La. Admin. Code tit. 50, § XI-16101 - Purpose

A. The Rural Health Clinic (RHC) Act of 1977 authorized the development of rural health clinics to encourage and stabilize the provision of outpatient primary care in rural areas through cost-based reimbursement.

B. Rural health clinic regulations distinguish between two types of rural health clinics.

1. The independent RHC is a free-standing practice that is not part of a hospital, skilled nursing facility, or home health agency.

2. The provider-based RHC is an integral and subordinate part of a hospital, skilled nursing facility, or home health agency.

C. Rural health clinics improve the health status of Louisiana residents in rural and underserved areas by working proactively to build community health systems' capacity to provide integrated, efficient and effective health care services.

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La. Admin. Code tit. 50, § XI-16101

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of the Secretary, Bureau of Health Services Financing, LR 32:1904 (October 2006), repromulgated LR 32:2266 (December 2006).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:254 and Title XIX of the Social Security Act.