State Health Information Exchange Cooperative Agreement Program Key Contacts

Below is contact information, where available, for State HIT Coordinators*, State Health Information Exchange Cooperative Agreement Program grantees**, and contact people for Direct services***. In instances where the state delegated responsibility for the cooperative agreement to a “State Designated Entity (SDE),” more than one contact has been provided. If you have updates to this page, please submite a change request on the ONC HealthIT Feedback Form. *Not all states have a State HIT Coordinator position**The State Health Information Exchange Cooperative Agreement Program ended in March, 2014Not all states have a State HIT Coordinator position***Information self-reported

Alabama	Paul Brannan, PMP Alabama Health Information Techonolog Coordinator Director - Alabama One Health Record paul.brannan@medicaid.alabama.gov 334-242-5017 Alabama One Health Record info@onehealthrecord.alabama.gov onehealthrecord.alabama.gov 334-353-4463 For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: Meghan Youngpeter, Alabama Medicaid Agency 334-353-4463 meghan.youngpeter@medicaid.alabama.gov Alabama One Health Record
Alaska	Beth Davidson Acting State Health Information Technology Coordinator Alaska Department of Health & Social Services 3601 C. Street, Suite 902 Anchorage, AK 99503 beth.davidson@alaska.gov 907-375-7725 Rebecca Madison (SDE) Executive Director Alaska eHealth Network 4120 Laurel Street #102 Anchorage, AK 99508 rebecca@ak-ehealth.org For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: Alaska eHealth Network Web Site Disclaimers
Arizona	Lorie Mayer HIT Coordinator 100 North 15th Avenue, Suite 400 Phoenix, AZ 85007 lorie.mayer@azahcccs.gov 602-417-4420 For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: Connie Ihde 602-688-7200 Arizona Health-e Connection Web Site Disclaimers
Arkansas	Ray Scott HIT Coordinator Office of Health Information Technology 1401 West Capitol Avenue Victory Building, Plaza G Little Rock, AR 72201 ray.scott@hit.arkansas.gov 501-410-1999 For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: Jessica Cunningham Jessica.cunningham@hit.arkansas.gov
California	Pamela Lane HIT Coordinator California Health and Human Services Agency Robert M. Cothren, PhD Executive Director California Association of Health aInformation Exchanges robert.cothren@ca-hie.org For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: info@ca-hie.org California Health and Human Services Agency Web Site Disclaimers
Colorado	Kelly Joines Interim Chief Executive Officer Colorado Regional Health Information Organization (CORHIO) 4500 Cherry Creek South Drive, Suite 820 Denver, CO 80246 kjoines@corhio.org For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: Christine Baker, CORHIO cbaker@corhio.org 720-285-3246 Colorado Regional Health Information Organization Web Site Disclaimers
Connecticut	Allan T. Hackney Health Information Technology Officer Office of the Lt. Governor Phone: +1-860-310-9708 Email: allan.hackney@ct.gov For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: Same as above
Delaware	Jill Rogers HIT Coordinator Department of Health & Social Services 1901 North DuPont Highway New Castle, DE 19720 Jill.Rogers@state.de.us 302-255-9000 Jan Lee (State SDE) Executive Director Delaware Health Information Network 107 Wolf Creek Boulevard, Suite 2 Dover, DE 19901 Jan.Lee@dhin.org 302-678-0220 For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: Randy Farmer randy.farmer@dhin.org
District Of Columbia	Noah Smith, MPH, EMT Program Manager, Health Information Technology & Exchange Department of Health Care Finance Government of the District of Columbia Noah.Smith@dc.gov (202) 609-8929
Florida	Molly McKinstry HIT Coordinator Agency for Healthcare Administration molly.mckinstry@ahca.myflorida.com 850-412-4420 For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: Pamela E. King, Florida HIE 850-412-3762 Pamela.King@ahca.myflorida.com FL Health Information Exchange Web Site Disclaimers
Georgia	Stacey Harris HIT Coordinator Georgia Dept. of Community Health sharris@dch.ga.gov Office: 404-654-5712 Mobile: 404-783-5855 For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: Denise Hines, Georgia Health information Network dhines@gahin.org GA Health Information Network Web Site Disclaimers
Hawaii	Beth Giesting Healthcare Transformation Coordinator (HIT Coordinator) Office of the Governor State Capitol Honolulu, HI 96813 beth.giesting@hawaii.gov Christine Sakuda (State SDE) Executive Director Hawaii Health Information Exchange 900 Fort Street Mall Suite 1300 Honolulu, HI 96813 csakuda@hawaiihie.org 808-441-1313 For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: Hawaii Health Information ExchangeWeb Site Disclaimers
