The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has agreed to expand the time span during which it would pay to support regional extension centers from two years to four years, according to a Government Health IT news report.
Although the grants distributed last year to support the RECs were only supposed have a lifetime of four years, the RECs were to take on most of the costs after the first two years. Specifically, in the first two years, the RECs and the ONC share a 10:90 ratio to cover the costs. After two years, that ratio would reverse. Now, the ONC will cover 90 percent of the costs for the full four years.
Read the news report about the REC funding.
Read other coverage about RECs:
- ONC Dashboard to Document Lessons Learned for EHR Use
- ONC to Five RECs $12M to Help Critical Access, Rural Hospitals
- 7 Accomplishments Listed by HHS for 2010
Although the grants distributed last year to support the RECs were only supposed have a lifetime of four years, the RECs were to take on most of the costs after the first two years. Specifically, in the first two years, the RECs and the ONC share a 10:90 ratio to cover the costs. After two years, that ratio would reverse. Now, the ONC will cover 90 percent of the costs for the full four years.
Read the news report about the REC funding.
Read other coverage about RECs:
- ONC Dashboard to Document Lessons Learned for EHR Use
- ONC to Five RECs $12M to Help Critical Access, Rural Hospitals
- 7 Accomplishments Listed by HHS for 2010