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 |
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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