Five New CMS Awards for Health IT Programs for Medicaid
Brings Total to 37 State/Territory Medicaid Agencies
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) announced awards on April 26, 2010 totalling $8.2 million to Oregon, Puerto Rico, New Mexico, Washington, and Missouri for 90/10 Health IT federal matching programs for state/territory Medicaid agencies, with CMS providing 90% of the matching funds. Oregon received the largest award of $3.53 million in this date. With these new awards, CMS has awarded a total of $58.4 million to 37 states and territories. See the five April 26, 2010 awards and amounts listed below. See previous post on e-Healthcare Marketing for prior list of awards and amount, as well as additional background.
As in previous announcements, CMS says that the Medicaid awardee “will use its federal matching funds for planning activities that include conducting a comprehensive analysis to determine the current status of HIT activities in the state. As part of that process, (the state or territory) will gather information on issues such as existing barriers to its use of EHRs, provider eligibility for EHR incentive payments, and the creation of a State Medicaid HIT Plan, which will define the state’s vision for its long-term HIT use.”
April 26, 2010 Medicaid HIT Awards
| State | Amount |
| Oregon | $3,530,000 |
| Puerto Rico | $1,800,000 |
| Missouri | $1,530,000 |
| Washington | $967,000 |
| New Mexico | $405,000 |
| SubTotal 4/26/10 | $8,232,000 |
| Previous Awards | $50,162,000 |
| New Total | $58,394,000 |
