Put these grant opportunities on your radar–and stay tuned.
Your health system may qualify for millions in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding to support your HIT initiatives — that’s in addition to the Medicare and Medicaid EHR adoption incentives.
Much of the ARRA funding will become grants that health centers can apply for, said Michael Paddock, CEO of Grants Office in Rochester, N.Y., at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference in Chicago.
Responding to these funding opportunities will be similar to what you’ve done for previous grants; the difference will be in the dollar amount, which could reach to hundreds of millions, Paddock said. Still, the ARRA funding will not stretch far enough to fund EHR across all healthcare agencies. Be on the lookout for loan programs to fill in the gaps, he added.
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August 26th, 2009 at 11:19 am
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