Local Healthcare Programs to Get $23M

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The University of Hawaii at Hilo, St. Francis Healthcare Foundation of Hawaii and FirstVitals Health and Wellness Inc. have been selected to receive a competitive Health Care Innovation Award.

The award totaling $23.6 comes from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to support “innovative health care programs that expand access and lower costs.”

That’s according to a press release from Dan, Dan, Mazie and Colleen.

The award was created under the Affordable Care Act to encourage the development of projects “that test new payment and service delivery models that provide quality care while lowering health care costs.”

—Chad Blair

Photo of UH HIlo mural courtesyeye of einstein.

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