Congress 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...

Earlier this month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) issued final rules updating Medicare policies and rates for 2011, including several changes relating to physician supervision that impact rural providers. Read more about these changes as well as other components of the final rule. Some of the highlights...

Complete a brief, online survey to assist rural health policy makers and researchers in identifying the most important health issues facing rural residents. The project, Rural Healthy People 2020, is designed to identify the most significant preventable threats to the health of rural people and to establish goals for...

In response to speculation about the effects of federal healthcare reform on health insurance premiums in Colorado, the Division of Insurance, lead by Insurance Commissioner Marcy Morrison, conducted an analysis of recent rates and found that “while federal changes have minimally affected premium costs, numerous other factors are more...

By now most of us have probably learned about the outcomes of yesterday’s election. In Washington, the House of Representatives will be Republican-controlled beginning January 2011 and Democrats will have a narrower margin in the U.S. Senate. Colorado voters will send Michael Bennett (D) back to the Senate for...