The Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHCRQ) announced a series of Improving Health Care Quality through Health Information Technology grants. Exploration and Development Grant to Improve Health Care Quality through Health Information Technology (IT) The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support short-term preparatory, pilot or feasibility studies that will [...]
By expanding Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act sets out to cover some 17 million uninsured Americans. Many in this group are adults who currently don’t qualify for the program because they don’t have children. In most states single adults and childless couples are not considered among “the worthy poor,” no matter how little they earn. [...]
By Goldie Blumenstyk The “dysfunctional governance” structure of California’s giant community-college system and the absence of an independent and accountable statewide body to steer higher-education policy toward the state’s work-force needs are undermining the economy, says a report released on Thursday by California Competes, a council of civic and business leaders. Over the next 13 [...]
On May 23, 2012 the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announced the Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students grant. The purpose of the grant is to promote diversity among health profession students and practitioners by providing scholarships to full-time students with financial need from disadvantaged backgrounds, enrolled in health professions and nursing programs. Participating schools are [...]
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced the first batch of organizations for Health Care Innovation awards. Made possible by the Affordable Care Act – the awards support 26 innovative projects nationwide that will save money, deliver high quality medical care and enhance the health care workforce. Last November, the CMS Innovation Center [...]
Two Regional Directors of the national ONC HIT program, a Dean from one of the participating colleges, and Richard Katz, CEO, HRMS presented at the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) conference in Orlando last week. They shared in the DOL’s recently published Training Employment Notice (TEN) that includes both the Competency Model on Health [...]
Cal eConnect Stakeholders, Partners, and Friends, ONC has announced an opportunity for additional funding to support our efforts to improve patient care, health care outcomes, and health care quality and efficiency through the use of health information exchange. The timing is awful, but I am confident that California can submit at least one (1) [...]
On October 5th Health Resources & Services Administration announced the opening of the School Based Health Center grant application process. The synopsis for the Affordable Care Act Grants for School Based Health Center Capital (SCHCC) Program opportunity is detailed below: Funding Opportunity Number: HRSA-11-127 Opportunity Category: Discretionary Posted Date: Oct 04, 2010 Creation Date: Oct [...]
On October 26th HRSA announced the availability between $270 and $335 million in ACA funds to support HRSA’s Expanded Services initiative for existing community health centers. Health Center Program grantees requesting expanded services funds must demonstrate how these funds will be used to expand medical capacity and services to underserved populations in their service areas. [...]
PUBLIC NOTICE The general public of Brown, Door, Florence, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto, Shawano and Sheboygan Counties (Bay Workforce Development Area) are hereby notified that the Bay Area Workforce Development Board and Local Elected Officials Consortium will submit a request for proposals for a position of sustainability coordinator for the Bay Area Counties. The [...]
