2 Connected Care Pilot Funding Recipients Exit Program

Two FCC connected care pilot recipients that won a combined $800,000 in government funding withdrew from the program, said Wireline Bureau letters posted Thursday in docket 18-213. Grady Health System notified the FCC of its withdrawal in November. Grady said its commitment to provide a 15% match and personnel "is not feasible at this time," saying the proposed reporting requirements "raise concerns." Heritage Clinic notified the commission in December without detailing a reason and asked that the funding would be awarded to another agency. Grady sought more than $635,000 to provide telehealth services in Georgia, while Heritage sought nearly $200,000 to cover the cost of offering video telehealth services in California.