March 13, 2025
FCC Releases Order DA 25-224 Extending the Deadline for Funding Year (FY) 2025 Filing Window to June 2, 2025.
On March 13, 2025, the FCC released FCC Order DA 25-224 extending the deadline for the FY2025 Application Filing Window to June 2, 2025. This means all funding requests (FCC Forms 462 or 466) must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. ET on June 2, 2025. We highly encourage you to submit your funding requests as early as possible in the filing window.
Visit USAC’s website for more information about filing windows.
March 7, 2025
RHC Program Inflation-Based Cap Announced for FY2025
The Rural Health Care (RHC) program funding cap for funding year (FY) 2025 is $723,892,841. The internal cap for upfront payments and multi-year commitments under the Healthcare Connect Fund (HCF) Program is $182,780,877. The internal cap for upfront payments and multi-year commitments will apply only if RHC program demand exceeds available funding. These new caps represent a 2.4 percent inflation-adjusted increase to the $706,926,603 RHC program funding cap and the $178,496,951 internal cap on multi-year commitments and upfront payments from FY2024. Read the announcement.
March 3, 2025
Submit Third Party Authorizations (TPAs) in RHC Connect!
If you are a health care provider (HCP) participating in the Healthcare Connect Fund (HCF) or Telecommunications (Telecom Program), and a consultant or other third party (i.e., anyone who is not employed by the HCP) will file forms on behalf of your site, a third-party authorization (TPA) must be filed with USAC. A TPA provides written authorization to USAC, allowing the third party to complete and submit forms on behalf of the HCP or consortium in the HCF or Telecom Program. RHC program participants may now submit third party authorizations in RHC Connect. Please use the following resources to submit your TPAs:
As a reminder for consortia applicants, Letters of Authorization (LOA) and Letters of Exemption (LOE) are also submitted in RHC Connect. Please use the following resources to submit LOAs and LOEs:
February 28, 2025
SPIN Lookup Tool Available in Open Data!
Do you want to see if a service provider is registered with USAC? Do you want to see if a service provider has provided the required certifications on their FCC forms, allowing them to participate in the RHC program? A SPIN Lookup Tool is now available on the RHC Open Data webpage.
The RHC SPIN Lookup Tool can be used to view and export service provider profile data found in RHC Connect. This data includes important information regarding the service provider, such as contact information and details regarding the FCC Forms 498 and 499.
For more information and to use the tool, visit the RHC SPIN Lookup Tool webpage.
