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- June 15, 2010
Wating on Congress……..again……..
Read moreWell, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is holding Medicare payments until Friday (6.18) to see if Congress acts this week to stop the 21% Medicare reimbursement cuts to physicians that was expected to begin today. The Senate is wrapping up debate on the tax extenders bill,...
00 - June 14, 2010
Consortium Webinar This Thursday! What is a Regional Extension Center and How Can They Help You?
Read moreRegister today for our next Consortium webinar, June 17, 12-1:15pm MT, where we will discuss the Federal Regional Extension Center program and the resources that are available to small practices and hospitals in Colorado. The Colorado Regional Extension Center (CO-REC) is a partnership between the Colorado Regional Health Information...
- June 14, 2010
CRHC’s CEO Invites you to attend the Annual Rural Health Conference
Read moreI’m really excited about CRHC’s upcoming Colorado Rural Health Conference in Breckenridge at the Beaver Run Resort on July 1st and 2nd. It promises to be one of our best yet! The conference is the only one in the State of Colorado that is focused exclusively on rural health...
- June 11, 2010
Free Grant Writing Workshop in North Dakota
Read moreThe Center for Rural Health, in partnership with the North Dakota Office for Elimination of Health Disparities will host a free grant writing technical assistance workshop presented by the federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Participants will...
- June 11, 2010
Welcome to The Rural Voice!
Read moreWelcome to The Rural Voice! I know some of you have been subscribed and reading my policy rants for quite some time now, but for those of you who’ve never received this before……Aloha! If you’re really not interested in reading about policy or already get too much email, no...
- June 11, 2010
Pagosa Clinic Goes Live on EMR in Record 6 Weeks!
Read moreCongratulations 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...
- June 10, 2010
Pagosa Clinic Goes Live on EMR in Record 6 Weeks!
Read moreCongratulations 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...
- June 10, 2010
Meet CRHC’s new staff members!
Read moreCRHC has recently hired some excellent new staff members who are helping us improve access to healthcare for rural communities. Feel free to drop them a note and let them know how they can help your community! Fabian Valle, Director of Workforce Programs As Director of Workforce Programs, Fabian...
- June 10, 2010
Small Businesses & Healthcare Reform
Read moreThe 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...
- June 9, 2010
Delayed Medicaid Payments
Read moreDue 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...
