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- May 23, 2012
Help Ensure Your Success in the EHR Incentive Programs by Registering Early
Read moreCMS recommends that all eligible professionals (EPs) register as early as possible for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs. By registering early you can verify that your information is up to date in all of the CMS systems and resolve any issues so that you...
00 - May 18, 2012
EHR adoption, telemedicine feasible for Colorado’s rural providers
Read moreRural health care — despite numerous grants from the federal government — generally gets the short end of the health IT stick when it comes to deploying a serviceable Internet connection. It is no different in Colorado, where laying fiber is a difficult and expensive process, and satellite reception...
- May 15, 2012
Update From the Interim CEO
Read moreMichelle Mills, Interim CEO I am honored to have been named Interim CEO of the Colorado Rural Health Center (CRHC). For those of you who are unfamiliar, I have been part of the leadership team at CRHC for the last several years. Prior to that, I worked with CRHC...
- May 15, 2012
Community Connect Grant Program Webinars
Read moreOn May 14th and May 24th the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) will host webinars focused on the Community-Oriented Connectivity Broadband Grant Program (Community Connect Grant Program). These webinars will inform participants about the major eligibility and regulatory requirements of the program and will provide detailed guidance on how to...
- May 15, 2012
Exciting Passage of Workforce Data Collection Bill HB1052
Read moreThe Colorado Rural Health Center is eagerly awaiting the Governor’s signature on a very important bill. Recently, the Colorado General Assembly passed House Bill 12-1052, the Health Care Workforce Data Collection bill. The bill requests certain healthcare professionals such as practical and professional nurses, addiction counselors, marriage and family...
- May 15, 2012
State Policy Levers for Addressing Preventive Dental Care Disparities for Rural Children
Read moreThe South Carolina Rural Health Research Center at the Arnold School of Public Health, the University of South Carolina is pleased to announce the release of a new final report. The report, entitled “State Policy Levers for Addressing Preventive Dental Care Disparities for Rural Children: Medicaid Reimbursement to Non-Dental...
- May 15, 2012
2012 Health Professions Scholarship Program
Read moreApplications are now being accepted for the 2012 Colorado Health Professions Scholarship Program, funded by The Colorado Health Foundation. Target groups for this scholarship include enrolled nurse practitioners(NP), Physican Assistants (PA), and Behovioral Health Students, and other types of medical degrees. 75% of the scholarships will go to NP’s,...
- May 15, 2012
CRHC is Hiring!
Read moreColorado Rural Health Center is hiring for the position of Director of Outreach. The Director of Outreach is responsible for activities that lead to increased public awareness needs and recognition; fundraising; grants; public relations; and communications. The Director must be results oriented in order to reach the goals established...
- 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,...
- May 15, 2012
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...
