Federally Qualified Health Center – Rural Health Fact Sheet Series

Released in January 2013, this fact sheet by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provides information about Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) including FQHC designation, covered FQHC services, FQHC preventive primary services that are not covered, and background information. The FQHC benefit under Medicare was added effective October 1, 1991, when Section 1861(aa) of the Social Security Act was amended by Section 4161 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 . . .