Because the Office of Management and Budget has revised its Metropolitan and Micropolitan statistical areas (see the February 28th OMB Bulletin), there are 104 counties that were changed from nonmetropolitan to metropolitan. This could have an important impact on the 44 Critical Access Hospitals located in those counties, which...

Community Health Workers June 12, 13, and 14Downtown Denver We are excited to announce the Women’s Health Leadership Institute’s Community Health Worker (CHW) training program is coming to Denver! They are looking for experienced Community Health Workers to be involved in this wonderful institute and movement to improve health...

The Department of Health Care Policy and Financing has hired the firm Myers and Stauffer, LLC to perform all post-payment audits for the Colorado Medicaid EHR Incentive Program. This includes all Eligible Professionals and Medicaid-only Eligible Hospitals. Myers and Stauffer, LLC will contact you directly if you have been...

June 27, 201311:30am-5:00pm Mountain TimeDouble Tree Hotel, Westminster, CO Attend the free EHR & Meaningful Use Boot Camp and learn how to incorporate Meaningful Use objectives into your practice to increase efficiency, improve patient outcomes and make the most of the expense and time you put into your EHR...

As many of you know, physicians employed or contracted with Critical Access Hospitals who billed those services using Method II have been unable to earn CMS EHR Incentive payments (this does not apply to Medicaid incentives if they qualify). The problem has been that while Method II claims are...