American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Under the provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA, or the Stimulus Act”), certain eligible providers are eligible for financial incentives for following and documenting “meaningful use” of a certified electronic medical record system. According to the HRSA, “in July 2010, the Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule which established three phases of the EHR Incentive Program. The three stages of Meaningful Use are designed to support eligible

political leaders and President Barack Obama have created a stimulus package called the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Within this legislature, improvements to our healthcare industry and systems have been made with long-term financial savings in mind. As technology and uniformed data was becoming the standard in healthcare, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act has accelerated the speed. “The number of certified EHR vendors in the United States has

about 30% of their adult patient volume or 20% of their children’s volume for Medicare and Medicaid patients (CMS, 2016). In addition, adjusting from paper charts to electronic charts of patient’s information is beneficial for MU. Furthermore, the American

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub.L. 111–5) also known as the Obama stimulus nearly doubled the budget allocated for loan. It was in 2009 when Energy Secretary Steven Chu announces that Solyndra will receive the Energy Department’s first guarantee energy loan of $535 million, issued by the U.S. Treasury’s Federal Financing Bank even after the Department Of Energy staff warned that Solyndra would run out of money by September 2011. Making Solyndra one of several companies that

Introduction The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act), is an economic stimulus package that was signed into law in February of 2009 (Grunwald, 2010). The Recovery Act was enacted to stimulate the United States (U.S) economy during the (2007-2009) recession (Investopedia. 2009). According to The White House, the Recovery Act “includes measures to modernize our nation's infrastructure, enhance energy independence, expand educational opportunities, preserve and improve affordable

cake that reads “2009 Stimulus.” The five candles represent the Stimulus Package’s, also known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, five years of age upon being signed into legislation by Barack Obama in 2009. Beeler’s cartoon depicts the idea that the ARRA wasted money rather than pushing the economy out of the Great Recession. In December 2007, the United States experienced a time of rising unemployment and declining GDP (gross domestic product) that lasted until 2009. This period was

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 The objective of the American Recovery and Reinvestment act, also known as the “stimulus” was to end the recession that had occurred in 2008. The recession had a major impact on the U.S job market. The United States congress approved the act which consisted of an investment of 787 billion dollars in order to encourage customer spending and also to save old jobs and create new ones. The act encouraged economic growth by affirming the following: 1)Clean

On February 17, 2009, President Barack Obama signs into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The law promotes electronic medical records (EMR) and infrastructure development, such as reimbursement-based pay, to cut health care costs (Frequently Asked Questions, 2009). Likewise, the ARRA is restructuring Medicare disbursements to reimburse for quality not quantity. While the law does not mandate EMR use, the federal government has set aside twenty billion dollars to help

Guidance, and the Implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 2. Author Sandy Carley, Sean Nicholson-Crotty, Eric J Fisher 3. Source Public Administration Review; Vol. 75, No.1; pp. 113-125 4. Summary This research addresses the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. This act was an economic stimulus plan that President Barack Obama signed into law to help with the struggling economy. “Over the course of just three years, from 2009 through 2011, the ARRA was designed

In 2008, the American economy broke down. Known as the Global Financial Crisis, this is widely considered to be the worst financial crisis since the 1930’s when the stock market crashed and the Great Depression hit. On November 4, 2008, candidate Barack Obama was elected for the first term of his presidency. The following February, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009—or the ARRA—was signed into effect by congress, and made into law by President Obama on February 17, 2009. This stimulus