WB Grants Louisiana Providers RHC Filing Waiver

The FCC Wireline Bureau granted Elite Program Specialists a waiver on behalf of 14 members and 68 member sites in the Louisiana Independent Hospital Network Coalition of rural healthcare program rules to file late funding year 2021 funding requests, said an order Thursday in docket 02-60. The bureau cited "federally declared natural disasters resulting from severe weather conditions" that prevented the providers from timely filing their funding requests. The bureau on its own also waived its competitive bidding rules.