Public forums on health insurance exchanges will be held this week–on Tuesday, October 26 in Colorado Springs at the Pikes Peak Regional Development Center, located at 2880 International Circle and on Friday, October 29 in Greeley at the Panorama Room of the UNC University Center, located at 2045 10th...

Colorado is One-Third of Its Way to Reaching Goal of 2,295 Primary Care Providers Signed Up for REC Services; Helping to Bring Federal Stimulus Monies to the State and Improving Patient Care DENVER, Oct. 18 /PRNewswire/ — With its 800th provider letter of agreement signed, the Colorado Regional Extension...

Facing an shortfall of about $261.7 million in FY 2010-11, Governor Ritter released a budget re-balancing plan totaling $296.5 million. Proposed health-related items in the plan include a three week provider payment delay for fee-for-service Medicaid providers. More information on the proposed provider payment delay, including a provider payment...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Regions VII and VIII Offices invite you to participate in a toll-free Webinar/Audio Conference regarding the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs. The call will take place on Thursday, October 28, 2010 from 4:00 – 5:00 PM Mountain Time....

Worried that you won’t have enough IT staff to complete an EMR implementation toward achieving “meaningful use,” or perhaps making the conversion to ICD-10 coding? National health IT coordinator Dr. David Blumenthal wants you to relax. “Help is not only on the way–it’s here,” Blumenthal says in his latest...

If passed, Amendment 60, 61, and Proposition 101 will have dire consequences for healthcare across Colorado, especially in rural communities. The Bell Policy Center has written an article on how these ballot initiatives will directly impact three rural hospital districts in Garfield, Huerfano, and Yuma counties, severely limiting their...

Looking for an easy-to-understand source for learning more about the health reform law? The Kaiser Family Foundation has produced a short, animated movie that explains some of the concerns about the current healthcare system, the changes that are happening now, and the changes to come in 2014.