Federal Discount

Clinics - Qualifying for the Federal Discount

The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for HIT has designated certain primary care providers to receive technical assistance at a substantial discount—up to 90%. Eligible providers are:

• Physicians and health care professionals with prescriptive privileges
  • Physicians assistants, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives
• Primarily focused on primary care
  • Family medicine, internal medicine, OB/GYN, pediatrics

Eligible practices must meet one of the following criteria:

• Small practices of 10 or fewer primary care providers with prescriptive privileges
• Designated rural health clinic (RHC), federally qualified health clinic (FQHC), or community health center (CHC), with any number of providers
• Clinic owned by a critical access hospital (CAH) or rural hospital, with any number of providers

Practices/providers predominantly serving uninsured, underinsured, and medically underserved populations. Assistance to determine eligibility is available.

Critical Access and Small Rural Hospitals - Qualifying for the Federal Discount

CAH and small rural hospitals are eligible for discounted services. REACH already is working with over 40% of the CAHs in Minnesota and North Dakota.