Advantages, Disadvantages, and Strategies for Starting a Rural Health Clinic
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Sponsor: Healthcare Georgia Foundation and Georgia Rural Health Association
Session Description: Rural Health Clinics are a great tool to improve reimbursement for physician practices in rural areas in the appropriate circumstances. This webinar will discuss why RHCs can be advantageous for providers and in some cases why they are a costly mistake in this reimbursement environment. Healthcare reform has radically changed the reimbursement dynamics for starting RHCs and may affect your decision to become a rural health clinic or not.
Participants will gain from this presentation:
- Which specialties or type of practices do well in the RHC Program
- How health reform changes the playing field
- The different types of RHCs and what the advantages are of each
- Reasonable timelines for starting and operating a rural health clinic
- Reasons why to and why not to start a RHC
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