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- January 20, 2011
CRHC Bill Tracking Tool
Read moreThe 2011 Legislative Session is in full swing. CRHC is getting its bill tracking tools in place for the session, focusing on legislation that impacts access to healthcare in rural Colorado. Click here to read a bill summary. We will be updated this list as often as possible and...
00 - January 20, 2011
Udall visits MCC, WTA on economy tour
Read morePhoto by Dan Barker This is an excerpt from an article by Dan Barker at the Fort Morgan Times. Click here to access the article in its entirety.Health occupations and broadband Internet access are a growing part of the economy, which were among the reasons U.S. Sen. Mark Udall...
- January 20, 2011
Colorado Broadband Program Survey
Read moreThe State of Colorado has launched a statewide effort to collect information from community anchor institutions such as health care facilities to identify gaps in broadband/internet connectivity across the state. Through THE Consortium and as a CO-REC partner, CRHC is aware of the many issues our rural communities have...
- January 19, 2011
U.S. House votes to repeal Affordable Care Act
Read moreLate this afternoon the House of Representatives voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The Senate leadership has indicated they will not take up the measure. Read a summary of news reports on the vote by Kaiser Health News. An editorial by former rural state governors Kathleen Sebelius (current...
- January 18, 2011
Health Insurance Exchange Governance Brief
Read moreColorado’s Health Reform Implementation Board with Colorado Coalition for the Medically Underserved and the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative hosted ten community forums across the state to share information on health insurance exchanges and gather input from stakeholders. A new report lays out the most consistent perspectives shared during the...
- January 18, 2011
Surveys Show Significant Amount of Hospitals and Doctors Plan to Adopt Electronic Health Records
Read moreFour-fifths of the nation’s hospitals, and 41 percent of office-based physicians, currently intend to take advantage of federal incentive payments for adoption and meaningful use of certified electronic health records (EHR) technology, according to survey data released today by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology...
- January 18, 2011
Celebrating 20 Years of CRHC: Your Perspectives
Read moreThese reflections on the past twenty years are part of our ongoing series for 2011 encouraging our members to share their thoughts with us. If you have memories, stories of why you love working rural Colorado, or thoughts on what “rural” means to you, please send them to sm@coruralhealth.org....
- January 18, 2011
Meaningful Use Workshop Series offered by CO-REC and CORHIO
Read moreCORHIO and the Colorado Medical Society, through funding from CO-REC and The Physicians Foundation, are offering a series of free workshops to help providers learn more about meaningful use and what needs to be done to qualify for incentive payments. These workshops are intended for practices not working directly...
- January 14, 2011
Colorado’s 68th General Assembly has begun
Read moreThe Colorado State Legislature began the first day of the 2011 session on Wednesday, January 12. The Colorado Rural Health Center will be tracking bills throughout the session and providing you with opportunities to contact your elected officials to let them know how legislation may impact our rural communities....
- January 14, 2011
Gov. Hickenlooper to tour Colorado to promote bottom-up economic development plan
Read moreGovernor HickenlooperPhoto from Westword.com Governor Hickenlooper begins a statewide economic development tour today, Friday, January 14. We would like to urge you and your colleagues to attend the meeting in your community, and help articulate the importance of healthcare as an economic driver in rural Colorado: A rural hospital...
