Yesterday, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced more than $87 million in funding for 1,310 health centers in every U.S. state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the Pacific Basin.

The funding will support health information technology enhancements to accelerate health centers’ transition to value-based models of care, improve efforts to share and use information to support better decisions, and increase engagement in delivery system transformation. To support these goals, all purchases or upgrades of electronic health record systems made with the funding must use technology that is certified by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.

New Jersey was awarded a total of $1,664,595 to support 23 health centers:

Organization City Award
ATLANTICARE HEALTH SERVICES INC EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP $44,193
CAMCARE HEALTH CORPORATION CAMDEN $93,096
COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE, INC. BRIDGETON $117,418
HENRY J. AUSTIN HEALTH CENTER, INC. TRENTON $58,468
HORIZON HEALTH CENTER INC JERSEY CITY $58,568
JEWISH RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION INC., THE PERTH AMBOY $40,000
JEWISH RENAISSANCE MEDICAL CENTER PERTH AMBOY $75,626
LAKEWOOD RESOURCE AND REFERRAL CENTER INC. LAKEWOOD $69,134
METROPOLITAN FAMILY HEALTH NETWORK INC. JERSEY CITY $61,970
MONMOUTH FAMILY HEALTH CENTER LONG BRANCH $62,600
NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH SERVICES CORPORATION PLAINFIELD $63,155
NEWARK COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, INC. NEWARK $96,806
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, CITY OF, (INC) NEWARK $59,520
NORTH HUDSON COMMUNITY ACTION CORPORATION UNION CITY $164,702
OCEAN HEALTH INITIATIVES INC. LAKEWOOD $72,771
PATERSON COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC. PATERSON $63,213
PROJECT HOPE CAMDEN $43,539
RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY PISCATAWAY $66,683
RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY NEWARK $43,832
SAINT JAMES HEALTH INC NEWARK $40,003
SOUTHERN JERSEY FAMILY MEDICAL CENTERS, INC. HAMMONTON $117,922
VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL JERSEY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER ASBURY PARK $53,643
ZUFALL HEALTH CENTER INC. DOVER $97,733

Source: HHS.gov

HHS Awards Over $87 Million for Health Centers’ IT enhancements