HHS Lets Grants Fly
In its final act of largess under the State Health Information Exchange Cooperative Agreement Program, HHS has awarded more than $160 million in new grants “to help states advance the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology.” The first wave of 40 awards was released in mid-February. Through this final round of awards, every U.S. State and territory, or their State Designated Entity, has now been awarded funds under this program.
Grantees in the second round of awards:
- State of Alaska
- Department of Public Health, State of CT
- Agency of Health Care Administration (FL)
- Iowa Department of Public Health
- Idaho Health Data Exchange
- Indiana Health Information Technology, Inc.
- Louisiana Health Care Quality Forum
- The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- State of Mississippi
- HealthShare Montana
- State of North Dakota, Information Technology Department
- Nebraska Department of Administrative Services
- New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority
- South Carolina Department of Health & Human Services
- South Dakota Department of Health
- Texas Health and Human Services Commission
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