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Implementing the AmericanRecovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009
Office of E-Health Standards and ServicesCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services
HITECH Legislation: Purpose
Improve outcomes, facilitate access, simplify care andreduce costs by providing:
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Major
financial support
to providers and States
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Learning opportunities created and leveraged through
TA
from CMS and others
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Far-reaching
frameworks
are being established that willorchestrate federal, State and local, public and privatehealth care resources for generations to come
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American Recovery & Reinvestment Act(Recovery Act) –February 2009
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Electronic Health Record (EHR) IncentiveNotice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) onDisplay –December 30, 2009; published January 13, 2010
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NPRM Comment Period Closes –March 15,2010
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