# Promoting Telehealth in Rural America
> **Federal Communications Commission** · Final rule. · Published 2023-03-23 · Effective 2023-04-24 · 88 FR 17379
## Document
- **Document number:** 2023-04991
- **Category:** broadband
- **Federal Register citation:** 88 FR 17379
- **CFR reference:** 47 CFR 54
- **Publication date:** 2023-03-23
- **Effective date:** 2023-04-24
- **FCC docket:** WC Docket No. 17-310
## Abstract

In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks to support rural health care providers through the Rural Health Care (RHC) Program, with the costs of broadband and other communications services for patients in rural areas that may have limited resources, fewer doctors, and higher rates than urban areas.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/03/23/2023-04991/promoting-telehealth-in-rural-america)
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