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- August 31, 2011
Register Now for the Medicare & Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs National Provider Call: Registration and Attestation for Eligible Professionals
Read moreHear the Experts Discuss the EHR Incentive Programs Date: Friday, September 9 Time: 11:30-1:00 p.m. MDT Agenda: During the call, CMS experts will discuss the following topics: • Path to Payment • Highlights of Registration and Attestation Processes • Third Party Proxy • Troubleshooting • Helpful Resources There will...
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Denver Post Coverage on Scaling Back Medicaid Expansion
Read moreToday’s Denver Post covers the recent announcement by the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing that it will be limiting Medicaid coverage for adults without dependent children. Click here for the article.
- August 31, 2011
Helpful Medicaid EHR Incentive Program Tips for Eligible Professionals
Read moreThe Medicaid EHR Incentive Program was designed to be administered through each individual state and Colorado will be participating with payments expected in the late Spring / early Summer 2012 for Eligible Providers (EP). In the meantime, here are a few tips for preparing to participate: Eligibility: An EP...
- August 24, 2011
Update on State Medicaid Expansion
Read moreThe Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing has made decisions regarding expanding Medicaid coverage to adults without dependent children, including when and how the expansion will begin and who will be eligible in the first phase. Please click here to read the update provided by The Colorado...
- August 23, 2011
CMS Creates Medicare Bundled Payment Initiative for Interested Providers
Read moreThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has invited interested providers to “help test and develop” four different models of bundling payments. Under this initiative, CMS would link payments for multiple services patients receive during an episode of care. Three models involve a retrospective bundled payment arrangement and...
- August 22, 2011
Standards Panel Reaches EHR Milestone
Read moreThe Health IT Standards Committee has endorsed a single set of vocabulary standards for each area of quality reporting measures, an accomplishment that has been 10 years in the making. The domains include medications, labs and allergies. The committee will recommend to the Office of the National Coordinator for...
- August 19, 2011
Policy Brief: U.S. Rural Hospital Charges Due to Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions
Read moreA new policy brief by the RUPRI Rural Health Center for Policy Analysis examines the trends and regional variations of rural hospital charges due to ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSCs), by insurance type, from 2000 to 2004. While ACSC-related charges as a percentage of all charges in rural hospitals...
- August 17, 2011
The Geography of Need: Identifying Human Service Needs in Rural America
Read moreA recent study by the Rural Policy Research Institute, The Geography of Need: Identifying Human Service Needs in Rural America, proposes a new methodology for creating a human service profile based on characteristics of a population and also documents how human service needs differ significantly, in both the degree...
- August 17, 2011
Privacy and Security – What Questions You Should Ask Your Vendor
Read moreFriday! HRSA HIT& Quality Webinar “”Privacy and Security – What Questions You Should Ask Your Vendor”, Fri. Aug.19, 12pm – 1:30pm MDT When implementing a Health IT system, it is vital for healthcare providers to know which questions to ask vendors. Health IT security and privacy issues are complex...
- August 16, 2011
ClinicNET and CRHC Release Patient Centered Medical Home Landscape Brief
Read moreQuality care delivered in a Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model involves many different tools, staff, and strategies, including health information technology, health information exchange, and patient registries, to deliver culturally and linguistically appropriate care to patients and their families when and where they need it. ClinicNET and CRHC...
