Health Information Technology Federal Funding

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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 February 17, 2009

• Title XIII - Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act), pages 112-165 of ARRA

• ARRA HIT Leadership, Policy and Standards (PDF, 31KB) May 19, 2009

• Federal Health IT Policy Committee
  
  
• Federal Health IT Standards Committee

• ARRA HIT Funding and Programs (PDF, 104KB) May 19, 2009

• U.S. DHHS Office of the National Coordinator's HIT Implementation Plan (PDF, 110KB) May 15, 2009
  
  
• HIT Extension Program
  
  
  • Wisconsin's Comments on the Proposed HIT Regional Extension Center Program (PDF, 82KB) June 11, 2009
    
    
• State HIE Cooperative Agreement Program (CAP)
  
  
  • Governor Doyle's Designation of State Agency and State HIT Coordinator for the HIE CAP (PDF, 33KB) October 16, 2009
    
    
  • Wisconsin's State HIE CAP Application for the Wisconsin Relay of Electronic Data (WIRED) for Health Project
    
    
    1. Project Abstract (PDF, 17KB) October 16, 2009
       
       
    2. Project Narrative (PDF, 340KB) October 16, 2009
       
       
    3. Project Budget (PDF, 73KB) October 16, 2009
       
       
    4. WI DHS Project Organizational Chart (PDF, 147KB) October 16, 2009
       
       
  • Wisconsin's Letter of Intent to Apply for the State HIE Cooperative Agreement Program (PDF, 91KB) September 11, 2009

• Title XIII, Subtitle D - Privacy, pages 144-165 of ARRA

• U.S. DHHS IT Security Implementation Plan for ARRA Funds (PDF, 85 KB) May 15, 2009
  
  
• Security Breach Notice Guidance (PDF, 64KB) April 27, 2009

• Title IV - Medicare and Medicaid Health Information Technology, pages 353-382 of ARRA

• Center for Medicaid and State Operations Program Guidance for Medicaid Incentive Payments (PDF, 310 KB) September 1, 2009
  
  
• ARRA Medicare and Medicaid HIT Incentive Payments for Health Care Providers (PDF, 232KB) May 19, 2009
  
  
• Medicare and Medicaid HIT Incentives and Administrative Funding Implementation Plan (PDF, 65 KB) May 15, 2009

• Frequently Asked Questions on HIT and the ARRA of 2009.
     - General
     - Competitive Grants for EHR Technology Loan Fund Program
     - HIT Provisions for Health Care Providers
     - Medicare HIT Incentive Payments for Hospitals
     - Medicare HIT Incentive Payment for Eligible Professionals
     - Medicaid HIT Incentive Payments for Hospitals
     - Medicaid HIT Incentive Payment for Eligible Professionals
     - State HIT Planning and Implementation Grant Program
  
  
• ARRA HIT Grants--Getting Started - Tips on how to find and apply for Federal HIT grants.
  
  
• CMS Information Related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
  
  
• Stay informed by signing up for e-mail updates on the U.S. DHHS Recovery website.

Last Revised: November 10, 2009