All Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) who received and accepted the Rural Testing Relief Fund Payment (RHC COVID-19 Testing Program) or the RHC COVID-19 Testing and Mitigation Program must report monthly the number of COVID-19 tests collected system wide (across all entities associated with the RHC's Tax Id Number (TIN)) and the number of positive COVID-19 Tests as required by the Terms and Conditions of accepting the payment.
All Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) that received a "Rural Testing Relief Fund Payment" of $49,461.42 to facilitate COVID-19 testing and COVID-19 related expenses. This payment was distributed on or around May 6, 2020. Click here for the Terms and Conditions.
All Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) that received a "Rural Health Clinic COVID-19 Testing and Mitigation Program (RHC CTM) payment of $100,000.00 to facilitate COVID-19 testing and mitigation related expenses. This payment was distributed on or around June 10, 2021. Click here for the Terms and Conditions.
Monthly
For the RHC COVID-19 Testing Program: RHCs have until October 31, 2020 to input data from May 2020 - October 2020, then reporting is to continue monthly until January 31, 2022.
For the RHC COVID-19 Testing and Mitigation Program: RHCs have until July 31, 2021 to register and report, then reporting is to continue monthly until January 31, 2023.
RHCs must report through the National Association of Rural Health Clinics (NARHC) Portal. ('Visit Portal Site' button above)
Email RHCcovidreporting@narhc.org with any questions.
From the Terms and Conditions: "Non-compliance with any Term or Condition is grounds for the Secretary to recoup some or all of the payments made."
From the Terms and Conditions: "The Recipient consents to the Department of Health and Human Services publicly disclosing the Payment that Recipient may receive from the Rural Testing Relief Fund. The Recipient acknowledges that such disclosure may allow some third parties to estimate the Recipient’s gross receipts or sales, program service revenue, or other equivalent information."
This data can be found here: https://taggs.hhs.gov/Coronavirus/RuralHealthClinics
Funding for Rural Health Clinics(RHCs) COVID-19 Testing Program was appropriated from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund under Public Law 116-139 a.k.a. the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act H.R.266 (2020)
In accepting the payment, the recipient acknowledges full compliance with the Terms and Conditions of the payment, including that "The Recipient shall submit reports as the Secretary determines are needed to ensure compliance with conditions that are imposed on this Payment, and such reports shall be in such form, with such content, as specified by the Secretary in future program instructions directed to all Recipients."
Funding for Rural Health Clinics(RHCs) COVID-19 Testing & Mitigation Program was appropriated under Section 2401 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (P.L. 117-2) H.R.1319 (2021)
Find a copy of the recorded NARHC TA Webinar 10-6-20 here: https://www.narhc.org/Document.asp?DocID=9146
NARHC RHC Reporting Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) can be found here: https://www.rhccovidreporting.com/faq/
