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By Joe Carlson / HITS staff writer
Iowa has become the first state in the nation to have its Medicaid program chosen to receive funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to assess implementation of electronic health records and personal health records.
Iowa’s Medicaid program will receive a grant of $1.16 million in federal [...]

Filed under: EHR, EHR companies, Electronic Health Records on November 30th, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Iowa’s Medicaid program is the first to receive matching federal funds to plan for the implementation of an EHRs incentive program as established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Iowa will receive $1.6 million in matching funds.
“While Iowa is the first state [...]

Filed under: EHR, EHR companies, Electronic Health Records, Federal Economic Stimulus Package, Health Care on November 27th, 2009 | No Comments »