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- December 12, 2011
CMS Launching Medicaid.gov Website
Read moreThe Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS) announced the initial launch of http://medicaid.gov, the first Federal government website devoted to the policies — and the people — of Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). This website is the culmination of efforts at the Center for Medicaid...
00 - December 8, 2011
Demand Outstripping Supply for Mental Health Services in Rural Colorado
Read moreA report released by Advancing Colorado’s Mental Health Care estimates that 1.5 million residents need mental health care. The report find that rural and frontier counties face critical mental health provider shortages with 86 percent of all the child psychiatrists, 82 percent of practicing psychiatrists and nearly all psychiatrists...
- December 8, 2011
Proposed Meaningful Use Timeline Changes Encourage Adoption of EHRs
Read moreIn response to significant input from multiple stakeholders, expert testimony, and countless hours of review, analysis and deliberation, HHS announced its intention to delay the start of Stage 2 meaningful use for the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs for a period of one year for those first attesting...
- December 8, 2011
Public Radio Segment on Critical Access Hospitals
Read moreOn its December 8 morning program, National Public Radio featured a segment on Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) that discussed the differing viewpoints on the need for CAHs and the financial and political pressures facing these important facilities. Click here to read the article and listen to the story.
- December 7, 2011
Register Now for NRHA Policy Institute
Read moreEarly registration for the National Rural Health Association’s 2012 Rural Health Policy Institute ends on December 30. Join rural healthcare providers and advocates in Washington DC January 30-February 1. Meet Colorado’s members of Congress and learn about important issues impacting rural health. Click here to learn more and to...
- December 6, 2011
Apply now for up to $50,000 through the Colorado Rural Health Care Grant Program
Read moreThe deadlines have been set for the fifth cycle of the Colorado Rural Health Care Grant Program, with online intent to apply forms due on January 13, 2012 and applications due at noon on February 15, 2012. Organizations that are located outside of Colorado’s urbanized areas that provide outpatient...
- December 6, 2011
New Federal Website for Medicaid and CHP+
Read moreThe Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services has launched a new website—medicaid.gov—to provide information about the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHP+ in Colorado). The site includes Federal policy guidance; lists of pending and approved waivers; highlights of Affordable Care Act implementation efforts; State-specific program information and data;...
- December 6, 2011
HRSA Webinar: for Overcoming the Gray Areas of Meaningful Use Stage 1
Read moreTuesday December 13, 2011, 2pm EST This webinar provides tips and guidance of how safety net providers, such as health centers, critical access hospitals, and rural health clinics can overcome common gray areas of meeting Meaningful Use Stage 1 objectives. Gray areas are objectives within the final rule that...
- December 5, 2011
December 8 Webinar on 2011 Colorado Health Access Survey
Read moreRegister now for a free webinar on the 2011 Colorado Health Access Survey (CHAS), hosted by The Colorado Trust and the Colorado Health Institute, on Thursday, December 8, 2011 from 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. The CHAS is the most extensive survey in Colorado of health care coverage, access...
- December 2, 2011
HHS Extends Meaningful Use Deadline
Read moreAlthough it’s not officially out in regulations, it appears Meaningful Use Stage II will be pushed back to 2014 from 2013. To read the ModernHealthcare.com article, click here. Our January 2012 Consortium webinar will have more information. To register for the January 2012 Consortium webinar, click here.
