As of March 11, 2009, the Department of Health and Human Services had disbursed more than $3 billion in stimulus funds, mostly in Medicaid dollars. Led by former HHS Health Resources and Services Administration Deputy Administrator Dennis Williams, HHS’s new Office of Recovery Act Coordination intends to “enhance and streamline” the stimulus spending, promising quick, organized, and transparent distribution of the estimated $137 billion in federal healthcare stimulus spending. You can view weekly spending reports, funding opportunities, and state-specific Medicaid allocations at the office’s new web site: http://hhs.gov/recovery/.
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