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- May 15, 2012
Community Facilities Loan Program
Read moreRCAC’s Community Facilities Loan Program helps create and improve essential community facilities in the rural West. This program offers short-term loans to meet early acquisition and pre-development needs, interim construction costs and long-term permanent financing. Applicable facilities include public and nonprofit office buildings, treatment centers, emergency and transitional housing,...
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CMS Innovation Center Announces First Round of Health Care Innovation Awards
Read moreThe CMS Innovation Center has announced the first batch of preliminary awardees for the Health Care Innovation Awards. These organizations will implement projects in communities across the nation that aim to deliver better health, improved care and lower costs to people enrolled in Medicare, Medicaid and the Children’s Health...
- May 15, 2012
Improving the Oral Health of Colorado’s Children Brief
Read moreGovernor John Hickenlooper recently made children’s oral health one of Colorado’s 10 winnable battles over the next five years. This is an important goal because oral disease can negatively impact a child’s performance in school, speech development, nutrition, self-esteem and sleep. To help inform this winnable battle, three foundations...
- May 15, 2012
Introducing a New Classic Sponsor | Jet Marketing
Read moreWe are very excited to be joining the Colorado Rural Health Center as a Classic Sponsor. Healthcare marketing is a niche for us and we hope we can be of service to more hospitals in Colorado. Most people understand the value of marketing their services in a clear and...
- May 11, 2012
HRSA Webinar: Using Health IT for Care Coordination Across Inpatient and Outpatient Settings
Read moreFriday May 18, 12:00 PM MDT This webinar focuses on using health information technology (IT) to help coordinate care among outpatient and inpatient safety net providers. Care coordination between these two provider settings is important for improving healthcare outcomes, increasing patient safety, reducing costs, and attaining patient centered care....
- May 8, 2012
Free NRHA Webinar: How to Introduce and Manage Organizational Change
Read moreDate: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Mountain Time It is not uncommon for health care organizations to struggle with creating and implementing sustainable strategies to influence behaviors and transform culture as they implement advanced health care information technology (HIT) solutions. Organizations without effective behavior...
- May 7, 2012
New Data Provides Info on EPs who Participated in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program in 2011
Read moreThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted the 2011 Medicare Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program Eligible Professionals Public Use File (PUF) to the EHR website. This new file contains data on Eligible Professionals (EPs) who participated in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program in 2011. The CMS 2011...
- May 7, 2012
Colorado Health Benefit Exchange Board Accepting Nominations for Work Groups through Close of Business TODAY
Read moreOn April 23rd the Colorado Health Benefit Exchange (COHBE) Board voted to move forward with creating advisory groups. Applications for the advisory groups must be received by close of business today. Nominations can be offered by Board members, organizations and interested individuals. Advisory groups will be composed of approximately...
- May 2, 2012
The 30-Day Comment Period is Now Open for the HHS Proposed Rule to Delay ICD-10
Read moreLast week, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced a proposed rule that would delay the compliance date for ICD-10 from October 1, 2013 to October 1, 2014. This proposed rule has now been posted to the Federal Register, which marks the beginning of the 30-day comment period, with all comments...
- April 27, 2012
CMS Webinar: EHR Incentive Program Basics for Eligible Professionals
Read moreWednesday, May 2nd, 11:30 MDT CMS Regions VI, VII and VIII are pleased to announce a new webinar presenting basic information on how your practice may be able to access EHR incentive payments. As of February 29th, over $3.8 billion in Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive payments have been...
