Colorado’s Statewide Internet Portal Authority (SIPA) is initiating a Micro-Grant to accelerate the adoption of electronic government services by placing more Colorado government services and information online. SIPA provides e-Government services for eligible governmental entities (EGEs) through the use of modern business practices and innovative technology solutions. Grant funding...

This afternoon the House approved a bill passed by the Senate earlier this month that postpones a 23 percent cut in Medicare physician payments that was scheduled to take effect December 1. The president is expected to sign the bill. The legislation freezes current rates for services provided through...

Today’s Denver Post highlights ambulance services in several rural counties and how they are trying to address falling revenue and budget cuts while also providing critical emergency services for their communities. Read the article. 

CMS announces a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Regions VII (Kansas City) and VIII (Denver) Offices toll-free Webinar/Audio Conference regarding the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs. Originally scheduled for Wednesday, December 15th, the call has been rescheduled for Thursday, December 16, 2010, from 5:30...

CMS, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, has provided a new tool to help explain Health Information Technology (HIT) and the benefits of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) and Electronic Prescribing. This document entitled High-Tech Tools to Manage Your Health Information, along with the benefits of EHRs and ePrescribing,...

The Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence and AARP invite you to attend a special meeting on Tuesday, November 30 for a facilitated webcast of the National Summit on Advancing Health through Nursing. The meeting will provide more information about the Institute of Medicine and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation recommendations...

Read and download the recently released 2011 policy recommendations of the Colorado Health Professions Workforce Policy Collaborative. Created in 2008 through support by The Colorado Trust and convened by the Colorado Rural Health Center, the Collaborative brings together a multidisciplinary group of policy leaders, health care providers, educational institutions,...