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  • Colorado Provider Recruitment is Expanding Their Scope!

    By on December 7, 2012

    CPR will be broadening our scope of recruitment services in 2013, and we need your help! Over the years, from our members and other healthcare facilities, we have found that there are certain providers that are difficult to recruit which we do not offer a service for. To individualize...

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  • CIVHC Answers Frequently Asked Questions About the APCD

    By on December 7, 2012

    Colorado’s All Payer Claims Database (APCD) went live on November 1st at www.cohealthdata.org. The APCD is a secure database that includes claims data from commercial health plans, Medicare and Medicaid. The APCD was created by legislation in 2010 and administered by the Center for Improving Value in Health Care...

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  • NRHA’s Rural Health Policy Institute

    By on December 7, 2012

    With health reform, the fiscal cliff and a new Congress set to decide the future of healthcare, change is coming to rural America. NRHA’s Rural Health Policy Institute is a great opportunity for you to educate your elected officials, advocate for your facilities and continue the fight to protect...

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  • 6 Questions About How the Fiscal Cliff Affects Healthcare

    By on December 7, 2012

    The impending “fiscal cliff” is a package of automatic spending cuts and tax hikes set to kick in next month unless President Barack Obama and Capitol Hill agree on a way to stop them. Kaiser Health News poses a few questions and answers about what could happen in the...

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  • Attention: CAH EHR Survey!

    By on December 5, 2012

    HIMSS Analytics would like to collect data regarding the challenges that critical access hospitals face in implementing electronic health records to achieve meaningful use. Click HERE to complete this important survey! This brief survey focuses on the following topics: challenges your hospital is experiencing related  to electronic health record...

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  • CME/CNE Credits Available! Web Conference on Practical Models to Improve Patient-Clinician Communication Using Health IT

    By on December 5, 2012

    This Webinar will identify ways health IT can be used to support the delivery of patient-centered care by supporting more effective patient-clinician communication within the medical encounter. Date:  December 18, 2012 Time:  2:30-4:00 p.m., EST To Register: 1. Go to: https://ahrqnrc-conferences.webex.com/ahrqnrc-conferences/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=998987728 2. Select “Register.”3. On the registration form, enter...

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  • HRSA presents a HITQ Webinar

    By on December 4, 2012

    Health Resources and Services Administration  Health Information Technology and Quality Webinar  “Meaningfully Using Computerized Order Entry for Safety Net Providers”  Friday, December 14, 2:00 PM ET This webinar provides an understanding of how inpatient and ambulatory safety net providers can meaningfully use computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems. The...

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  • Policy Update from NOSORH

    By on December 4, 2012

    “Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy year!” Bill Finerfrock said during his “Exploring Rural Health Policy Issues” webinar on Nov. 13th. The NOSORH-sponsored webinar was one of the daily webinars offered during the week-long celebration of National Rural Health Day 2012. At the center of the...

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  • Important News for CRHC CAHs and Hospitals Attesting for Medicaid EHR Incentives

    By on November 30, 2012

    Colorado Medicaid (HCPF) has extended the sixty day deadline after the end of the 2012 federal fiscal year for submission of either AIU or 90 day attestation. The new deadline is December 29, 2012. The attestation MUST BE submitted by this date which provides a 30 day additional grace...

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  • Notice: December Webinar Cancelled

    By on November 28, 2012

    The webinar scheduled for December 13th “THE Consortium Webinar – Stage 2 Meaningful Use Continued” has been cancelled. Have a happy holiday season! See you next year.

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