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- April 22, 2013
Mediator Coming to Help with Exchange Set Up
Read moreSparring between Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) and the Colorado Health Benefit Exchange Board (COHBE) prompted an outside analyst to recommend a third party to triage and manage the project. Federal grants that Colorado received to launch its exchange require outside analysts to conduct independent...
00 - April 17, 2013
CMS Clarifies Sequestration Reduction for Medicare EHR Incentive Payments
Read moreOffice of Management and Budget on Sequestration: CMS has clarified that incentive payments for reporting periods prior to April 1 2013 will not be subject to the sequestration reduction! This is welcome news to our many hospitals who attested for a reporting period in 2012 an have yet to...
- April 17, 2013
Free Boot Camp in Durango: EHR & Meaningful Use
Read moreInterested in learning how you can optimize the use of your EHR?Want to avoid incurring Medicare penalties? 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...
- April 17, 2013
ICD-10 News: Medicare Fee-For-Service National Provider Call – Registration Now Open
Read moreRegistration Open for the Medicare National Provider Call on Transitioning to ICD-10 in 2013 Will you be ready for ICD-10 on October 1, 2014? Join CMS experts on April 18 from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. ET as they discuss ICD-10 planning and preparation strategies. Following the presentation, CMS representatives...
- April 16, 2013
Update from the CEO: Change and Transition
Read moreTwo weeks ago during the Forum an attendee asked me “how are we going to do all of this and still have time to see the patient?” We both nervously laughed and said “well that’s a great question.” These are tough times and recent reports suggest rural quality is...
- April 16, 2013
A Word from our Classic Sponsor: Peck Shaffer & Williams LLP
Read moreTax-exempt finance is helping to build Healthcare and Infrastructure in ColoradoBy Mary Groves Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center has been providing medical care in the mountains of central Colorado for more than 125 years. Today, it serves a region of nearly 20,000 people. Thanks to tax-exempt financing...
- April 16, 2013
Member of the Month: Sedgwick County Health Center
Read moreJulesburg, CO located in the most northeast corner of Colorado is the first town in our state to greet travelers heading west to the Rocky Mountains. With a population of 2,341, it is a small town, but is the hub of the healthcare community for the county. Sedgwick County...
- April 16, 2013
Nonprofit SORHs Strengthen Collaboration
Read moreIn February, directors and staffers from nonprofit State Offices of Rural Health (SORHs) met in Colorado to collaborate and exchange information. “For the last ten years, every other year or so, we get together and talk about the trials and tribulations of being a nonprofit SORH,” said...
- April 16, 2013
Colorado Provider Recruitment Quarterly News!
Read moreSpring is here and that means residency and school presentations are in full swing. Colorado Provider Recruitment (CPR) presented at Rocky Vista University for Family Medicine Physicians and presented for Practice Essentials. Two more Practice Essentials Workshops are in the works as well as a Family Nurse...
- April 16, 2013
See if Your County is Considered Rural by HRSA!
Read moreClick here to see if your county is considered rural by HRSA.
