Wireline Bureau Grants RHC Request, Extends Filing Window Until June 1

March 4, 2022 |Wireline

The FCC Wireline Bureau extended the rural healthcare program's 2022 filing window until June 1, in an order Wednesday in docket 02-60, granting a request from the New England Telehealth Consortium and Connections Telehealth Consortium (see 2203010066). The bureau cited a "shortage and burnout of health care staff aggravated by the surge of Omicron cases" since the filing window opened. The bureau also directed the Universal Service Administrative Co. to file the program's gross demand estimate by Aug. 1 and extended the determination of unused funding available to carry forward to the current funding year until Q3.