The Form 460 is the first step HCPs must take to participate in the Healthcare Connect Fund. All HCP sites, including those participating in consortia, must obtain an eligibility determination via the Form 460 to participate in the Healthcare Connect Fund. If participating in a consortium, an HCP may opt to allow the consortium to file a Form 460 on its behalf to determine its eligibility. In addition, the Form 460 is used to register ineligible HCP sites, off-site data centers, and off-site administrative offices. The Form 460 is also used to notify USAC when information for a site or consortium has changed.

With the guidance and policy created by the FCC, The University Service Administrative Company (USAC) is a not-for-profit designated by the FCC that administers the Universal Service Fund (USF). Almost $10 billion is available thanks to the companies and institutions that make universal service possible. over $800 million of these funds are made available through the rural healthcare program. USAC delivers funding through four programs focused on places where broadband and connectivity needs are critical. these programs serve people in rural, underserved and difficult to reach areas. These areas include: Rural Healthcare Schools & Libraries Lifeline High Cost SpectraCorp’s Healthcare Connect Fund experts focuses its efforts on helping rural and non-rural hospitals as well as consortiums and hospital groups gain access to subsidies available for broadband services. Find out Your Eligibility, Today.

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Q: Can You Apply to the HCF Program as a Part of a Consortium or Group?

A consortium is a group of health care sites that apply as one entity. Each consortium has one consortium leader who files the required forms on behalf of everyone in the group. Each facility in the consortium must meet the first two eligibility criteria, i.e., be public or non-profit and one of the eligible facility types. Both rural and non-rural health care facilities can receive funding as members of a consortium as long as more than 50% of the consortium’s members are rural sites. Once you apply as a consortium, you can find your consortium’s rurality percentage when you log in to My Portal, the RHC program’s online application filing system. Note: The FCC considers each health care site or location as an individual health care site for purposes of calculating support under the RHC program. Therefore, each site must demonstrate that, by itself, it is an eligible entity.