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- 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...
00 - 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...
- January 14, 2011
How the Affordable Care Act Strengthens Primary Care
Read moreA new brief by The Commonwealth Fund looks at the provisions in the Affordable Care Act that improve primary care. Initiatives including expanding and training the primary care workforce, improving provider reimbursement and patient incentives for primary care services, and supporting innovative approaches to delivering care.
- January 14, 2011
Letter from the CEO: What Were You Doing In 1991? CRHC Was Just Getting Started
Read moreLou Ann Wilroy, CEO 2011 is a very special year for the Colorado Rural Health Center. It’s our 20th Anniversary! Can you remember what you were doing back in 1991 when CRHC was established? To jog your memory some, here are some 20 year-old facts: the Soviet Union broke...
- January 13, 2011
Guest Commentary: The challenges of health care reform at a Rocky Ford clinic
Read moreDoug Miller, FNP This is an opinion piece written by Doug Miller, a Family Nurse Practitioner who owns the Rocky Ford Family Health Center, and published in the Denver Post. To access the full article, click here. I need to start this column by saying I am so grateful for...
