(April 7, 2023) – On March 31, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released an interim policy change related to CMS Rural Health Clinic Location Determinations. Until further notice, CMS will utilize both the 2010 and 2020 Census Bureau data available. During this time, an RHC applicant or a relocating RHC would be considered as meeting the rural location requirement if its physical address is identified as either "non-urbanized" or in an "urban cluster" under the 2010 Census Bureau data, or if its physical address is not identified as in an urban area under the 2020 Census Bureau data.
KHA will continue to follow this policy and advocate for a permanent regulatory policy change that will correct this misalignment.
If you have questions, please contact Shannan Flach at (785) 233-7436.
--Shannan Flach