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- May 14, 2011
Primary Care Fund application released!
Read morePrimary Care Funding is now available for primary care clinics. The 2011-12 application is now online, and is due Monday, June 13, 2011. The Primary Care Fund provides an allocation of moneys to health care providers that make basic health care services available in an outpatient setting to residents...
00 - May 13, 2011
New Materials Posted to the CMS EHR Website
Read moreNew Attestation Resources Have Been Posted CMS has developed attestation worksheets to help providers successfully attest to meeting meaningful use through the CMS web-based attestation system. These attestation worksheets allow eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals (CAHs) to log additional data for core and menu measures...
- May 13, 2011
Final Bill Tracker Posted
Read moreCRHC’s bill tracker is updated through the final day of the legislative session (May 11). We will update and post a complete listing of all the bills that CRHC was tracking this session later in the week.
- May 13, 2011
Informing Rural Primary Care Workforce Policy: What Does the Evidence Tell Us?
Read moreA new report by the Rural Health Research Gateway reviews 51 publications constituting the body of evidence-based research produced by the federally-funded Rural Health Research Centers from 2000 to 2010 which are relevant to the rural primary care workforce. The report looks at research in the following categories: Supply...
- May 13, 2011
A History of Rural Healthcare in the West
Read moreStanford University has put together a report through their Rural West Initiative at the Bill Lane Center for the American West on the changes over the last century in access to physician care in rural areas of the western United States. Fearing a loss of agricultural productivity and rural...
- May 12, 2011
Colorado Health Benefit Exchange Board Accepting Applications
Read moreApplications are now being accepted for appointments to the Colorado Health Benefit Exchange Board and are due May 23. With the passage of SB11-200, Colorado now begins work on establishing a health insurance exchange for individuals and small businesses. The Governor’s press release provides additional information about the expertise...
- May 12, 2011
Upcoming Health Policy Webinars
Read moreThe Colorado Health Institute is holding a series of webinars that will begin on May 25 about important health policy issues including publicly funded insurance programs, the private health insurance market, community health profiles, and the state health insurance exchange. Click here to learn more and to register.
- May 9, 2011
State Budget Update
Read moreGovernor Hickenlooper signed the state budget Long Bill late last week however several budget balancing bills, including bills concerning healthcare services, still require action by the General Assembly. Read more on the state budget in today’s Denver Post.
- May 9, 2011
National Provider Call on the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs: Understanding
Read moreWish you knew more about how to use electronic health records (EHRs) to earn incentive payments from CMS? CMS will hold a national provider education call to help you learn more about meaningful use on Thursday, May 19 at 2:30 p.m. EDT. This call will cover:• The definition of...
- May 6, 2011
Profiles of Colorado APN & PA Workforce
Read moreThe Colorado Health Institute has prepared and released profiles of Colorado’s advanced practice nurses and physician assistants. Download the reports and learn more about these two professions that play vital roles in our state’s rural healthcare workforce.
