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Healthcare Information Technology Funding under ARRA. Edna Boone, MA, CPHIMS, Senior Director HIS. Stimulus Grants for HIT. Rural Broadband Initiatives Program Broadband Technology Opportunities Program Indian Health Service Funding Construction, Renovation, and Equipment for Health Centers - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Healthcare Information Technology Funding under ARRA
Edna Boone, MA, CPHIMS, Senior Director HIS
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Stimulus Grants for HIT• Rural Broadband Initiatives
Program
• Broadband Technology Opportunities Program
• Indian Health Service Funding
• Construction, Renovation, and Equipment for Health Centers
• Comparative Effectiveness Research Funding
• HIE/Regional Grants
• ONCHIT – New Series of Grant
Programs 2
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Sources of Funding
Within HHS Indian Health Service (HIS) Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ) Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) National Institutes of Health
(NIH) Office of the National
Coordinator (ONC)
Outside HHS
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
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Rural Broadband Initiatives Program• $2,500,000,000 for distance learning,
telemedicine, and broadband programs• Rural areas• Multi-purpose
• First round due August 14, 2009
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Broadband Technology Opportunities Program
• $4,350,000,000 for broadband in underserved areas
• $200,000,000 for expanding public computing center capacity at community colleges and libraries
• $250,000,000 for innovative programs to encourage sustainable adoption of broadband service
•Rewards Innovation
•Pushes funds to “underserved” areas
•First round due August 14, 2009
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Current Broadband Opportunities
• Title: Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) (Recovery Act)
• CFDA Number(s): 11.557• Authority: US Department of Commerce (DOC), National
Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) www.broadbandusa.gov.
• Deadline Aug 14th • Eligibility: The following entities are eligible to apply for assistance: (1) States,
local governments, or any agency, subdivision, instrumentality, or political subdivision thereof; (2) The District of Columbia; (3) A territory or possession of the United States; (4) An Indian tribe; (5) A native Hawaiian organization; (6) A non-profit foundation, corporation, institution, or association; (7) Other non-profit entities; (8) For-profit corporations; (9) Limited liability companies; and (10) Cooperative or mutual organizations.
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Current Broadband Opportunities
• Title: Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP) (Recovery Act)• CFDA Number(s): 10.787• Authority: US Department of Agriculture (DOA), Rural Utilities
Service (RUS)• www.broadbandusa.gov Deadline Aug 14th
• Eligibility: The following entities are eligible to apply for assistance: (1) States, local governments, or any agency, subdivision, instrumentality, or political subdivision thereof; (2) The District of Columbia; (3) A territory or possession of the United States; (4) An Indian tribe (as defined in Section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act); (5) A native Hawaiian organization; (6) A non-profit foundation, corporation, institution, or association; (7) Other non-profit entities; (8) For-profit corporations; (9) Limited liability companies; and (10) Cooperative or mutual organizations. RUS will not fund more than one project to serve any given geographic area.
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Current Broadband Opportunities
• Title: State Broadband Data and Development Grant Program (Recovery Act)
• CFDA Number(s): 11.558• Authority: U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), National
Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)• http://broadbandusa.sc.egov.usda.gov Deadline Aug 14th • Eligibility: Eligible recipients of State Broadband Data Program grants are: (1)
The single eligible entity in the State that has been designated by the State to receive a grant under this section; and (2) Entities that are either (i) an agency or instrumentality of a state, or a municipality or other subdivision (or agency or instrumentality of a municipality or other subdivision) of a state; (ii) a nonprofit organization that is described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; or (iii) an independent agency or commission in which an office of a State is a member on behalf of the State.
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Indian Health Service Funding
• $85,000,000 for HIT in Indian Health Facilities
• Typically funded through Indian Health Facilities Grants
• Telehealth services and related infrastructure requirements
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Construction, Renovation, and Equipment for Health Centers
• $150,000,000 for health centers who receive grants under Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act. •Medically underserved - HRSA-10-029 Due Aug 6th
•Special populations Migrant farm workers Homeless Residents of Public Housing
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Comparative Effectiveness Research Funding
• $300,000,000 for AHRQ Grants
• $400,000,000 for NIH Grants
• $400,000,000 for discretionary HHS Grants
•Focus on results that can be replicated and extended
•Documentation and evaluation will be significant
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Health Information ExchangeRegional Grants
• $300,000,000 for regional efforts toward health information exchange
• Regional Health Information Organizations
• Health Information Exchanges
• Regional approach
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Other ONCHIT Programs$2,000,000,000 for a range of activities and programs, including:
National HIT architectureDevelopment and adoption of EHRsBest practices training and informationTelemedicine infrastructure and toolsPromoting interoperability of clinical data repositoriesBest practices to protect informationExpanding HIT in public health departments
An HIT Research Center and extension programState grants to promote HITLoan programs to facilitate adoption of EHR technology
Rules and timelines still emergingSome matching will be requiredCombination of competitive and formula funds
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