Resources

Suggested Materials

• LSS ARRA Webinar presentation video (last updated February 2010)*
• LSS ARRA Webinar presentation PDF (last updated February 2010)
• LSS ARRA Readiness Assessment Guide (last updated November 2009)
• CMS Fact Sheet: Meaningful Use (last updated Dec. 30, 2009)
• CMS Fact Sheet: Medicare Incentive Program (last updated Dec. 30, 2009)
• CMS Fact Sheet: Medicaid Incentive Program (last updated Dec. 30, 2009)
• CMS Meaningful Use Quality Measures (last updated January 2010)
• Meaningful Use Criteria: Stage 1 (last updated Dec. 30, 2009)
• Understanding the Process of Asking for Grant Money (last updated January 2009)

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Suggested Websites

• MEDITECH's Interoperability and EHR Initiatives
  LSS's business partner MEDITECH is actively keeping track of the economic stimulus package, and how it affects health care I.T. Each week, they post a comprehensive news update which combines multiple federal and state media articles covering the stimulus package.
  http://www.meditech.com/interoperability/ehrhome.htm

• Office of the National Coordinator
  A significant portion ($2 billion) of the money designated to Healthcare IT was allocated to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. This is an office within the Department of Health and Human Services and their website will be updated with information that is pertinent to the new regulations developed from the stimulus act.
  http://healthit.hhs.gov/

• HIT Policy Committee
  The official website for the Health Information Technology Policy Committee, the Federal Advisory Committee tasked with making recommendations to the Office of the National Coordinator regarding the national health information network as well as the Federal health information technology strategic plan.
  http://healthit.hhs.gov/portal/

• HIT Standards Committee
  The official website for the Health Information Technology Standards Committee, the Federal Advisory Committee tasked with making recommendations to the Office of the National Coordinator regarding standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria for health information technology.
  http://healthit.hhs.gov/portal/

• Recovery.gov
  This is the official site set-up by President Obama's administration to track the stimulus money as it is paid out to the respective departments and organizations that have been designated in the act.
  http://www.recovery.gov/

• HHS.GOV/Recovery
  The Department of Health and Human Services has created its own website to track the progression of funds associated to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Visit this site to see funding opportunities in the health care sector and how money is being spent.
  http://www.hhs.gov/recovery/

• Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
  HIMSS has been significantly involved in the creation of Healthcare IT portions of the economic stimulus act. They have created a resource center on their website for organizations in the healthcare industry to keep up to date with what is going on with the stimulus act.
  http://www.himss.org/EconomicStimulus/