CMS Awards Add’l $5.75 Mil for Medicaid Health IT to Indiana, Connecticut, Delaware, New Hampshire, Rhode Island; Washington, DC; and West Virginia

Seven New CMS Awards for Health IT Programs for Medicaid
Ups  Total to $73.33 Mil for 48 State/Territory Medicaid Agencies
Complete List of CMS State HIT Awards
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) announced its seven latest federal matching fund awards on August 2, 2010 as part of the CMS Electronic Health Records Incentive Program with $5.75 million in this round divided between the Medicaid agencies for Indiana with $2,310,000 (the top award in this round and in the top ten of all rounds to date), Connecticut with $695,000, Delaware with $247,000, New Hampshire with $335,000, Rhode Island with $401,000, Washington, DC with $817,000, and West Virginia with $945,000.

Among the 48 State/Territory Medicaid agencies, New York and New Jersey remain the top two award winners with $5.91 million and $4.93 million respectively. The midpoint for award amounts moved down slightly to $1.37 million per agency from about $1.4 million. See complete chart below with states, amounts, and dates announced.

The press release for each state award continues to say “The Recovery Act provides a 90 percent federal match for state planning activities to administer the incentive payments to Medicaid providers, to ensure their proper payments through audits and to participate in statewide efforts to promote interoperability and meaningful use of EHR technology statewide and, eventually, across the nation.”

All award announcements  (August 2, 2010 and prior) can be viewed via a search of CMS press releases that this link launches. 

CMS Matching Funds for EHRs
State Amount Date
Alabama $269,000 2/26/2010
Alaska $900,000 1/21/2010
Arizona $2,890,000 2/26/2010
Arkansas $815,000 2/26/2010
California $2,480,000 12/9/2009
Colorado $798,000 3/24/2010
Connecticut $695,000 8/2/2010
Delaware $247,000 8/2/2010
Florida $1,690,000 2/26/2010
Georgia $3,170,000 12/9/2009
Idaho $142,000 12/9/2009
Illinois $2,180,000 2/26/2010
Indiana $2,310,000 8/2/2010
Iowa $1,160,000 11/23/2009
Kansas $1,700,000 2/26/2010
Kentucky $2,600,000 1/21/2010
Louisiana $1,850,000 5/11/2010
Maine $1,400,000 2/26/2010
Maryland $1,370,000 5/11/2010
Michigan $1,520,000 2/26/2010
Minnesota $1,040,000 5/11/2010
Mississippi $1,470,000 3/24/2010
Missouri $1,530,000 4/26/2010
Montana $239,000 12/9/2009
Nebraska $894,000 2/26/2010
Nevada $1,050,000 3/24/2010
New Hampshire $335,000 8/2/2010
New Jersey $4,930,000 5/11/2010
New Mexico $405,000 4/26/2010
New York $5,910,000 12/9/2009
North Carolina $2,290,000 3/24/2010
Oklahoma $587,000 2/26/2010
Oregon $3,530,000 4/26/2010
Pennsylvania $1,420,000 1/4/2010
Puerto Rico $1,800,000 4/26/2010
Rhode Island $401,000 8/2/2010
South Carolina $1,480,000 1/21/2010
Tennessee $2,700,000 1/4/2010
Texas $3,860,000 12/9/2009
US Virgin Islands $232,000 12/9/2009
Utah $396,000 3/24/2010
Vermont $294,000 2/26/2010
Virginia $1,660,000 2/26/2010
Washington $967,000 4/26/2010
Washington, DC $817,000 8/2/2010
West Virginia $945,000 8/2/2010
Wisconsin $1,370,000 1/21/2010
Wyoming $596,000 3/24/2010
TOTAL $73,334,000  

 For additional background information on CMS Awards, see these previous posts on e-Healthcare Marketing.
May 12, 2010: “CMS Awards Add’l $9.1 Mil for Medicaid Health IT to New Jersey, Louisiana, Maryland, and Minnesota”
March 29, 2010: “CMS Awards Total of $50 Million to 32 State Medicaid EHR Programs”
April 26, 2010: “CMS Awards Add’l $8.2 mil for Medicaid Health IT to Oregon, Puerto Rico, New Mexico, Washington, and Missouri”

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