Congratulations to Pagosa Mountain Hospital for implementing a clinic Electronic Medical Records system in six weeks. As a brand new hospital-based Rural Health Clinic, Pagosa’s leadership had the vision to implement the clinic EMR before the Memorial Day holiday when their patient load increases significantly. Through the help of...

The following article is from the Center for Rural Affairs regarding federal healthcare reform and what it means for small businesses: Small Businesses & Health Care Reform June 2010 Small businesses dominate the rural economy. In fact, they dominate the American economy in terms of the number of business...

Due to a lower than expected state budget revenue forecast, which will be made public June 21st, the Department of Health Care Policy & Finance is required to delay Medicaid payments for the last two weeks of June. YOU MUST SUBMIT MEDICAID CLAIMS BY THIS FRIDAY, JUNE 11TH TO...

Save the date for our next Consortium webinar, next Thursday, June 17th, 12-1:15pm MT. Registration and call information to follow!

According to a report published by the National Conference of State Legislatures, almost 30 states, including Colorado, balanced their budgets relying on Congress to extend the Federal Medical Assistance Percentages (FMAP) enhancement that has been in place since the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) was passed. The FMAP...

A new report released last week, authored by the Washington, D.C.-based advisory firm Manatt Health Solutions, takes a comprehensive look at whether the federal Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) will significantly improve the nation’s health care system. Titled “HITECH Revisited,” the 36-page report suggests...