Six States (NC, CO, MS, NV, WY, and UT) to Receive Federal Matching Funds for Electronic Health Record Incentives Program
In another key step to further states' role in developing a robust U.S. health information technology (HIT) infrastructure, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced additional federal matching funds for certain state planning activities necessary to implement the electronic health record (EHR) incentive program established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). EHRs will improve the quality of health care for the citizens of Vermont and make their care more efficient. The records make it easier for the many providers who may be treating a Medicaid patient to coordinate care. Additionally, EHRs make it easier for patients to access the information they need to make decisions about their health care. This batch is part of a rolling announcement we began in November 2009. To date, including the new states, we will have awarded a total of $50.16 million to 32 states and territories. Colorado: $798,000 Mississippi: $1.47 million North Carolina: $2.29 million Nevada: $1.05 million Utah: $396,000 Wyoming: $596,000 Subtotal: $6.60 million Additional information on implementation of the Medicaid-related provisions of the Recovery Act's EHR incentive payment program may be found at: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/Recovery/11_HealthIT.asp. The six states press releases, issued on March 24, 2010, are available at: https://www.cms.hhs.gov/apps/media/press_releases.asp <https://www.cms.hhs.gov/apps/media/press_releases.asp> . ________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Note: If you have problems accessing any hyperlink in this message, please copy and paste the URL into your Internet browser. If you received this message as part of the All FFS Providers listserv, you are currently subscribed to one of eighteen Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) provider listservs. If you would like to be removed from all NIH listservs, please go to (https://list.nih.gov/LISTSERV_WEB/signoff.htm <https://list.nih.gov/LISTSERV_WEB/signoff.htm> ) to unsubscribe. If you would like to unsubscribe from a specific provider listserv, please go to (https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/show_list_archives <https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/show_list_archives> ) to unsubscribe or to leave the appropriate listserv. If you know someone who would like to subscribe to a FFS provider listserv, go to (http://www.cms.hhs.gov/prospmedicarefeesvcpmtgen/downloads/Provider_Lis tservs.pdf) . Please DO NOT respond to this email. This email is a service of CMS and routed through an electronic mail server to communicate Medicare policy and operational changes and/or updates. Responses to this email are not routed to CMS personnel. Inquiries may be sent by going to (http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ContactCMS <http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ContactCMS> ). Thank you.
