The Flex Monitoring Team recently released a report comparing Critical Access Hospitals to other U.S. Hospitals regarding their level of meaningful use adoption of health information technology. The results, based on adoption levels in 2008, indicate that CAHs “are significantly less likely than other hospitals to have adopted several...

CRHC is pleased to announce that the Joint Budget Committee did not approve the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing recommendation to cut Medicaid reimbursement rates for Advance Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants (APN/PA) by 10% to help balance the state budget for FY10-11. Unfortunately due to...

Well folks, the end is near. Either we are about to see the culmination of the past year come forward with the passage of health reform or we are about to witness a huge political failure. As of this writing, sources say the House is still shy 3 votes...

Through the Community Facilities Guaranteed Loan Program, USDA partners with private lenders to finance the construction, enlargement and/or improvement of public facilities. Facilities can include, but are not limited to, schools, community colleges and vocational schools, libraries, hospitals, medical clinics, assisted living facilities, fire and rescue stations, police stations,...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) issued a notice on Monday stating that the supervision requirement for Outpatient Therapeutic Services will not be enforced for Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). This is good news as most CAHs were not able to comply with the recent outpatient prospective patient system...

THE Consortium submitted comments to CMS Monday on the proposed meaningful use and incentive funding rules. Comments were based on input from Consortium members including Critical Access Hospitals, Rural Health Clinics, and other safety net clinics, and focused primarily on the gaps in eligibility for provider-based clinics, lack of...