chart - Ropes & Gray

Ropes & Gray LLPARRA FundingCategoryProgram NameFunding Details Released to DateAmerican Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Stimulus Funding ImplementationDepartment/Sub agencyTotal FederalFunds Availablethrough ARRAFundingMechanismEligibleEntitiesImplementation Steps Taken to DateDesignates Deadline PassedImportant ReferencesMedicare andMedicaid IncentivePayments forAdoption of HITTechnologyHIT● Creates Medicaid & Medicare incentivepayments for meaningful eHR usersHHS/CMS $17,000,000,000Hospitals,Physicians,Some ManageCare Orgs.● MeaningfulUse Website:http://healthit.hhs.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=1325&parentname=CommunityPage&parentid=1&mode=2● HHS must issue regulations regardingmeaningful use of eHR by December 31, 2009.● National Committee on Vital & HealthStatistics held a hearing on April 28th and29th discussing "meaningful use."● MeetingAgenda andTranscripts:http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/090428ag.htm● HHS announced on May 15, 2009 itsimplementation plan. HHS will definemeaningful eHR user by December 31, 2009.CMS will issue regulations for public commenton the definition and on Medicare and Medicaidpayment policies. Medicare payments willbegin no earlier than October 2010.● The plan states Medicaid payments will startno sooner than January 2011 to assureconsistency with Medicare. The plan expressesconcern with ensuring that state Medicaidsystems have capacity to pay and track thesepayments, and details the steps states musttake before the payments can begin.● HHSImplementationPlan:http://www.hhs.gov/recovery/reports/plans/hit_implementation.pdf$1,045,000,000● According to the plan, 90% of the $1 billionallotted for administration of the payments fromFY 2009-2019 will go to non-Federal entitiesthrough the government contracting process.● HHS announced on June 16, 2009 thebeginning process to define "Meaningful Use."A press call was held on this day to answerquestions about HHS's process.● HHS PressRelease:http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2009pres/06/20090616a.htmlUpdated as of October 30, 2009 Page 12