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- April 14, 2011
Funding Available to Attend Institute for Healthcare Improvement Educational Events
Read moreThrough a generous grant from Kaiser Permanente, CRHC is pleased to offer funding to help rural clinic leaders attend Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) conferences and seminars. IHI, world-renowned for their work to improve healthcare and patient safety, helps accelerate improvement by cultivating concepts for improving patient care, and...
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USDA Capital Loans and Grants Available for HIT Purchases
Read moreUSDA Rural Development can support rural health providers in Colorado through the Community Facilities program. With few sources of capital available in rural America, rural health care providers can look to this program to help fund software and hardware purchases to meet Health IT requirements and deadlines. Loan and...
- April 14, 2011
Use of Health Information Technology in Support of Patient-Centered Medical Homes Is Low among Non-metropolitan Family Medicine Practices
Read moreA new policy brief is available from the RUPRI Center: Use of Health Information Technology in Support of Patient-Centered Medical Homes Is Low among Non-metropolitan Family Medicine Practices. By creating a medical home program within Medicare, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 gave momentum to growing...
- April 14, 2011
Update on Proposed Medicaid Provider Payment Delay
Read moreFrom Colorado MedAssist: Providers will be paid April 15, 2011 as usual, as the legislature has not officially acted on a potential provider payment delay as of April 14, 2011. We will continue to update the Department’s Web site at www.colorado.gov/hcpf, the Web Portal Message Center, and the Provider...
- April 14, 2011
Policy Brief: Use of Health Information Technology in Support of Patient-Centered Medical Homes Is Low among Non-metropolitan Family
Read moreA new policy brief is available from the RUPRI Center: Use of Health Information Technology in Support of Patient-Centered Medical Homes Is Low among Non-metropolitan Family Medicine Practices. By creating a medical home program within Medicare, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 gave momentum to growing...
- April 14, 2011
Two Positions Available on the Colorado Rural Health Care Grant Council
Read moreThe Colorado Rural Health Care Grant Program currently has two open positions on its Governor-appointed Council. The Council is responsible for developing and providing oversight for the Grant Program funded by UnitedHealth Group. The Grant Program offers competitive grants to non-urbanized organizations that provide outpatient primary care services–including medical,...
- April 14, 2011
USDA Capital Loans and Grants Available for HIT Purchases and Telemedicine Projects
Read moreUSDA Rural Development can support rural health providers in Colorado through the Community Facilities program. With few sources of capital available in rural America, rural health care providers can look to this program to help fund software and hardware purchases to meet Health IT requirements and deadlines. Loan and...
- April 14, 2011
Partnership for Patients: National Initiative Launched April 12th
Read moreHealth and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, joined by leaders of major hospitals, employers, health plans, physicians, nurses, and patient advocates, today announced a new national partnership that will help save 60,000 lives by stopping millions of preventable injuries and complications in patient care over the next three years....
- April 14, 2011
Federal Budget Update
Read moreIn Washington, Congress will be voting today on a budget compromise reached last weekend on the FY 11 budget. This agreement cuts $38.5 billion and includes an across-the-board 0.2% reduction in all non-defense discretionary accounts. Specific cuts include $600 million from community health centers and $35 million to eliminate...
- April 13, 2011
2011 Report from National Advisory Committee on Rural Health & Human Services
Read moreThe National Advisory Committee on Rural Health & Human Services is a 21-member citizens’ panel of nationally recognized rural health experts that provides recommendations on rural issues to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. The Committee’s 2011 report to the Secretary examines three key topics in health...
