Success with REC

Part of the reason we have high confidence in our ability to secure and execute the PTN grant is due to our Regional Extension Center (REC) work. We recently updated our impact map which can be viewed here.

We have helped over 1,674 providers select, implement, and or meaningfully use their Health IT. Additionally, through our strong partnership with The Kansas Hospital Education and Research Foundation, we have provided assistance to our 95 critical access rural hospitals.

To boil this down further, of the 9,891 healthcare providers in Kansas, 4,623 (or 46%) are registered with CMS for the EHR incentive programs. 3,141 EPs have already received at least one incentive payment for a combined total of over $80.7 million. We have assisted 806 of those earning an incentive for a total of $20 million.

There are 126 hospitals in Kansas, including 82 Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and 13 Rural Hospitals (RHs) who have benefitted directly from the REC grant. Thus far, 88 have adopted CEHRT and 66 have achieved Meaningful Use and have collectively earned over $198 million in CMS incentives.

As you can see, we have also worked with the FQHCs and RHCs throughout our state. The Kansas Association for the Medically Underserved has been a great partner throughout the REC Grant, and together we have assisted fifteen of the sixteen FQHCs in Kansas.

The Practice Transformation Network grant has lofty goals, and the team at KFMC are excited to continue working with the great caregivers throughout Kansas as we work towards the common goal of better care, improved health, and reduced cost of care.