RECs Get More Funds to Help Hospitals
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is making $12.2 million available in additional grant funding to Regional Extension Centers assisting rural and critical access hospitals in adopting health information technologies.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is making $12.2 million available in additional grant funding to Regional Extension Centers assisting rural and critical access hospitals in adopting health information technologies.
RECs, which primarily serve primary care practices, previously received a total of $19.85 million in funds to also serve small hospitals in their service areas. Now, that funding, which capped at $12,000 per hospital, is bumped to $18,000.
"It is anticipated that each REC will need a total of $18,000 per CAH and Rural Hospital that it supports through this program, beyond the funding awarded in the base REC grant," according to a funding announcement. "RECs in Group A will be awarded $18,000/eligible CAH and Rural Hospital approved for funding. RECs in Group B will be awarded $6,000/previously approved CAH and Rural Hospital to bring the total amount of CAH/Rural Hospital supplemental funding from $12,000/hospital to $18,000/hospital."
The closing date for applications is Jan. 12. More information is available here.
--Joseph Goedert
RECs, which primarily serve primary care practices, previously received a total of $19.85 million in funds to also serve small hospitals in their service areas. Now, that funding, which capped at $12,000 per hospital, is bumped to $18,000.
"It is anticipated that each REC will need a total of $18,000 per CAH and Rural Hospital that it supports through this program, beyond the funding awarded in the base REC grant," according to a funding announcement. "RECs in Group A will be awarded $18,000/eligible CAH and Rural Hospital approved for funding. RECs in Group B will be awarded $6,000/previously approved CAH and Rural Hospital to bring the total amount of CAH/Rural Hospital supplemental funding from $12,000/hospital to $18,000/hospital."
The closing date for applications is Jan. 12. More information is available here.
--Joseph Goedert