Oregon Office of Rural Health

Rural Health Clinic Programs

Saint Alphonsus Clinic and Medical Center

ORH provides guidance on becoming a certified Rural Health Clinic (RHC), assistance on compliance and operations and Practice Assessments that include: market share, supply & demand, productivity, coding, staffing levels, staff satisfaction, and clinic benchmarks. ORH also supports RHCs by providing regular updates on the changing regulations at the federal and state levels. ORH offers the bi-monthly RHC newsletter, which provides clinics with the latest information on topics from Medicare and Medicaid, billing and coding to education opportunities. Register for the newsletter here.


RHC Newsletter

ORH publishes an RHC-specific newsletter, emailed to healthcare professionals on a bi-monthly basis. Contents include the latest news on rules and regulations from agencies such as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), as well as hot topics on emerging issues, upcoming educational opportunities, including webinars and conferences, and funding opportunities related to grant programs, awards, and federal and state funding.

Subscribe to the RHC Newsletter here.