Medication Optimization Diffusion Grants Program

American Society of Consultant Pharmacists Foundation

Caring Choices

Connecticut Pharmacists Foundation

Veterans Administration Central California Health Care System

Center for Home Care Policy and Research, Visiting Nurse Services of New York

Applicant Conference Call

We will be conducting our audio conference for potential applicants on March 2, 10:00am – 11:00am PST.

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Are you Eligible to Apply?

The Technologies for Improving Post-Acute Care Transitions (“Tech4Impact”) grant program is limited to a State agency or instrument of the State (e.g., State Unit on Aging, State Disability Agencies, State Medicaid Agency) that meets specific requirements.

Application FAQs

Please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions in the FAQ document.

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Letter of Intent

All Tech4Impact Letters of Intent are due July 30, 2010 and must be submitted via www.grants.gov as an attachment to an “Option D” application. See pages 76 and 121-124 for details.

AoA CMS Affordable Care Act

Grant Application Guidelines

Tech4Impact Grant Application Guidelines will become available September 30, 2010.

Technologies for Post-Acute Care Transitions Grant

The Center for Technology and Aging (the Center) is pleased to announce its Technologies for Improving Post-Acute Care Transitions grants program (“Tech4Impact”). CTA is partnering with the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) and the Administration on Aging (AoA) to improve post-acute care transitions and reduce hospital readmissions. The Tech4Impact grant is being offered by CTA as a funding opportunity that complements the AoA/CMS ADRC Evidence-based Care Transitions Programs (“Option D”) grant. Both grants are part of a multi-component funding opportunity called “Implementing the Affordable Care Act to make it easier for Individuals to Navigate their Health and Long-Term Care through Statewide Systems of Information, Counseling and Access.”

CTA is soliciting letters of intent from States that are interested in expanding use of technologies that improve transitions of care from hospital to home and other settings. Total funding available for this grant program is $500,000. Up to six grants will be awarded. The 12-month projects are expected to commence in January 2011.

Tech4Impact funds are intended for older adults or persons with disabilities participating in, or who could benefit from, an evidence-based care transitions program (e.g., Care Transitions Interventions, Transitional Care Model, and Geriatric Resources for Assessment and Care of Elders). CTA will fund community-based initiatives that are led by Aging and Disabilities Resource Centers (ADRC) in selected states. Initiatives of interest will expand the use of medical devices and computer-based technologies that better enable:

• Medication adherence (e.g., devices that remind patients to take the right medication at the right time and alert caregivers when a medication has not been taken)
• Medication reconciliation (e.g., software that stores medication information and detects potential problems, such as duplicate prescriptions)
• Patient or caregiver access to health records and other important health information
• Home monitoring of a patient’s health condition, including technologies that provide an early warning alert when a patient’s health condition deteriorates
• Health risk assessments (e.g., to identify pre-discharge patients most at risk of hospital readmission).
• Communications between and among patients and informal caregivers, and formal caregivers

Read the Funding Announcement