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- March 16, 2012
The Best in Rural Health Comes to Denver April 17-20
Read moreColleagues and experts from across the country will soon be in your backyard for networking, education and advocacy April 17-20 in Denver for NRHA’s 35th Annual Rural Health Conference. Come early for the annual Rural Medical Educators Conference on April 17. Scholarships are still available. Denver’s own author and...
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Meet Doug Miller, Nurse Practitioner and Nightingale Nominee
Read moreDoug Miller, of the Rocky Ford Family Health Center, is a family practice nurse practitioner with his own clinic. He even makes house calls to the Arkansas Valley Community Center, now known as Inspiration- Field. He loves it. He also loves being a medical detective who can nail down...
- March 16, 2012
2012 Coalition for Physician Enhancement Spring Conference in Denver, CO
Read moreAdvances in Simulation Technology for Use in Physician AssessmentPresented by The Coalition for Physician Enhancement (CPE) This conference will examine the rapidly advancing field of simulation technology and its applications in evaluating clinical skills of physicians currently practicing and those returning to practice. Join us as we learn about...
- March 16, 2012
Bridging the Divide – Suicide Awareness and Prevention Conference
Read moreThis year’s Bridging the Divide: Suicide Awareness and Prevention Summit is designed to highlight innovations in suicide prevention, intervention and postvention, and will offer programs and initiatives designed to reach people in all aspects of life – where we live, learn, work and play. The Summit provides the right...
- March 16, 2012
Grant Opportunity for Rural Areas
Read moreYou could be eligible for a grant up to $500,000 to support distance learning and telemedicine services at your organization. The Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Grant is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and is a competitive grant with around 100 awards each year. This grant targets...
- March 15, 2012
FREE LOINC Education and Training Session!!
Read moreFor Colorado hospital leader, IT staff & Lab staff — In partnership with the Colorado Hospital Association (CHA), the Colorado Rural Health Center (CRHC), Quality Health Network (QHN) and the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization (CORHIO), the Laboratory Interoperability Cooperative (LIC) is pleased to invite you to a free...
- March 12, 2012
Keeping your Regional Extension Center Engaged in the Meaningful Use Process
Read moreAs a Critical Access Hospital (CAH), keeping your Regional Extension Center (REC) engaged as you attest to Meaningful Use will not only save you time but it may help increase your likelihood of receiving your full Incentive Payment. As one of the RECs in Colorado, CRHC has been working...
- March 9, 2012
Join CMS for a National Provider Call on the Proposed Rule for Stage 2
Read moreCMS is holding a National Provider Call on Monday, March 12, from 10:30 – 12:00 pm MDT for eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals (CAHs) to provide an overview of the proposed rule for Stage 2 for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive...
- March 8, 2012
Important Reminder-Medicaid EHR incentives and Medicaid ID
Read moreThis week we announced that eligible professionals and hopsitals can now register and attest for Medicaid incentives, if they qualify. The first year’s incentive is merely based on “AIU” or acquire, implement or upgrade to a Certified EHR system and not demonstrating the need for 90 days of meaningful...
- March 8, 2012
The Medicare eRX Program and Rural Health Clinics
Read moreRecently, there has been some confusion about the Medicare eRX program and the incentives / penalties. For RHC physicians, they are exempt from this since Medicare does not take into account the place of service code 72 on the Claim that indicates an RHC. Thus RHC providers are exempt from both...
