USTelecom Backs Petition on RHC Consultant Rules

USTelecom backed the Technology Channel Sales Professionals Association's petition for declaratory ruling on certain rural healthcare program rules. The group sought clarification of the prohibition of the use of consultants or third-party sales agents that have a financial stake in a provider (see 2203030054). Absent the change, USTelecom said its members participating in the program "cannot retain commissioned third-party sales agents for sales and services to health care providers that participate in the RHC program," per a letter posted Monday in docket 17-310.