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- January 23, 2013
Todd Welter to discuss “Managed Care in the Wake of the ACA (OBAMACARE)” and “Leverage in the Era of health Exchange”
Read moreOn Wednesday, April 3, 2013 from 10:45-11:45 and 3:15-4:15, Todd Welter will lead breakout sessions on insurance contracting and recontracting. Mr. Welter will also be addressing copays and patient balances during one of his sessions. Todd Welter, MS, CPC, has over 25 years of healthcare industry experience assisting physicians...
00 - January 22, 2013
Meet your coding, reimbursement and compliance goals in 2013!
Read moreCoding Certificate Bootcamp in Alamosa March 19, 20 & 21, 2013 Ramada Inn & Conference Center/333 Sante Fe Ave, Alamosa, CO Click here to register Billing and Coding Workshop in Rifle May 21, 22 & 23, 2013 Grand River Hospital Conference Center/501 Airport Rd, Rifle, CO Click here to register...
- January 22, 2013
Beth Katzenberg to discuss “Optimizing Workflow Processes to Maximize Clinic Efficiency and Operations”
Read moreOn Friday, April 5th, 2013 from 9-11am Beth Katzenberg, EdM, MBA, CPHQ, CCE will lead a breakout session on Optimizing Workflow Processes to Maximize Clinic Efficiency and Operations. The session will focus on the design of processes that will directly determine whether they occur successfully, smoothly, and without rework....
- January 18, 2013
Registration is open!
Read moreRegistration is now open for the 2013 Forum. Click here to register. Don’t forget to bookmark this blog as we will using it to communicate important updates about the Forum including speaker announcements. If you have questions about registration please contact Program Manager Bridgette Olson.
- January 18, 2013
HHS Releases Long-awaited Privacy Rule
Read moreThe US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its highly anticipated and long-awaited privacy rule yesterday. The rule expanded liability of business associates of hospitals, physicians and other Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) covered entities if they release data in ways that violate patient privacy. ...
- January 18, 2013
Infographic on Healthcare Access in Rural Colorado Released
Read moreJoe Sammen, Community Partnership Coordinator for the Colorado Coalition for the Medically Underserved (CCMU), blogged this week about policy options to improve access for rural Coloradans. His opinion piece accompanied CCMU’s lastest brief in their infographic series, a series that explores health from the perspectives of different populations. Developed...
- January 18, 2013
Roughly 12,000 Jobs to be Added Statewide with Expansion of Medicaid
Read moreA proposal to expand Medicaid to cover 160,000 more Coloradans will add roughly 12,000 jobs statewide, according to a rough estimate by economic development leader Tom Clark. Legislators will be debating whether to accept the federal offer this session, which as part of the Affordable Care Act, offers states the option to...
- January 18, 2013
NBC Political Director Says Rural/Urban Divide “Stark”
Read moreNBC political director and chief White House correspondent, Chuck Todd, declared the “Rural-Urban political divide is as stark as it has ever been.” Speaking to a Washington, D.C. news radio station Monday, Todd said today’s divided nation is no longer “red state verses blue state, it’s rural verses urban.”...
- January 18, 2013
MedPAC Recommends 1% Pay Increase for Hospitals
Read moreCongress’ primary Medicare advisory body recommended last week that HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius should limit hospital cuts she was required to make under a year-end fiscal cliff law to leave those facilities with a 1% payment increase next fiscal year. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) unanimously recommended that...
- January 18, 2013
Health Cost Growth Slow But Showing Signs of Acceleration
Read moreA report recently released by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and published in Health Affairs, says U.S. healthcare spending rose at a historically low rate of 3.9 percent for the third consecutive year in 2011. But despite relatively low growth over the last few years, the...
