WILMINGTON – On Monday, July 23, 2012, Gov. Jack Markell and Delaware’s Congressional Delegation of U.S. Sens. Tom Carper, Chris Coons and Congressman John Carney (all D-Del.) will announce the Delaware recipients of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Care Innovation Awards.

Christiana Care Health System and Nemours/Alfred I. Dupont Hospital for Children both will receive funding for projects from the Health Care Innovation Awards, which are funded through the CMS Innovation Center that was created by the Affordable Care Act. Together, these hospitals received nearly $13.7 million for their new programs.

WHAT:
Health Care Innovation Awards Grant Announcement

WHO:
Governor Jack Markell
U.S. Senator Tom Carper
U.S. Senator Chris Coons
U.S. Representative John Carney
William S. Weintraub, M.D., FACC, Christiana Care’s John H. Ammon Chair of Cardiology and the director of the Christiana Care Center for Outcomes Research
Kevin B. Churchwell, MD, CEO Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
Kathy Matt, University of Delaware/Delaware Health and Science Alliance

WHEN:
Monday, July 23, 2012, 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.

WHERE:
University of Delaware, Science, Technology and Advanced Research (STAR) Campus
550 South College Avenue, Newark, Delaware
This event will be held outside.