Idaho	Paul Brannan Interim Executive Director Idaho Health Data Exchange pbrannan@idahohde.org 208-803-0038 For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: Prudence Vincent Director of Community Engagement Idaho Health Data Exchange pvincent@idahohde.org 208-803-0048 Contact Name: Kirstie White Contact Email: kwhite@idahohde.org
Illinois	Diego Estrella HIT Coordinator Illinois Health Information Exchange 100 W. Randolph St. Suite 4-750 Chicago, IL 60601 diego.estrella@illinois.gov 312-814-3534 For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: Cory Verblen 312-793-0430 Cory.Verblen@illinois.gov Illinois Office of Health Information Technology
Indiana	Carenza Love HIT Coordinator State of Indiana/Family & Social Services Administration 402 West Washington Street Indianapolis, IN 46204 carenza.love@fssa.in.gov 317-232-1165 For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: Same as above
Iowa	Kim Norby HIT Coordinator Iowa Department of Public Health 321 East 12th Street Des Moines, IA 50319 kim.norby@idph.iowa.gov 515-725-2169 For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: Iowa e-Health Web Site Disclaimers
Kansas	Aaron Dunkel HIT Coordinator Deputy Secretary Kansas Department of Health and Environment 1000 SW Jackson, Suite 540 Topeka, KS 66612 adunkel@kdheks.gov 785-291-3966
Kentucky	Polly Mullins-Bentley HIT Coordinator Governor’s Office of Electronic Health Information 275 East Main Street Frankfort, KY 40601 Polly.Mullins-Bentley@ky.gov For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: Jennifer Wilder, KHIE Jennifer.wilder@ky.gov
Louisiana	Tyler Carruth HIT Coordinator Department of Health and Hospitals P.O. Box 629 Baton Rouge, LA 70801 tyler.carruth@la.gov Nadine Robin (State SDE) HIT Program Manager Louisiana Health Care Quality Forum 8550 United Plaza Boulevard, Suite 500 Baton Rouge, LA 70809 nrobin@lhcqf.org 225-334-9299 For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: info@lhcqf.org
Maine	Shaun T. Alfreds Chief Operating Officer HealthInfoNet 242 State Street Augusta, ME 04333 salfreds@hinfonet.org Office: 207-541-4105 Mobile: 207-632-6096 Fax: 207-541-9258 For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: Shaun T. Alfreds, HealthInfoNet 207-541-4105 salfreds@hinfonet.org
Maryland	No Contact Information for Maryland
Massachusetts	Manu Tandon HIT Coordinator Secretariat Chief Information Officer Massachusetts Health and Human Services manu.tandon@state.ma.us Sean Kennedy Director, Health Information Exchange kennedy@masstech.org 617-371-3999 x250 For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: Darrel S. Harmer 617-847-3719 darrel.s.harmer@massmail.state.ma.us Mass HIway Web Site Disclaimers
Michigan	Meghan Vanderstelt HIT Coordinator Michigan Department of Community Health 201 Townsend Street Lansing, MI 48913 VandersteltM@michigan.gov For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: help@mihin.org
Minnesota	Marty LaVenture HIT Coordinator Minnesota Department of Health 85 East Seventh Place, Suite 220 St Paul, MN 55164 Martin.LaVenture@state.mn.us For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: Lisa Moon lisa.moon@state.mn.us 651-201-3598 Minnesota State-Certified Health Information Exchange Service Providers Web Site Disclaimers Self-Reported Technical Capabilities of Minnesota State Certified Health Information Exchange Service Providers Web Site Disclaimers
Mississippi	Office of Governor Phil Bryant 550 High Street, Suite 1900 Jackson, MS 39201 For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: Jeremy Hill Jeremy.hill@ms-hin.ms.gov MS Health Information Network
Missouri	Brian Kinkaide Director (HIT Coordinator) Missouri State Department of Social Services Broadway State Office Building Jefferson City, MO 65102 brian.d.kinkaide@dss.mo.gov 573-751-4815 For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: Angie Bass, Missouri Health Connection 573-777-4550 abass@missourihealthconnection.org Missouri Health Connection Web Site Disclaimers
Montana	Jean Branscum Acting Chief Administrative Officer Big Sky Care Connect 2021 11th Avenue, Suite 2 Helena, MT
Nebraska	Lavon Heidemann Lieutenant Governor & HIT Coordinator Contact via: sarah.schoen@nebraska.gov 402-471-2256 For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: Lianne Stevens lstevens@nehii.org **Behavioral Health providers contact wbaker@region5systems.net
