On Tuesday, July 27th, Doctors for America will be holding a conference call with Mary Wakefield, HRSA Administrator, to discuss health reform implementation. HRSA plays a large role in healthcare workforce programs and rural healthcare services. Participants on the call are encouraged to submit questions about healthcare provisions and...

The Colorado Rural Health Center (CRHC), in partnership with ClinicNET, is now available to provide clinics with Colorado Regional Extension Center (CO-REC) services to help you assess, implement and adopt certified Electronic Health Records (EHR). These REC services are intended to help you achieve meaningful use, which for many...

ONC is hosting a Webinar Thursday: Certification and Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs: Final Rules How will they impact you? The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) together with The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) invite you to join us for an...

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) authorizes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide reimbursement incentives for eligible professionals and hospitals who are successful in becoming “meaningful users” of certified electronic health record (EHR) technology. The Medicare EHR incentive program will provide...

Centura Health just created a Rural Health Video about the programs and services they offer to improve access to healhcare services in rural Colorado, such as Flight for Life, which provides critical care transport services, and Connected Care , which is expanding specialty care to four rural communities through...

The Colorado Coalition for the Medically Underserved (CCMU), the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative (CCHI), and the state’s Health Reform Implementation Board will be holding community forums regarding Colorado’s efforts to create health insurance exchanges. Under the Affordable Care Act, states are responsible to develop health insurance exchanges – virtual...

Beginning July 6th, the state began accepting applications for Colorado’s new federally funded high-risk pool to cover uninsured individuals who have pre-exisitng conditions. GettingUSCovered is administered by Rocky Mountain Health Plans and Cover Colorado. GettingUSCovered stems from the Accountable Care Act and will cover apporoximately 4,000 Coloradans who have...

The moment we’ve all been waiting for – the final definition of Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records is here! On July 13, 2010, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final rule on Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs. This is the...