HHS awards Affordable Care Act funds to improve quality of care and electronic reporting capabilities in Beacon Communities
$8.5 million to fund 85 health centers in 15 Beacon Communities across the country
HHS awards Affordable Care Act funds to improve quality of care and electronic reporting capabilities in Beacon Communities; $8.5 million to fund 85 health centers in 15 Beacon Communities across the country (09/12/2011 press release)
| Organization | City | State | Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| AARON E. HENRY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER | Clarksdale | Mississippi | $100,000.00 |
| ARKANSAS VERDIGRIS VALLEY HEALTH CENTERS, INC. | Porter | Oklahoma | $100,000.00 |
| BLACKSTONE VALLEY COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE | Pawtucket | Rhode Island | $100,000.00 |
| BORREGO COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION | Borrego Springs | California | $100,000.00 |
| BOUNDARY REGIONAL COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER | Bonners Ferry | Idaho | $100,000.00 |
| BUCKSPORT REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER | Bucksport | Maine | $100,000.00 |
| BUTLER COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH CONSORTIUM, INC DBA PRIMARY HEALTH SOLUTIONS | Middletown | Ohio | $100,000.00 |
| CABARRUS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, INC | Concord | North Carolina | $99,941.00 |
| CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI CIVIC IMPROVEMENT | Jackson | Mississippi | $100,000.00 |
| CENTRO DE SALUD DE LA COMUNIDAD SAN YSIDRO | San Ysidro | California | $100,000.00 |
| CINCINNATI HEALTH NETWORK, INC. | Cincinnati | Ohio | $100,000.00 |
| CLINICAS DE SALUD DEL PUEBLO, INC. | Brawley | California | $100,000.00 |
| COLUMBIA BASIN HEALTH ASSOCIATION | Othello | Washington | $100,000.00 |
| COLUMBIA VALLEY COMMUNITY HEALTH | Wenatchee | Washington | $100,000.00 |
| COLVILLE CONFEDERATED TRIBES | Inchelium | Washington | $100,000.00 |
| COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE OF PIKE COUNTY | Piketon | Ohio | $100,000.00 |
| COMMUNITY HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES CENTER | Detroit | Michigan | $80,000.00 |
| COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF SPOKANE | Spokane | Washington | $100,000.00 |
| COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF BUFFALO, INC. | Buffalo | New York | $100,000.00 |
| COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS , INC. | Salt Lake City | Utah | $100,000.00 |
| COMMUNITY HEALTH CONNECTION, INC. | Tulsa | Oklahoma | $100,000.00 |
| COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. | Moreno Valley | California | $100,000.00 |
| COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY ACTION, INC | Cranston | Rhode Island | $100,000.00 |
| COVENANT COMMUNITY CARE INC. | Detroit | Michigan | $100,000.00 |
| DELTA HEALTH CENTER, INC. | Mound Bayou | Mississippi | $100,000.00 |
| DETROIT COMMUNITY HEALTH CONNECTION | Detroit | Michigan | $100,000.00 |
| DETROIT HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS | Detroit | Michigan | $100,000.00 |
| DIRNE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, INC. | Coeur D Alene | Idaho | $100,000.00 |
| DR. ARENIA C. MALLORY HLTH. CENTER, INC. | Lexington | Mississippi | $100,000.00 |
| EAST BAY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM | Newport | Rhode Island | $100,000.00 |
| EXCELTH INC. | New Orleans | Louisiana | $100,000.00 |
| FAIRFAX MEDICAL FACILITIES, INC | Fairfax | Oklahoma | $100,000.00 |
| FAMILY HEALTH CARE CLINIC, INC. | Pearl | Mississippi | $100,000.00 |
| FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS | Okanogan | Washington | $100,000.00 |
| FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS OF SAN DIEGO, INC. | San Diego | California | $100,000.00 |
| FINGER LAKES MIGRANT HEALTH PROJECT | Penn Yan | New York | $100,000.00 |
| G.A. CARMICHAEL FAMILY HEALTH CARE CLINIC | Canton | Mississippi | $100,000.00 |
| HAMAKUA HEALTH CENTER | Honokaa | Hawaii | $100,000.00 |
| HEALTH & HOSPITAL CORP OF MARION COUNTY | Indianapolis | Indiana | $100,000.00 |
| HEALTH ACCESS NETWORK, INC. | Lincoln | Maine | $100,000.00 |
| HEALTHNET, INC. | Indianapolis | Indiana | $100,000.00 |
| HEALTHSOURCE OF OHIO, INC. | Milford | Ohio | $100,000.00 |
| IMPERIAL BEACH COMMUNITY CLINIC | Imperial Beach | California | $100,000.00 |
| INDIANA HEALTH CENTERS, INC. | Indianapolis | Indiana | $100,000.00 |
| JEFFERSON COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE CENTERS, INC. | Avondale | Louisiana | $100,000.00 |
| KATAHDIN VALLEY HEALTH CENTER | Patten | Maine | $100,000.00 |
| LA MAESTRA FAMILY CLINIC | San Diego | California | $99,932.00 |
| LEWIS COUNTY PRIMARY CARE CENTER | Vanceburg | Kentucky | $100,000.00 |
| MADISON CNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER | Anderson | Indiana | $100,000.00 |
| MORTON COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH SERVICES | Tulsa | Oklahoma | $100,000.00 |
| MOSES LAKE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER | Moses Lake | Washington | $100,000.00 |
| MOUNTAIN FAMILY HEALTH CENTER | Nederland | Colorado | $100,000.00 |
| MOUNTAIN HEALTH & COMMUNITY SERVICES | Alpine | California | $100,000.00 |
| N.E.W. HEALTH PROGRAMS | Chewelah | Washington | $100,000.00 |
| NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CARE | Cincinnati | Ohio | $100,000.00 |
| NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTHCARE | Escondido | California | $100,000.00 |
| NEW ORLEANS HEALTH DEPARTMENT | New Orleans | Louisiana | $100,000.00 |
| NORTH COUNTY HEALTH PROJECT, INC. | San Marcos | California | $100,000.00 |
| NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI HEALTH CARE, INC. | Byhalia | Mississippi | $100,000.00 |
| NORTHWEST BUFFALO COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE CENTER, INC | Buffalo | New York | $100,000.00 |
| NORTHWEST COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE | Pascoag | Rhode Island | $100,000.00 |
| OAK ORCHARD COMMUNITY HLTH CNTER, INC | Brockport | New York | $100,000.00 |
| OPEN DOOR HEALTH SERVICES, INC. | Muncie | Indiana | $100,000.00 |
| PENOBSCOT COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, INC. | Bangor | Maine | $100,000.00 |
| PURDUE UNIVERSITY | West Lafayette | Indiana | $100,000.00 |
| RAPHAEL HEALTH CENTER | Indianapolis | Indiana | $100,000.00 |
| SAN DIEGO FAMILY CARE | San Diego | California | $100,000.00 |
| SEBASTICOOK FAMILY DOCTORS | Newport | Maine | $100,000.00 |
| SHALOM HEALTH CARE CENTER, INC | Indianapolis | Indiana | $100,000.00 |
| ST. CHARLES COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, INC. | Luling | Louisiana | $99,090.00 |
| ST. THOMAS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, INC. | New Orleans | Louisiana | $100,000.00 |
| ST. VINCENT DE PAUL VILLAGE, INC | San Diego | California | $100,000.00 |
| THE BAY CLINIC, INC. | Hilo | Hawaii | $100,000.00 |
| THE HEALTHCARE CONNECTION, INC. | Cincinnati | Ohio | $100,000.00 |
| THE PROVIDENCE COMMUNITY HLTH CENTERS, INC. | Providence | Rhode Island | $100,000.00 |
| THUNDERMIST HEALTH CENTER | Woonsocket | Rhode Island | $100,000.00 |
| TRI-TOWN ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COMMITTEE | Johnston | Rhode Island | $100,000.00 |
| UNCOMPAHGRE COMBINED CLINICS | Norwood | Colorado | $97,381.00 |
| VISTA COMMUNITY CLINIC | Vista | California | $100,000.00 |
| WASATCH HOMELESS HLTH CARE/4TH ST.CLINIC | Salt Lake City | Utah | $99,830.00 |
| WEST HAWAII COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, INC | Kailua Kona | Hawaii | $100,000.00 |
| WESTERN WAYNE FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS | Inkster | Michigan | $100,000.00 |
| WINDROSE HEALTH NETWORK, INC. | Trafalgar | Indiana | $100,000.00 |
| WINTON HILLS MEDICAL & HEALTH CENTER, INC. | Cincinnati | Ohio | $100,000.00 |
| WOOD RIVER HEALTH SERVICES INC. | Hope Valley | Rhode Island | $100,000.00 |
| $8,476,174.00 |
Today, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Administrator, Dr. Mary Wakefield, and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Dr. Farzad Mostashari, announced awards of $8.5 million to 85 community health center programs, located in 15 of the 17 Beacon Communities throughout the United States. These funds, made available through HRSA under the Affordable Care Act, help support health centers with the adoption of health information technology (HIT) to support long-term improvements in quality of care, health outcomes and cost efficiencies.
Beacon Communities receive funds through the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) to build and strengthen their HIT infrastructure and exchange capabilities to improve care coordination, increase the quality of care, and slow the growth of health care spending. Today’s awards from HRSA are intended to enable existing health centers located in Beacon Communities to participate in community-wide health care improvement initiatives that include a strong information technology component. Recipients include health centers in cities across the country, from Cincinnati, Ohio and Detroit, Mich. to Spokane, Wash. and San Diego, Calif.
“Beacon Communities are about empowering doctors, nurses, patients, and community leaders to come together and use technology to make tangible differences in the lives of everyday Americans,” said HRSA Administrator Mary Wakefield, Ph.D., R.N. “The health information technology they use is a vital tool in reaching and treating the vulnerable populations we serve, and the partnerships strengthened through these awards will strengthen health centers’ efforts to deliver comprehensive, high-quality primary health care.”
“These communities have already demonstrated their commitment to cutting edge health information technology,” said HHS National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Dr. Farzad Mostashari. “Today’s awards are an important step in giving these communities the resources they need to implement home-grown programs that work for them and that can be sustained for years to come.”
These awards are another part of the Obama Administration’s efforts to improve the quality of care, increase Americans’ access to information and empower them to become active participants in their health. Eligible applicants included existing Health Center Program grantees located within a Beacon Community Program service area. A list of health center Beacon community supplemental funding grantees by organization and state is available at www.hrsa.gov/about/news/2011tables/beaconawards.html.
For more information about the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and the Beacon Community Program, please visit http://healthit.hhs.gov.
To learn more about the Affordable Care Act, visit www.healthcare.gov.
For more information about HRSA’s Community Health Center Program, visit http://bphc.hrsa.gov/about/index.html.
To find a health center in your area, visit http://findahealthcenter.hrsa.gov.
The Health Resources and Services Administration is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. HRSA is the primary Federal agency responsible for improving access to health care services for people who are uninsured, isolated, or medically vulnerable. For more information about HRSA and its programs, visit www.hrsa.gov.
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