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Rural Health Care Committee

USAC's Rural Health Care Committee consists of eight USAC Board members, including two rural health care provider representatives, one service provider representative, two at-large representatives elected by the Board, one state telecommunications regulator, one state consumer advocate, and USAC's chief executive officer.

The membership of USAC's Rural Health Care Committee is as follows:

Name

Representing

Jay H. Sanders, M.D., Chair

Rural Health Care Providers

Peter Kragel, M.D., Vice Chair

Rural Health Care Providers

Michael Anderson

Service Providers

Anne C. Boyle

State Telecommunications Regulators

James Jackson

At-Large Member

Wayne R. Jortner

State Consumer Advocates

Lee Beatty Schroeder

At-Large Member

Scott Barash

Acting CEO of USAC

 

The Board appoints a Rural Health Care Committee, which has the power and authority to act on behalf of USAC to make decisions concerning:

  • how USAC projects demand for the Rural Health Care program;
  • development of applications and associated instructions as needed for the program;
  • administration of the application process, including activities to ensure compliance with Federal Communications Commission rules and regulations;
  • calculation of support levels under § 54.609;
  • performance of outreach and education functions;
  • review of bills for services that are submitted by Rural Health Care providers;
  • monitoring demand for the purpose of determining when the $400 million cap has been reached;
  • performance of audits of beneficiaries under the Rural Health Care program;
  • review of staff decisions pursuant to 47 C.F.R. 54.719(a); and
  • development and implementation of other functions unique to the Rural Health Care program.

Last modified on 2/15/2008