I like to find whether and how you are participating in the opportunity surrounding Regional Extension Center.
Also, any helpful thoughts or opinions surrounding this would be greatly appreciate it.
Thanks,
Bobby / NGHN.
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As an overview, today, Sept 8 is the deadline for the preliminary applications for RECs to ONC. I've been involved in the state process to make a plan for the state and then to see if a coordinated set of applications could go in. As of last Friday, my understanding is that there are a number of preliminary applications being submitted today for the first round of REC funding, which should result in 1 REC grantee per Federal region (10 regions). Two subsequent rounds will identify up to another 60 grantees who will work with the first grantee in each region.
Here in California, the concept at this time from those who participated in the statewide stakeholder planning process is that there will be centralized REC entities who will contract with "service providers" who have expertise working locally and/or with certain preferred provider segments (clinics, solo/small group practices, critical access hospitals, et. al.).
Many of our CNEA grantees could become local "service providers" as you are developing the experience and capacity to help others with their E.H.R. implementations. The central RECs, however, have to do a range of services that may extend well beyond what you all as NEAs do now, in a vendor neutral way, and for all provider segments, not just safety net.
But, I too, am curious as to whom might have applied to be a REC!
KLKo
I believe in CA, they are looking at regional extension centers with local extension centers.
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