Subscriptions
Updated January 2023
Subscriptions for products that provide critical services are becoming more prevalent in rural hospitals.
Some subscriptions are allowable.
Examples of allowable expenses include but are not limited to:
SHIP Quality Reporting | HCAHPS | Quality Improvement Training |
Telehealth Platforms (Excluding Provider Fees) | Disease Registries | Population Health Databases |
ACO Subscriptions or Fees | ICD-10/11 Software Subscriptions |
Note: A common example is ICD Software. Whereas a hospital purchased one program that could be downloaded to multiple computers (or server accessed), many ICD companies have now moved to cloud-based subscription services where the hospital pays a "per user" license. This specific example would be allowable under "Payment Bundling, A: ICD-10 Software."