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- April 28, 2011
State Budget Update
Read moreAs reported earlier, the FY11-12 Long Bill and several related bills went to conference committee last week. During its negotiations, the committee increased funding for the Primary Care Fund (SB 219), including $1 million for the Health Care Services Fund clinics (eligible for a $1 million federal match) and...
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National Provider Calls on Attestation for the Medicare EHR Incentive Program
Read moreTue May 3, 2-3:30pm ET (for Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals)Thu May 5, 1:30-3pm ET (for Eligible Professionals) CMS is holding conference calls for eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals (CAHs) participating in the Medicare Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program to provide information on...
- April 28, 2011
Friday, April 29 Named Colorado Rural Health Day
Read moreIn an effort to acknowledge the vital services of rural healthcare practitioners across Colorado, State Representative Tom Massey (R-60) has introduced House Joint Resolution 11-1018 to recognize “Rural Health Day” as Friday, April 29th, 2011. Senator Betty Boyd (D-21) is the Senate sponsor. CRHC worked closely with Rep. Massey...
- April 27, 2011
New UCCS Grant Aims to Boost Rural Nursing Programs
Read moreA new $2.2 million grant from the Colorado Health Foundation will enable nursing students to take classes at their local community colleges and online through a partnership with University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Many classes will be offered in real time using Cisco Telepresence conferencing technology to connect...
- April 26, 2011
Collaboration with FQHCs
Read moreThe Affordable Care Act provides a requirement that Community Health Centers (FQHCs) demonstrate that they have made, and will continue to make, reasonable efforts to maintain collaborative relationships with other health care providers in their catchment areas. Specifically, the legislation lists Rural Health Clinics, low-volume hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, Sole...
- April 26, 2011
Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Payment Adjustment Information
Read moreBeginning 2012, Section 132 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (P.L.110-275) (MIPPA) requires CMS to subject eligible professionals who are not successful electronic prescribers under the eRx Incentive Program to a payment adjustment. This payment adjustment applies to all of the eligible professional’s Part...
- April 26, 2011
Medicaid EHR Incentive Program: Aggregating Visits for an Entire Clinic or RHC
Read moreIf an eligible professional (EP) in the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program wants to leverage a clinic or group practice’s patient volume as a proxy for the individual EP, how should a clinic or group practice account for EPs practicing with them part-time and/or applying for the incentive through a...
- April 25, 2011
Comparison Of Medicaid Provisions In Deficit-Reduction Proposals
Read moreA new issue brief from the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured compares several proposals, including ones by President Obama and the House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), to address Medicaid spending as part of a broad-based debt- and deficit-reduction package. Click to read the brief.
- April 25, 2011
Health Care Workforce: Future Supply vs. Demand
Read moreA new issue brief from the Alliance for Health Reform assesses the healthcare workforce, which workers are most needed, and gives strategies on dealing with the problem of shortages. Click to read the brief.
- April 20, 2011
New ACO Resources
Read moreHealth Reform GPS, a joint project between Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and George Washington University, has posted an overview for the Medicare Shared Savings Program for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs).
