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- November 24, 2010
Revitalizing Julesburg
Read moreThis is an excerpt from an article in the Julesburg Advocate. To access the full article, click here. A team of six professionals who deal with the inner-workings and the infrastructure of municipalities converged on Julesburg last Tuesday. They had one focus on their mind…Julesburg. The assessment was paid...
00 - November 23, 2010
Join the National Summit on Advancing Health through Nursing webcast on November 30
Read moreThe 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...
- November 22, 2010
Community Paramedics Widen Medical Services in Rural Areas
Read morePhoto courtesy ofthe Rural Monitor Newsletter. This is an excerpt of an article from the Rural Monitor Newsletter. Click here to access the full article. Chris Berdouly is excited about the new challenges he will encounter this fall when he begins going into homes in western Colorado as a...
- November 22, 2010
Colorado Health Professions Workforce Policy Collaborative releases 2011 policy agenda
Read moreRead 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,...
- November 22, 2010
Senate approves one-month Medicare rate extension
Read moreOn Thursday, November 18 the U.S. Senate passed a one-month extension of the current Medicare physician payment rates in an effort to avert a 23 percent cut scheduled to take effect Dec. 1. Now the U.S. House must approve the extension, which is intended to give lawmakers additional time...
- November 22, 2010
2011 Public Policy Agenda from the Colorado Health Professions Workforce Policy Collaborative
Read moreThe Colorado Health Professions Workforce Policy Collaborative has released their 2011 Public Policy Agenda, which is an update to the 2010 document–the first of its kind. This year’s version includes policy changes from last year, newly available data and plicy analysis, and the ongoing inter-professional dialogue among members and...
- November 17, 2010
Challenges facing Colorado’s nurse practitioners
Read moreAn article in today’s Denver Post highlights the challenges that Colorado’s advance practice nurses face in being credentialed and reimbursed by insurance companies.
- November 16, 2010
Calls needed to stop looming Medicare cuts
Read moreCongress is back in session and needs to act now to avoid a 23 percent Medicare payment cut that is scheduled for December 1 (with another 2 percent cut following on January 1). These cuts will greatly impact rural residents, as there is a larger portion of elderly living...
- November 12, 2010
Letter from the CEO: Creating patient-centered medical homes in rural Colorado
Read morePhoto from Spanish Peaks www.sprhc.org/clinic.html Spanish Peaks Regional Health Center in Walsenburg has something to crow about. On November 1st the facility learned it is the first Critical Access Hospital in Colorado to obtain National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) patient-centered medical home certification for its outpatient primary care...
- November 11, 2010
Renew your CRHC membership for 2011
Read moreCRHC is pleased to introduce a revised structure for the 2011 membership campaign. We crafted the changes to balance the cost of membership investment with the financial strength of each member organization. We have done this by basing membership rates on a Full Time Employee (FTE) model. For organizations...
