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Title
REVISED: Interim CMS Rural Health Clinic (RHC) Rural Location Determinations due to Census Bureau (CB) Regulatory Changes
Memo #
QSO-23-20-RHC
Posting Date
2023-07-26
Fiscal Year
2023
Title
REVISIONS TO QSO-23-12-RHC ORIGINALLY RELEASED ON MARCH 31, 2023
Memorandum Summary
• Census Bureau’s (CB’s) March 2022 regulatory changes - CMS is providing an interim process while it considers options to align the Medicare Rural Health Clinic (RHC) Program’s rural location determinations with the CB’s regulatory changes for determining urban areas.
• Interim Process for Rural Location Determination - Until further notice, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will use the 2010 and 2020 Census urban criteria when making rural location determinations. The attached document provides instructions and screenshots to assist with searching for an address on the CB’s TIGERweb Decennial website.
Memorandum Summary
• Census Bureau’s (CB’s) March 2022 regulatory changes - CMS is providing an interim process while it considers options to align the Medicare Rural Health Clinic (RHC) Program’s rural location determinations with the CB’s regulatory changes for determining urban areas.
• Interim Process for Rural Location Determination - Until further notice, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will use the 2010 and 2020 Census urban criteria when making rural location determinations. The attached document provides instructions and screenshots to assist with searching for an address on the CB’s TIGERweb Decennial website.