Colorado’s Primary Care Office, which administers the state’s loan repayment program, the Colorado Health Service Corp (CHSC), has awarded $1.60 million in loan forgiveness dollars to health professionals who provide healthcare services in rural and underserved areas of our state. Congratulations to all the loan forgiveness recipients!

The Colorado Health Institute (CHI) is a wealth of information for all things health-related in Colorado. Recently CHI conducted studies focused on both rural dentists and rural physicians. Christine Demont-Heinrich, Interim Workforce Program Manager, created a presentation highlighting some of the key findings from the CHI research, which include:...

For the past year, there has been a lot of scrutiny and focus on the Trinidad State Nursing Home and whether the state should sell it, has the legal authority to sell it, and what selling the nursing home would mean for its residents, employees and the community. A...

I know, I know. The legislature isn’t officially over until tomorrow, but it’s never too early to start thinking about the November elections. Coloradans will be voting on the following:Governor & Lt. GovernorSenatorSecretary of StateState TreasurerAttorney GeneralAll 7 Congressional District (House of Representatives) seats also are up for re-election...

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) published a rule today that would form a negotiated rulemaking committee that will be charged with looking at the methodologiy and criteria of how Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA) and Medically Underserved Populations (MUP) are designated. HPSA and MUP designations are necessary...

Registration is now available for the May 26th Consortium Webinar from 1:30-3pm MT. “In the Trenches with Electronic Health Records” will be brought to you through a partnership with Colorado Health Foundation, THE Consortium and CACHIE. Four clinics, one an independent Rural Health Clinic, one a hospital-owned RHC, and...