Federal Funding Group are the Rural Healthcare Program Experts. We support 94 clients with over 780 locations; adding hundreds of locations every year!
Your experienced team knows:
Strength in numbers for maximum advantage
Processes count to stay compliant
Effective Communication is mandatory
Lasting relationships lead to success for all
Years of Excellent Service:
The Federal Funding Group has expertise and knowledge in key areas to maximize funding efforts
Government
Healthcare
Schools and Libraries
Community Anchors Institutions
Leveraging of State and Local Opportunities
About Us
What people are saying…..
“Healthcare reimbursements are challenging, so getting costs offset by USAC funding helps defray some of the costs to deliver healthcare across Nebraska.”
“We are a newly built and opened hospital. USAC funding is an integral part of cost savings to keep our doors open.”
“Tracy Hines and her team have been tremendously helpful and great to work with.”
“I can see where it is very helpful for equipment that is out of date.”
Meet the Team
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Rick Lindner
PARTNER
Rick first learned of the Rural Health Care Program after meeting Tracy Hines, Randy Reznik, and Charlie Wick while working with a mutual client in 2014. What started as a shared interest in helping rural healthcare providers, eventually led to Rick developing software to manage the complex processes and requirements of the Program. Shortly thereafter, Rick joined FFG as a Partner.
In addition to his position at FFG, Rick is on the leadership team at TruNorth, a Technology Expense Management (TEM) firm, where he leads the innovation and development of Sparrow, TruNorth’s enterprise TEM solution.
Rick lives in Boulder, Colorado with his beautiful wife, two sons, two dogs, and an aging Volkswagen van. He enjoys trail running, making things with his hands, and playing drums in a local band. The band is unsigned at the time of this writing.
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Randy Reznik
PARTNER
Randy is a founding partner in the Federal Funding Group. He brings together over thirty years of background in IT services, telecom and ten plus years of experience with the Rural Healthcare Program. This mix ensures that the Federal Funding Group maximizes the returns for participating health care providers. He enjoys using his skill set to improve the bottom line for non-profit hospitals rather than large telecom carriers. He rounds out his personal time as a musician, avid sportsman and volunteers as a ski patroller.
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Charlie Wick
PARTNER
Charlie Wick’s occupational history has been quite diverse specializing in social work, real estate and most recently broadband technology funding. Charlie is one of the original partners helping to create and build FFG into the reputable company that it is today. Colorado Governor’s Office of Information and Technology, Colorado Telehealth Network and Centennial Board of Cooperative Educational Services are all past employers. Charlie has a passion for the outdoors, biking, fishing, pickle-ball and playing guitar.
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Tracy Hines
VP, CLIENT SERVICES
Tracy has over 8 years working in the Federal Communications Commission’s Rural Health Care program supporting hospital associations and rural healthcare providers with their applications. As the Vice President of Client Services at the Federal Funding Group she works closely with the healthcare provider in accessing the available funding for their telecom needs. When not working, she enjoys exploring her native Colorado and spending time with family and friends.
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Kyle Jay
DIRECTOR, CLIENT SERVICES
Kyle has supported health care organizations and their communities for more than fifteen years. Over the past two years, she has dedicated her time to the Rural Health Care Program. Kyle enjoys spending time outdoors, cooking (especially barbecuing), listening to music, gardening, and being with family and friends.
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Thao Nguyen
DIRECTOR, OPERATIONS
Thao studied Health Care Management with a minor in Computer Information systems at the Metropolitan State University of Denver. She has over 5 years working in the health care industry in public health transportation and the FCC Rural Health Care program. In her free time, she loves spending time with her 1 year old son and husband.
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Laura Hill
CLIENT SERVICES MANAGER
Laura, a seasoned professional with 6.5 years of experience working with the E-rate program, now embraces an exciting change in her career transitioning her expertise to focus on rural healthcare. Originally hailing from New York, Laura's journey led her to Tennessee, where she now calls home. With a strong background in project management and communications, her dedication and expertise have proven instrumental in providing essential resources to schools and libraries nationwide where she hopes to do the same for rural healthcare. In her free time, Laura loves cooking, reading thriller novels and spending time with her husband and pitbull.
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Randy Fleshman
CLIENT SERVICES MANAGER
Randy has spent the last 17 years with Lumen. He started as a customer service rep, then moved to government sales, and has spent the last two years as Manager of the E-Rate Team.
Currently Randy lives in Virginia near the North Carolina border with his husband, three cats, and three dogs. He enjoys camping, taking the pontoon out on the lake, and spending time with family and friends.
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