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- July 15, 2011
Flex Monitoring Team responds to JAMA report on quality of care at CAHs
Read moreThe Flex Monitoring Team, the nation’s leading experts on rural health care quality, has prepared a detailed analysis of last week’s JAMA report on quality of care at critical access hospitals (CAH) which concluded that compared with non-Critical Access Hospitals (CAH), CAH’s had fewer clinical capabilities, worse measured process...
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CME Locums Tenens Scholarships Available!
Read moreThe Colorado Rural Health Center is offering Physicians, PA’s, Nurse Practitioners, and Dentists with an opportunity to get scholarship money for locums tenens pay, and/or travel costs associated with attending local, statewide, or national conferences or additional trainings. Funding cannot be used to pay for the cost of attending...
- July 15, 2011
Don’t Miss Out on Our 20th Anniversary Celebration!
Read moreCRHC is celebrating it’s 20th Anniversary as the State Office of Rural Health – we are pleased to announce a special reception during our annual conference the evening of August 11th to commemorate this milestone! Held on the 12th floor of the Hyatt Regency in the Denver Tech Center,...
- July 15, 2011
Colorado HealthStory Holds Its First Community Forum
Read moreLast night, Colorado HealthStory, a project of the Colorado Rural Health Center, the Colorado Coalition for the Medically Underserved and ClinicNET, held its first community forum in Aurora. After collecting stories in Aurora for two months, Colorado HealthStory staff convened community members for a local forum and listening session. ...
- July 14, 2011
The Colorado Health Benefits Exchange Board of Directors Appointed and Holds First Meeting
Read moreGovernor Hickenlooper announced the appointments to the Colorado Health Benefits Exchange Board on June 29th. Click here to view the press release and Executive Order. The first meeting of the Board of Directors was held Monday, July 11th and was well attended by consumer advocates and business representatives. The...
- July 14, 2011
Free Webinar: Release of the 2011 Report on Health Information Exchange
Read moreWednesday, July 20th 1:00pm -2:00pm MDT eHealth Initiative is hosting a free webinar to present the key findings of the 2011 Report on HIE: The Changing Landscape. The webinar will include discussion about the progress made in the field of health information exchange over the past year and reactions...
- July 14, 2011
New FAQs posted to the CMS EHR Website
Read moreCMS wants to keep you updated with the latest information about the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs. New FAQs on meaningful use, payment information for eligible hospitals, eligibility, and additional information for eligible hospitals have been added to our website. Take a minute and review...
- July 14, 2011
County Health Comparisons-Rural Losing Ground
Read moreA recent analysis of the County Health Rankings found that Americans residing in major cities live longer, healthier lives overall than rural Americans—a reversal from decades past. Rural residents face higher rates of health issues including diabetes, stroke, heart attack, and high blood pressure. Limited access to care is...
- July 12, 2011
Comments on USDA Rural Development Needed
Read moreThe USDA Rural Development is accepting written comments from stakeholders about rural development priorities for President Obama’s 2013 budget and 2012 Farm Bill principles. USDA Rural Development funds programs that are critical to rural counties such as rural water/wastewater infrastructure, community facilities, hospitals and clinics, broadband expansion, housing, renewable...
- July 12, 2011
CO-OP Health Plans & Rural Health Insurance Markets
Read moreA recent report assesses the opportunities and challenges of using the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) program in federal health reform to address the limitations of the rural private health insurance market. Download the report.
