With summer winding down, a large portion of our organizational partners are gearing up for their fall conferences. I’ve listed some of them below and included links for your convenience. Enjoy! Progressive 15 – Fall Conference & Candidate Forum September 16 – 17 at the Fountains of Loveland, Loveland...

President Obama signed into law the $26 billion jobs bill, which contained funding for the FMAP extension. As previously written about here, the FMAP is the matching funds the federal government provides states to operate Medicaid. This means that Colorado lawmakers will not have to make an estimated $200...

What does “meaningful use” mean to nurses? The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released final rules July 13 outlining the criteria hospitals and eligible providers must meet to be considered meaningful users of health information technology in...

The National Association for Rural Health Clinics (NARHC) is hosting a Rural Health Clinic Technical Assistance call at 2:00pm (EASTERN) on Thursday, August 12th. RHC specific information will be presented on the standards for Eligible Professionals (EP) working in RHCs and the meaningful use criteria for all Eligible Professionals...

Congratulations to all of the Colorado recipients of the Health & Human Services Health Care Workforce Training Grants! Colorado will receive a total of $1.4 million!These funds will be used to expand training in nursing workforce. Here is a breakdown of who & what was funded in our state:...

See what happens when I go on vacation…..the Senate finally voted on extending the FMAP! With a vote of 61-39, the Senate approved a slightly scaled back version of the FMAP extension. Beginning in January 2011, the FMAP extension will provide a 3.2%first quarter increase, which is reduced to...