Nevada	Nevada Department of Health & Human Services 1000 East William Street, Suite 209 Carson City, NV 89701
New Hampshire	Elizabeth Shields HIT Coordinator NH Department of Health and Human Services 129 Pleasant Street Concord, NH 03301 Elizabeth.Shields@dhhs.state.nh.us For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: NH Health Information Orgnazation Web Site Disclaimers
New Jersey	Eileen Troutman, Chief Information Officer New Jersey State Department of Health Health Information Techonology P.O. Box 360 Trenton, NJ 08625-0360 Eileen.Troutman@doh.nj.gov 609-341-5006 For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: State of NJ – Department of Health Web Site Disclaimers
New Mexico	Thomas D. East, Ph.D., CHCIO CEO and CIO New Mexico Health Information Collaborative (NMHIC) HIE LCF Research 2309 Renard Pl SE, Suite 103 Albuquerque, NM 87106 (505) 938-9901 Thomas.East@LCFresearch.org Mark Butler IT Manager New Mexico Health Information Collaborative (NMHIC) HIE LCF Research 2309 Renard Place SE, Suite 103 Albuquerque, NM 87106 (505) 938-9915 Mark.Butler@NMHIC.org
New York	Steve Smith HIT Coordinator Office of Quality & Patient Safety, Division of HIT Transformation srs04@health.ny.gov David Whitlinger (State SDE) Executive Director New York eHealth Collaborative Inc. 220 Church Street, 5th Floor New York, NY10013-2988 dwhitlinger@nyehealth.org 646-619-6403 For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: Sudipto Srivastava,New York eHealth Collaborative 646-619-6764 ssrivastava@nyehealth.org
North Carolina	Jennifer Street HIT Coordinator CEO North Carolina Health Information Exchange jennifer.street@dhhs.nc.gov Office: 919-981-5245 Mobile: 919-637-5845 Darryl Meeks NC Department of Health and Human Services Director of Health Information Technology darryl.meeks@dhhs.nc.gov Office: 919-855-3030 www.ncdhhs.gov For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: Christy Revels christy.revels@nchie.org
North Dakota	Sheldon Wolf HIT Coordinator Information Technology Department 600 East Boulevard Avenue, Room 103 Bismarck, ND 58505 shwolf@nd.gov 701-328-1991 For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: ND Health Information Network Web Site Disclaimers
Ohio	Fred Richards (State SDE) COO/CIO Ohio Health Information Partnership LLC 3455 Mill Run Drive, Suite 315 Hilliard, OH 43206 frichards@ohiponline.org 614-664-2602 Peg Eichner (State SDE) HIE Program Manager 3455 Mill Run Drive, Suite 315 Hilliard, OH 43206 meichner@ohiponline.org 614-387-0412 For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: Lori Stewart, Ohio Health Information Partnership lstewart@ohiponline.org **Cincinnati area contact Sean Flynn, HealthBridge 513-247-5257 sflynn@healthbridge.org or info@healthbridge.org HealthBridge Web Site Disclaimers
Oklahoma	Oklahoma Health Information Exchange Trust 2401 NW 23rd Street, Suite 1-A Oklahoma City, OK 73107 val.schott@okstate.edu 405-249-4204 For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: Jan Figart, Community Service Council 918-585-5551
Oregon	Susan Otter HIT Coordinator OR Health Policy & Research 1225 Ferry St SE, Floor 1 Salem, OR 97301 susan.otter@state.or.us 503-373-1817 For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: Britteny Matero 503-378-6575 BRITTENY.J.MATERO@dhsoha.state.or.us Oregon's Health Information Exchange Web Site Disclaimers
Pennsylvania	Alix Goss Executive Director PA eHealth Partnership Authority 402-A Finance Building Harrisburg, PA 17120 algoss@pa.gov 717-214-8174 * HIT Coordinator position not currently filled. For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: PA e-Health Web Site Disclaimers
Rhode Island	Amy Zimmerman, MPH HIT Coordinator Executive Offices of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) Room 117, Louis Pasteur Building 57 Howard Avenue Cranston, RI 02920 amy.zimmerman@ohhs.ri.gov 401-222-1439 Charlie Hewitt (State SDE) Director, HIE Product Delivery Rhode Island Quality Institute 50 Holden Street, Suite 300 Providence, RI 02908 chewitt@riqi.org 401-276-9141 x 225 For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: 888-924-4156 directprogram@riqi.org RI Regional Extension Center Web Site Disclaimers
South Carolina	David Patterson HIT Coordinator SC Department of Health & Human Services 1801 Main Street Columbia, SC 29201 david.patterson@ors.sc.gov 803-898-9954 For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: Todd Thornburg THORNBUR@mailbox.sc.edu
