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- June 14, 2013
CRHC welcomes new member Gunnison Valley Family Physicians
Read moreLast month Gunnison Valley Family Physicians (GVFP) joined CRHC’s Membership. GVFP is an independent rural clinic providing quality primary family healthcare to the Gunnison Valley since 1941. Check out the GVFP staff and doctors or their new Healthy Living Program. GVFP Fun Fact: Did you know that GVFP includes a healthy...
00 - June 13, 2013
A Word from Our Classic Sponsor: Unique Solutions Associates Inc.
Read moreUnique Solutions Associates Inc. (USA), a preferred provider with CRHC, is a creative platform that enables key decision makers in healthcare to reduce cost and improve productivity by connecting with USA’s panel of SolutionsProviders™. These SolutionsProviders™ offer unique products and services that produce exceptional, cost-reducing results. Ed Cody, CEO...
- June 13, 2013
Member of the Month: Custer County Clinic
Read moreThe Custer County Clinic was born from a vision to establish a medical clinic for the region’s mountainous communities and seeks to provide responsive top quality medical care for all patients in a friendly and professional manner. A two-room ranger station and garage were acquired in 1970. With updates and...
- June 12, 2013
Colorado Offers Exchange ‘Assister’ Money To Many Groups
Read moreKaiser Health News June 11, 2013 Obamacare in Colorado is getting down to the details, in dollars and cents. One of the 16 states that is setting up its own online insurance marketplace, Colorado on Monday named 58 organizations it’s selected to form its “assistance network” to help residents...
- June 12, 2013
Walgreens to pay $80M to settle prescription-drug violations in Colorado, elsewhere
Read moreDenver Business Journal June 12, 2013 Walgreen Co. will pay $80 million to settle federal civil charges that its pharmacies in Colorado and other states repeatedly violated the federal Controlled Substances Act in tracking and dispensing powerful pain pills. Authorities said the civil settlement with the nation’s biggest pharmacy...
- June 12, 2013
NRHA: Rural America’s Oral Health Care Needs
Read moreNational Rural Health Association In June 2012, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders introduced “The Comprehensive Dental Reform Act” seeking to address five main components to end the US oral health crisis. These components included: expanding coverage; creating new oral health access points; enhancing the workforce; improving education; and funding new...
- June 12, 2013
Health Care Innovation Awards
Read moreRural Assistance Center Letter of Intent (Required): Jun 28, 2013Application: Aug 15, 2013 The Health Care Innovation Awards will provide funding to test new payment and service delivery models that will deliver better care and lower costs for Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) enrollees. Funding will...
- June 12, 2013
Community Access to Child Health (CATCH) Implementation Funds Program
Read moreRural Assistance Center Deadline: July 31, 2013 The American Academy of Pediatrics’ Community Access to Child Health Implementation Funds program supports pediatricians in the initial and/or pilot stage of implementing a community-based child health initiative. The program is designed to help increase children’s access to a medical home or...
- June 12, 2013
In-Hospital Mortality No Different at Critical Access Hospitals
Read moreHealthDay NewsMay 3, 2013 For eight inpatient surgical procedures, mortality is similar at critical access hospitals (CAHs) and non-CAHs, but costs are higher at CAHs Adam J. Gadzinski, M.D., from the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor, and colleagues used data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample and...
- June 12, 2013
NACHC Statement on Release of Fiscal Year 2013 Spending Plan for Health Centers
Read moreNational Association of Community Health Centers May 9, 2013 Today, the Administration announced their plans for implementing the final FY2013 appropriation for the Health Centers program. NACHC is grateful to the Administration and Congress that all available funding for the Health Centers program will be utilized in the current...
