Medicaid Telehealth Equipment Funding Opportunity

The 2014 Utah Legislature approved one-time funding for telehealth equipment for Medicaid. Funding will be available, through this application process, for telehealth equipment and infrastructure accessible to target Medicaid populations to facilitate the use of telehealth and telemedicine in the delivery of healthcare. There is potential for a federal match. The Utah Department of Health has contracted with the Utah Telehealth Network (UTN), University of Utah, to procure, deploy, manage, and support equipment purchased using these funds.

Details on the criteria and process can be found in the document for "Medicaid Telehealth Equipment Funding Process and Criteria" at https://medicaid.utah.gov and http://utn.org/

The window for submitting proposals will be open May 16, 2015, through June 22, 2015, on the UTN website (http://utn.org/). Please note that equipment purchased through the University of Utah remains the property of the University. There is a healthcare organization/provider match of approximately 15% of actual total cost, which will go towards the cost of vendor maintenance for the equipment.

UTN staff (http://utn.org/about/staff.shtml) are available to assist with equipment or infrastructure selection, including room design and technical recommendations. UTN has an expert technical and clinical team, which provides customized consultative services to assist you in your program development for network design, mobile technologies, and interactive videoconferencing for educational and administrative meetings, special events and clinical telemedicine.

For more information, please contact:

Patricia Carroll, RN MS, Telehealth Development, Utah Telehealth Network

Phone: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Website: http://utn.org/

UTN Main Office at 801-585-2426 –Option 1