OpportunityTitle: Health Information Technology Capacity Building for the Integration of Medicaid and Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Data
CategoryExplanation: https://grants.hrsa.gov/2010/Web2External/Interface/FundingCycle/ExternalView.aspx?fCycleID=8a1c34d2-7b6e-4aec-8cf2-acceafaa9ae7
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible applicants include current recipients of record funded under RWHAP Part B Grants to States and Territories, and non-profit entities. Applications from non-profit entities are acceptable so long as the roles and responsibilities of the State and the non-profit entity are specified in a formal written agreement.&#160;The formal written agreement (Attachment 10) must be signed by both an authorized representative of the nonprofit entity and the current recipient chief elected official.&#160; A non-profit applicant&#8217;s failure to meet the eligibility requirement of a formal written agreement with the State/Territory will result in HRSA dismissing the application without review and precluding HRSA from making an award.     Only one application may be submitted per State/Territory.&#160; Either the RWHAP Part B funded recipient may apply, or a nonprofit entity may apply on behalf of (and in partnership with) the RWHAP Part B recipient.
Description: This announcement solicits applications for fiscal year (FY) 2017 Health Information Technology Capacity Building for the Integration of Medicaid and Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Data program. The purpose of this program is to support two (2) Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) Part B recipients to promote the statewide exchange of health information between RWHAP data systems and Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS). Improvement of HIV-related health information exchange capacity will enhance the ability of the States and Territories to more fully integrate care, treatment, and cost data, thus increasing the coordination of eligibility, care, and quality initiatives in their respective jurisdictional areas. For the purposes of this program, &#8220;States&#8221; include the District of Columbia and &#8220;Territories&#8221; include the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Contact Adan Cajina at (301)443-3180 or email acajina@hrsa.gov
GrantorContactText: Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration&lt;br/&gt;acajina@hrsa.gov&lt;br/&gt;