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Description of Modification
When determining the community’s baseline EHR adoption, applicants may choose one of two options in order to establish the denominator for the total number of providers in the Beacon Community applicant’s proposed geographic service area. Applicants may either:
1. Include all medical providers in the proposed service area; or
2. Include all primary care providers, specialists and/or hospital-based providers in the proposed service area who are relevant to the applicant’s proposed healthcare cost-efficiency, quality, and population health goals.
Both of these denominators may include Veterans Affairs, Indian Health Service, and Federally Qualified Community Health Center providers.
Document Type:
Modification to Previous
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
HHS-2010-ONC-BC-004
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Dec 02, 2009
Creation Date:
Dec 30, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Feb 01, 2010
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Feb 01, 2010
Archive Date:
Mar 03, 2010
Funding Instrument Type:
Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity:
Health
Recovery Act
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
15
Estimated Total Program Funding:
$220,000,000
Award Ceiling:
$20,000,000
Award Floor:
$10,000,000
CFDA Number(s):
93.727
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ARRA - Health Information Technology - Beacon Communities
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
No
Eligible Applicants
State governments
County governments
City or township governments
Special district governments
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education
Additional Information on Eligibility:
Agency Name
Office of the National Coordinator
Description
The Beacon Community Cooperative Agreement Program will provide funding to communities to build and strengthen their health information technology (health IT) infrastructure and exchange capabilities to demonstrate the vision of the future where hospitals, clinicians and patients are meaningful users of health IT, and together the community achieves measurable improvements in health care quality, safety, efficiency, and population health. Awards will be made in the form of cooperative agreements to approximately 15 qualified non-profit organizations or government entities representing geographic health care communities. Selected communities must already be national leaders in the advancement of health IT, workflow redesign and care coordination, or quality monitoring and feedback. In addition, successful communities must have advanced rates of electronic health record (EHR) adoption and health information exchange (HIE), and the readiness to incorporate health IT to advance community-level care coordination and quality monitoring and feedback. Cooperative agreement recipients will evolve and advance their existing competencies in these three areas over a 36-month performance period. Individually and in aggregate, the Beacon Communities will generate and disseminate valuable lessons learned that will be applicable to the rest of the nation’s communities as they strive to build and leverage their health IT infrastructure for healthcare improvement.
Link to Additional Information
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Inquiries should be addressed to:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Contact for Beacon Community Program
Synopsis Modification History
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