2024 Healthcare Connect Fund Update from NCTNA
AN UPDATE ON THE FCC FUND THAT POWERS NCTNA’S EMPOWERING BROADBAND DISCOUNTS! This time of year, NCTNA likes to look back at the Healthcare Connect Fund (HCF) program history to evaluate lessons learned and determine where we are on the spectrum between progress and lack-thereof regarding successfully securing funding for the providers we serve. This helps us prioritize our […]
Latest & Greatest Healthcare Connect Fund
This “latest and greatest” update may not be the greatest, but we do have some important updates to explain. As many of you know, the Healthcare Connect Fund program (HCF) provides the discounts for our services. We’re going to look at the source of HCF, the Universal Service Fund (USF). The USF supports all the […]
Latest & Greatest Healthcare Connect Fund News
The NC Telehealth Network Association (NCTNA) recently worked with the Schools, Health, and Libraries Broadband (SHLB) Coalition to respond to an FCC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) that asked some great questions about how to improve the Rural Healthcare Program (RHC). I’m going to focus on the Healthcare Connect Fund (HCF) program and some […]
NCTNA Renewal Success
Over the last year, the majority of NCTN subscribers have come to the end of their initial contracts and have been faced with the choice to renew their services or switch to another provider. They have overwhelmingly chosen to remain with NCTN. The North Carolina Telehealth Network (NCTN) renewal rate is an industry-leading 95% on […]
THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ISSUES A NEW ORDER REFORMING ITS RURAL HEALTH CARE PROGRAM
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released a new Order that will reform its Rural Health Care (RHC) program, including a constituent of the RHC known as the Healthcare Connect Fund (HCF). These changes will impact such things as how the HCF’s program administrator prioritizes the allocation of discounts, rurality criteria for consortia like NCTNA, […]