HITECH ACT Announcements
Broadband
07.20.10
FFC approves a $400 Million program to expand access to rural communities.
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07.02.10
Obama Administration awards 66 stimulus-funded grants, totaling $1 Billion, to bring broadband to underserved communities
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03.16.10
FCC sends National Broadband Plan to congress
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ARRA Funding /Grants
08.23.10
HHS Contributes over $32 Million aimed at boosting access to healthcare service in rural areas.
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06.16.10
HHS Contributes $250 Million to new primary care workforce programs
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06.03.10
HHS Awards $83.9 Million to Health Center Networks for HIT Implementation
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05.05.10
HHS Awards $220 Million to 15 "beacon" communities across the US.
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04.06.10
HHS Announces $267 Million in Recovery Act Funds for New Health IT Regional Extension Centers
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04.02.10
HHS Awards $144 Million to Institutions of Higher Education and Research to Address Critical Needs for the Widespread Adoption and Meaningful Use of Health Information Technology
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03.15.10
HHS contributes $161.7 million to support health information exchange (HIE)
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02.12.10
HHS and DOL contribute nearly $1 Billion to support HIT adoption and workforce training
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12.23.09
Health IT Workforce Grants
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12.18.09
Strategic Health IT Advanced Research Grants
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12.02.09
Beacon Community Grants
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08.20.09
$1.2 Billion newly available to support EHR adoption
A message from Dr. David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
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Health Information Technology Extension Program Factsheet
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State Health Information Exchange Factsheet
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Meaningful Use
05.11.10
CMS Awards more than $9 million to four states for implementation of EHRs
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12.30.09
CMS Meaningful Use Definition
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CMS Medicare Incentives
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CMS Medicaid Incentives
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08.13.09
CCHIT outlines certification criteria for meaningful use
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HIPAA
11.23.09
HIPAA Confidentiality Civil Penalties
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10.30.09
HIPAA Enforcement Penalties
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09.23.10
Breach Notification Changes
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08.13.09
CCHIT outlines certification criteria for meaningful use
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Certification
03.10.10
ONC replaces the proposedrule with a new version
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03.02.10
ONC releases notice of proposed rulemaking
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12.30.09
ONC Standards and Certification Criteria
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08.18.09
CCHIT Sole EHR Certifier for Now
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