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- March 9, 2010
Free Health Education Webinars
Read moreLive healthy by attending one of Kaiser Permanente’s FREE online classes. View the class through your Web browser and listen through your phone. You can also register as a phone-only participant. Visit KPWebinar.org for more information and to register.
00 - March 9, 2010
Proposal Writing Workshop for Frontier Communities
Read moreJoin the National Center for Frontier Communities for a FREE Workshop on proposal writing, designed to help frontier communities be more successful in their Federal funding proposal preparation. The training will emphasize health project funding available from the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy. This will be a one-day...
- March 8, 2010
Register Now: The Forum 2010
Read moreThe Forum is a two-day conference that will bring together participants from all over Colorado and the surrounding states for an essential educational, training, and networking event for all safety net clinics, members of the clinic team, and other interested parties. This year, the event has expanded its reach...
- March 8, 2010
More News on CRHC’s New Workforce Grant
Read moreThe Colorado Trust (TCT) is featuring CRHC in its blog today, discussing our work to improve Colorado’s healthcare workforce shortage, and The Trust’s role in funding that work. Read more on the TCT blog, CommunityConnections!
- March 5, 2010
3.5.10 Updated Bill Tracker
Read moreNot a lot of new bills added this week. Seems like the hot button issues are still concerning the budget supplementals and medical marijuana. Stay tuned next week for HCPF figure setting by the JBC on Thursdsay, March 11th. Please see my post from March 2nd concerning APN/PA rate...
- March 4, 2010
Colorado Public Radio Reports on CRHC’s Workforce Work
Read moreRecruiting doctors, nurses and other health workers to rural Colorado is hard. Offering to pay off student loans helps. This year there’s ten times as much money available to do that, despite a shrinking state budget. CPR Health Reporter Eric Whitney explains… Listen to the broadcast
- March 4, 2010
United for Health (Unidos por la Salud)
Read moreMarch 13, 2010, 9am-4pm, Crowne Plaza HotelDid you know that Colorado Latino/as are affected by some chronic and communicable diseases at rates sometimes three times higher than the general population? You are invited to a summit with other concerned Latino leaders and stakeholders from Colorado to break the cycle...
- March 3, 2010
Consortium Draft CMS Proposed Rule Comments Now Available
Read moreTHE Consortium has released draft comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Electronic Health Records Incentive Programs Proposed Rule, and welcomes feedback from our constituents. The comments were formulated based on our extensive study of the rule, and feedback from our stakeholders and national partners who...
- March 3, 2010
CRHC is Now Hiring!
Read moreCRHC is now hiring for a Director of Workforce Programs and a Recruitment Specialist. Click below to download the job descriptions. Director of Workforce Programs (closes March 19) Recruitment Specialist (closes March 12)
- March 3, 2010
Medicare Payments Extended 30 Days
Read moreLast night the Senate was able to pass the Temporary Extension Act of 2010, which will delay the 21.2% Medicare cut to physicians. In addition to postponing Medicare physician payment cuts, the bill extended a variety of other expiring programs including unemployment insurance and premium subsidies for COBRA continuation...
