CONNECTED HEALTH IN A POST-COVID WORLD
Today is the first day to apply for the second round of FCC funding for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program. Applications are open only one week, until Thursday, May 6, 2021 at 12 PM ET.
Apr 29, 2021
The window for applications goes from Thursday, April 29, 2021 until Thursday, May 6, 2021 at 12:00 PM ET.
Prevvy has adapted its virtual care platform to support providers working with the underserved that will be applying to this program. Specifically, Prevvy offers:
- multichannel communication with patients (via web, app or conversational text messaging)
- multi-language capabilities (the 12th most spoken languages in the US)
- coordination with mental health and other services outside primary care centers, including those on different EMRs
- easy enrollment process that can be facilitated by community health members
The Telehealth Program provides funding to support:
telecommunications services and broadband services, for both providers and patients
Information services, such as virtual care platforms like Prevvy
and connected devices needed to provide critical connected care, including smart phones for patients, tablets for providers and medical devices at home monitoring of patients
The first round provided $200M of funding to more than 500 health care facilities. This second round brings an additional $250M of funding.
Eligible providers include:
post-secondary educational institutions offering health care instruction, teaching hospitals, and medical schools;
community health centers or health centers providing health care to migrants;
local health departments or agencies;
community mental health centers;
not-for-profit hospitals;
rural health clinics;
skilled nursing facilities (as defined in section 395i–3(a) of title 42)
The first step to fill the application is to submit the FCC Form 460. There is a recorded webinar that helps you go through the process: https://www.usac.org/about/covid-19-telehealth-program/covid-19-telehealth-program-application-resources/
Yes!!!. Eligible providers that did not receive funding in the first round are encouraged to submit a new application for this second round. Please pay close attention as some of the process has changed
All applications received during the open window (April 29 to May 6, 2021) will be reviewed at once according to the preselected objective evaluation criteria (see slide 25 of this presentation: https://www.usac.org/wp-content/uploads/about/documents/covid-19-telehealth-program/USAC_Telehealth_Get_Started_Final-for-HCPs.pdf)
For multisite applications, only the lead healthcare provided needs to submit the FCC form 460 for eligibility. For all the other sites, eligibility criteria will be proved during the invoicing process.
It will award funding in two phases, so that approved projects can be funded quickly, and the rest have an opportunity to provide more information to qualify for the second phase.