South Dakota	Kevin DeWald HIT Coordinator SD Department of Health 600 East Capitol Avenue Pierre, SD 57501 kevin.dewald@state.sd.us 605-773-3361 For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: Information Web Site Disclaimers Register Web Site Disclaimers Questions Web Site Disclaimers
Tennessee	George Beckett HIT Coordinator State of Tennessee 310 Great Circle Road Nashville, TN 37243 george.beckett@tn.gov 615-507-6477
Texas	Annick Barton Deputy Director Cross-Division Coordination Texas Health and Human Services Commission Annick.Barton@hhsc.state.tx.us For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: HIETexas Web Site Disclaimers
Utah	Robert T. Rolfs, MD, MPH HIT Coordinator Deputy Director State Epidemiologist Utah Department of Health P.O. Box 141000, SLC, UT 84114-1000 rrolfs@utah.gov 801-538-6111 Francesca Lanier State HIE Program Manager Utah Department of Health P.O. Box 141019, SLC, UT 84114-1000 flanier@utah.gov For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: 801-466-7705 Utah Health Information Network Web Site Disclaimers
Vermont	Steve Maier Acting State HIT Coordinator Department of Vermont Health Access steven.maier@state.vt.us 802-233-8337 For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: Samuel McDowell, VITL 802-839-1946 smcdowell@vitl.net
Virginia	Connect Virginia 4900 Cox Road, Suite 245 Glen Allen, VA 23060 804-955-2497 For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: Michelle White, ConnectVirginia 804-955-1789 mwhite@cha-va.org ConnectVirginia Web Site Disclaimers
Washington	Melodie Olsen Health IT Coordinator P.O. Box 45528 Olympia, WA 98504 melodie.olsen@hca.wa.gov
West Virginia	Edward Dolly HIT Coordinator WV Health Information Network 100 Dee Drive Charleston, WV 25311 ed.l.dolly@wv.gov 304-558-5978
Wisconsin	Denise Webb HIT Coordinator WI Department of Health Services 1 West Wilson Street, Room 250 Madison, WI 53703 denise.webb@wi.gov 608-267-6767 Joe Kachelski (State SDE) CEO Wisconsin Statewide Health Information Network (WISHIN), Inc. 5510 Research Park Drive Madison, WI 53711 jkachelski@wishin.org 608-268-1838 Jean Doeringsfeld (State SDE) Project Director Wisconsin Statewide Health Information Network (WISHIN), Inc. 5510 Research Park Drive Madison, WI 53711 jdoeringsfeld@wishin.org 608-274-1820 For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: Carleigh Knowles (State SDE) Communication and Engagement Specialist Wisconsin Statewide Health Information Network (WISHIN), Inc. 5510 Research Park Drive Madison, WI 53711 cknowles@wishin.org 608-274-1820 Wisconsin Statewide Health Information Network Web Site Disclaimers
Wyoming	Dallas Lain HIT Enterprise Architect (HIT Coordinator) State of Wyoming, Office of the CIO 2001 Capitol Avenue, Emerson Building #237 Cheyenne, WY 82002 dallas.lain@wyo.gov Office: 307-777-5282 Mobile: 307-630-9258 Heather Roe Day CEO, WY e-Health Partnership, Inc. 1200 East 20th Street, Suite B Cheyenne, WY 82001 hroeday@ehealthwyo.org Office: 307-773-1300 Ext. 208 Mobile: 307-701-1323 For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: Linda Cramer, Wyoming Dept. of Health - Medicaid 307-777-5414 linda.cramer@wyo.gov
American Samoa	Ray Tulafono HIT Coordinator 50001 ASPA/Peacesat Building Pago Pago, AS 96799 Ray.tulafono@ibj.as For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: Same as above
Guam	Ed C. Cruz Chief Information Officer Office of the Governor of Guam Bureau of Information Technology P.O. Box 2950 Hagatna, Guam 96932 ed.cruz@bit.guam.gov 672-475-1229 or 672-475-1203 For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: Therese Chong tee.chong@teleguam.net
Northern Mariana Islands	Esther Muna HIT Coordinator Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands HIE P.O. Box 500409 Saipan, Mariana Islands 96950 emuna670@gmail.com 670-236-8765
Puerto Rico	Gioncarlo Gonzalez Chief Information Officer and Acting HIT Coordinator Department of Health & Government of PR Healthcare Piso 1 Centro Medico Rio Piedras, PR 00936 ggonzalez@fortaleza.pr.gov
US Virgin Islands	Kevin Hodge Director, Health Information Technology 1303 Hospital Ground, Suite 10 St. Thomas, V.I. 00802 kevin.hodge@usvi-doh.org Office: 340-715-5101 Mobile: 340-690-1381 For information on, or to sign up for Direct services: Kathleen Greenaway kathleen.greenaway@doh.vi.gov 340-773-1311 Ext 4226 www.healthvi.org/hie Web Site Disclaimers

*Not all states have a State HIT Coordinator position

**The State Health Information Exchange Cooperative Agreement Program ended in March, 2014Not all states have a State HIT Coordinator position

***Information self-reported

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