Right-Sized Service
Big enough to handle any client in the USAC program. Small enough to treat you like an individual customer—not just another account number.
USAC Rural Health Care Program
Healthcare Connectivity You Can Count On
Connectivity, voice and managed networks for rural health care sites in the USAC Rural Health Care Program, with one team to call when something goes wrong.
Why Choose Us
The Charger Access Difference
We're not a faceless corporation. We're your partner, not just another carrier.
Dedicated In-House Support
Our entire team is based in the U.S. When you call, you talk to real people who know your account and can help immediately.
Budget Relief Program
You pay the urban rate (Telecom) or your 35% share (HCF) from your first bill, not full commercial rates while USAC reviews your funding request.
Program Experience
In the USAC Rural Health Care Program every funding year since FY2016. After you select us, we supply the contract, billing and rate documentation your funding request needs.
Switching Providers
Our Budget Relief Program
The problem: When health care sites switch providers, they can end up paying full commercial rates until their USAC funding is approved. For public and non-profit health care providers on tight budgets, that is a real burden.
Our solution: With Budget Relief, you pay the urban rate (Telecom) or your 35% share (HCF) from your first bill. We wait for USAC support instead of billing you full commercial rates in the meantime. USAC support is subject to approval.
The result: Your budget sees the rate you planned for from the start, not a commercial bill you have to carry until funding arrives.
Why It Matters
Pay the rate you planned for, from your first bill.
USAC Telecom Program
How the Telecom Program Works
The USAC Rural Health Care Telecommunications Program helps eligible healthcare providers access affordable telecommunications services by covering the difference between urban and rural rates.
Charger Access participates in the program as a service provider (SPIN 143045344). We respond to the bid requests health care providers post with USAC, and we serve the sites that select us.
After you select us, we handle our side of the program. We supply the contract, billing and rate documentation your funding request needs, answer USAC questions on our side, file the Telecom Program invoice, and remind you of filing deadlines. Before you select a provider, we stay out of your bid request, as program rules require.
Program Highlights
- Funding Model
- Urban-Rural Rate Differential
- FY2027 Window
- December 1, 2026 – April 1, 2027
- Eligible Providers
- Rural Healthcare Facilities
- Services Covered
- Voice & Telecommunications
Ready to Discuss Your Facility's Needs?
Get in touch with our team to learn how Charger Access can serve your healthcare facility.