Rural Health Clinics

A Rural Health Clinic (RHC) is a primary healthcare clinic located in a non-urbanized area that has been shown to have a shortage of healthcare services or healthcare providers, and has been certified as a Rural Health Clinic under Medicare. The greatest benefit of the program is cost-based (enhanced) reimbursement from Medicare and Medicaid. In 1977, Congress passed the Rural Health Clinic Act, or Public Law 95-210, to address the lack of access to primary medical care in rural communities and to assist with the financial challenges faced by rural healthcare facilities. In addition, this law focused on increasing the utilization of mid-level practitioners in underserved areas.

Becoming a RHC

A revised Arizona Rural Health Clinic Designation Manual will be available soon.

Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Affiliated Rural Health Clinics in Arizona:

Bouse Medical Clinic | Bouse, AZ | La Paz County
Cobre Valley Family Practice | Globe, AZ | Gila County
Community Hospital Clinic | Wickenburg, AZ | Maricopa County
Community Hospital Clinic | Congress, AZ | Yavapai County
Copper Mountain Clinic | Safford, AZ | Graham County
Copper Queen Medical Associates | Bisbee, AZ | Cochise County
Copper Queen Medical Associates | Douglas, AZ | Cochise County
Greasewood Clinic | Ganado, AZ | Apache County
Kearny Clinic | Kearny, AZ | Pinal County
La Paz Regional Hospital, Inc | Quartzsite, AZ | La Paz County
La Paz Regional Hospital, Inc | Parker, AZ | La Paz County
La Paz Regional Hospital, Inc. | Parker, AZ | La Paz County
Palominas/Hereford Rural Health Clinic | Palominas, AZ | Cochise County
Parker Medical Center, Ltd | Parker, AZ | La Paz County
Pleasant Valley Community Medical Center | Young, AZ | Gila County
Sage Outpatient Clinic | Ganado, AZ | Apache County
San Luis Walk-In Clinic, Inc. - Family & Adult Center | San Luis, AZ | Yuma County
San Luis Walk-In Clinic, Inc. - Urgent Care & Family Center | Somerton, AZ | Yuma County
Sonoran Family Practice | Coolidge, AZ | Pinal County
Sulphur Springs Medical Center | Willcox, AZ | Cochise County
Summit Healthcare Family Medicine At Bison Ranch | Overgaard, AZ | Navajo County
Sunsites Medical Clinic | Pearce, AZ | Cochise County
Superior Clinic | Superior, AZ | Pinal County
Tri-Valley Medical Center | Salome, AZ | La Paz County

Other Arizona Rural Health Clinics

Mt. Graham Regional Medical Center Rural Health Clinic | Safford
San Luis Walk-in Clinic, Inc. - Primary Care | San Luis
Sonoran Family Practice | Coolidge
Summit Healthcare Heber-Overgaard Community Clinic | Overgaard