ONC Emails “Update to FOA for State HIE Cooperative Agreement Program”; Removes HIE Historic Expenditures Requirement
In an afternooon email on September 8, 2009, HHS’s Office of National Coordinator announced changes which impact Letter of Intent that States need to file by Friday, September 11, 2009. (FOA=Funding Opportunity Announcement)
“Due to the many questions we have received from applicants regarding the request to have states report historic expenditures on HIE, we have removed that requirement for the letter of intent due Friday, September 11, 2009.
“As such, we have also removed the 10% needs assessment factor from the funding formula, which would have been informed by the collection of historic expenditures. The 10% set aside is now combined with the overall funding pool for distribution based on the four other equity factors noted in the FOA. We have updated the originally posted FOA on grants.gov and on our website at healthit.hhs.gov. Changes can be noted on pages 35 or 36 (depending on view) and 56 or 57 of the funding announcement.
“Please let us know if you have questions. We apologize for the late notice of this change, and if this email has already been received. Our aim is to inform everyone as quickly as possible of this change.”
Regards,
Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
See revision on e-Healthcare Marketing post on HIE questions for Letter of Intent.
