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- February 22, 2013
Colorado to Receive $2 Million to Continue Work on a Comprehensive State Health Care Innovation Plan
Read moreThe Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Thursday the first recipients of the State Innovation Models initiative awards. Twenty-five states received nearly $300 million in awards will support the development of models of care that will transform healthcare delivery throughout the states. Over $250 million in...
00 - February 22, 2013
Final Rule on Essential Health Benefits Released
Read moreThe Obama administration released the final rule on essential health benefits this week, which sets the parameters for the types of benefits that must be offered by insurers starting in 2014. Kaiser Health News is tracking the news coverage; read capsules from Politico and The Hill, as well as...
- February 22, 2013
Report Says Medicaid Expansion Will Boost Colorado’s Economy
Read moreA new study of Medicaid expansion commissioned by the Colorado Health Foundation, and conducted by legislative budget analyst Charlie Brown and a team of economists, says expanding Medicaid to an estimated 275,000 additional people will cost Colorado less than the price of not adding them. Brown and his team...
- February 22, 2013
Healthcare as an Economic Stabilizer
Read morePrinceton economics professor Uwe Reinhardt provided his perspective this week on the impact of healthcare on the economy. Reinhardt says the healthcare sector has functioned for some time as the main economic locomotive pulling the economy along, and in the last two decades, it has created more jobs on...
- February 22, 2013
Sarah Vaine to discuss “Responding to the Changing Healthcare Landscape…Clinic Case Studies”
Read moreOn Thursday, April 4, from 3:15-4:15, Sarah Vaine, CEO of Summit Community Care Clinic, will join Deanna Tolman, Head2Toe HealthCare, in discussing “Responding to the Changing Healthcare Landscape…Clinic Case Studies.” Sarah Vaine has been the Chief Executive Officer of Summit Community Care Clinic in Frisco, Colorado since 2008. SCCC provides comprehensive,...
- February 21, 2013
Nurse Practitioners Push To Help Care For Health Law’s Newly Insured
Read moreMore than 27 million Americans will soon gain health coverage under the health law. But who will treat them all? “With such a large coverage expansion, and with an anticipated shortage of primary care physicians available to serve them, some states have or are considering allowing so-called advanced practice nurses...
- February 21, 2013
Kendra Brooks to discuss “What is Proposal Writing”
Read moreOn Friday April 5, from 9-11am, Kendra Brooks, CRHC’s Development Manager/Grant Writer, will discuss “What is Proposal Writing.” This workshop will explore the practical skills of researching opportunities, exploring and discussing the basic proposal sections, budgeting and the ever important evaluation section. Kendra is a native of Illinois with...
- February 21, 2013
Thank You Kaiser for your Sponsorship!
Read moreFounded in 1945, Kaiser Permanente is one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit health plans, serving more than 9 million members, with headquarters in Oakland, Calif. It comprises: Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and their subsidiaries Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. The Permanente Medical Groups. At Kaiser Permanente, physicians are responsible for...
- February 20, 2013
A National Web Conference on Enhancing Behavioral Health Care Using Health IT
Read moreDate: February 27, 2013 Time: 2:00-3:30 p.m., EST Overall Purpose: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has identified a gap in health care and public health practitioners’ knowledge of health IT using multiple mechanisms, including the findings of the continuing education (CE) planning group. This series of...
- February 20, 2013
HRSA Webinar on “Using an EHR and Quality Data to Improve Hypertension”
Read moreHIT/Quality Webinar “Using an EHR and Quality Data to Improve Hypertension”Friday, February 22, 2013, 2 pm EST In recognition of “National Heart Month,” in February, this webinar will focus on how safety net providers can utilize health information technology (HIT) to improve health outcomes in patients with hypertension. Hypertension...
