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- April 19, 2010
Medicare Physician Cuts Postponed……AGAIN!
Read moreWhile it’s not a permanent fix, Congress yet again extended the Medicare SGR physician payment methodology. The 21.2% reimbursement cuts that were set to begin April 1st, have now been extended through May 31st. This gives Congress 6 weeks to try to permanently address this issue or physicians will...
00 - April 15, 2010
Announcing the New Special Delivery e-Newsletter!
Read moreCRHC has been sending you quarterly newsletters for many years, but with new technology available, we’re upgrading! Now, all newsletter content is available on our Special Delivery page, where it is organized, archived, and regularly updated! Two important notes about the new format of Special Delivery: All posts have labels...
- April 15, 2010
A Letter from the CEO
Read moreby Lou Ann Wilroy, CEO The topic that seems all-consuming in our organization currently is health information technology (HIT). We are working diligently to assist our healthcare facilities in meeting the federal meaningful use criteria for electronic health records (EHR) through THE Consortium, our HIT program. Even internally at CRHC...
- April 14, 2010
Free webinar on handling school-based violence and emergency preparedness
Read moreApril 27, 2010; 12pm-2pm MSTThe Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium (RDPC) is pleased to offer FREE web-based training for rural communities on the coordinated response between local first responders and school systems to a crisis in the K-12 environment. Close coordination between first responders and school administrators, staff, and teachers...
- April 14, 2010
HB1138: Colorado Health Service Corps on its way to becoming law!
Read moreWoo-hoo! The Senate today passed HB1138: Colorado Health Service Corps, which will allow our state to more efficiently & effectively administer the state healthcare professional loan repayment program. The bill also rebrands the state healthcare professional loan repayment program, lovingly referred to as SLRP. The name, the Colorado Health...
- April 14, 2010
RGK Foundation Funding Opportunity–up to $150,000!
Read moreThe RGK Foundation opens its next round of funding opportunities which support a range of programs in such areas as education, community and health. The medicine/health grant program will support programs that promote the health and well-being of children, access to health services and foundation-initiated programs. Grants range from...
- April 13, 2010
Senators Request Flexibility in Meaningful Use Criteria
Read moreA group of 37 Democratic senators asked Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to revise the proposed meaningful use plan so that providers could have more flexibility in meeting the deadlines for satisfying some of the criteria for the financial incentives. Click here for the full story.
- April 13, 2010
Scholarship available for National Association for Rural Mental Health Annual Conference!
Read moreThe Colorado Rural Health Center is a proud sponsor of the National Association for Rural Mental Health’s (NARMH) Annual Conference, scheduled for June 2-5, 2010 in Denver, Colorado. CRHC is offering one scholarship–a stipend of $500 to cover registration plus a portion of other associated costs–for a rural CRHC...
- April 12, 2010
New ClinicNET Job Postings
Read moreClinicNET is a Colorado non-profit corporation committed to strengthening Colorado’s safety net by empowering organizations that provide health care to vulnerable populations. They have two part-time contractor positions available. Please download the RFPs and submit your application to Sharon Adams at sharon.adams@clinicnet.org by April 26, 2010. Program & Affiliate...
- April 12, 2010
Updated Bill Tracker 4.12.10
Read moreWe are 5 weeks away from the end of the 2010 Colorado Legislative Session and yet I think the political fun is just about to begin! The House and Senate have both passed the FY10-11 budget, though differences between the bills still need to be ironed out. Once a...
