Healthcare Information Technology Funding under ARRA

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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

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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 architecture
• Development and adoption of EHRs
• Best practices training and information
• Telemedicine infrastructure and tools
• Promoting interoperability of clinical data
  repositories
• Best practices to protect information
• Expanding HIT in public health departments
• An HIT Research Center and extension program
• State grants to promote HIT
• Loan programs to facilitate adoption of EHR
  technology
• Rules and timelines still emerging
• Some matching will be required
• Combination of competitive and formula funds

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