The Governor’s Office launched the Health Care Reform in Colorado website today. The site will be updated on a regular basis with the most pertinent and important information regarding healthcare reform and what it means for Colorado. There will also be information regarding the newly created Interagency Health Reform...

Aaaaah, spring in Colorado. Things are slightly starting to green. The sun is shining one minute, and then it may snow. Hailstorms and thunder. Flowers and baseball. And the end of the legislative session is only a week away! Believe it or not, bills are still being introduced, though...

On Monday, the Office of Civil Rights released (in the Code of Federal Regulations) a Request for Information related to implementation of the Accounting of Disclosures changes mandated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and specifically the HITECH Act. The Act requires that disclosures for treatment, payment and...

With the ever-changing landscape of Health Information Technology, acronyms seem to be popping up like wildfire. One that may have been thrown your way recently is Regional Extension Center funding, or “REC” for short. In a nut-shell the Federal government is providing funding for RECs across the country to...

The finsh line is getting closer! We are officially 4 weeks away from the end of the 2010 Legislative Session. Of the seven bills CRHC has supported this session, three have been signed by the Governor already and one has been postponed indefinitely. Hopefully the remaining weeks will be...

One of the most frequently asked Consortium questions we receive is “Does THE Consortium have a list of vendors that are recommended?” While THE Consortium is vendor-neutral, we have extensive experience in working with various vendors for small practices and rural hospitals and will assist facilities looking for viable,...

On March 31st, an Interim Final Rule (ISR) was issued with request for comment to allow the ability to use electronic prescribing (rather than paper prescriptions) for controlled substances. These regulations are in addition to, not a replacement of, the existing rules. The IFR states the proposed rule provides...

Governor Ritter, along with various legislators, will be holding a healthcare press conference tomorrow, April 20th @ 12:30pm, to announce Colorado’s plans for implementing federal health reform. The event will take place at Denver Health, Wellington Webb Center for Primary Care, 301 W. 6th Ave. Denver. Governor Ritter will...