-cost technologies intended to provide backup services, comments on a proposal to establish an eligible services list for the Rural Health Care (RHC) Prog...