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- March 3, 2010
Next Webinar: Key HIPAA Issues and Current Analysis of Meaningful Use/Incentive Funding
Read moreMarch 17, 12:00pm-1:15pmPlease join the Technology for Healthcare Excellence (THE) Consortium’s next educational Webinar on March 17th from 12-1:15 pm MT. The informative agenda will include: Key HIPAA Regulations – “Staying Compliant with Business Associates” New clarification on incentive funding and how it will affect you Review of the...
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AHEC Summer Health Careers Institute
Read moreThe Colorado AHEC system is again recruiting high school students who are interested in exploring health careers. There will be 2 sessions of this highly evaluated program held in Denver – June 6-11 and July 18-23. Thanks to the generous support of The Colorado Trust there is no charge...
- March 2, 2010
Call to Action: Contact the JBC!
Read moreThe Joint Budget Committee (JBC) will be figure setting (creating the budget) for FY10-11 for the Department of Health Care Policy & Finance (HCPF) on Thursday, March 11th. Due to the budget shortfall, there will inevitably be cuts to the HCPF budget. Some of the proposed HCPF cuts for...
- March 1, 2010
Medicare Rate Cuts for Physicians
Read moreStarting today, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will hold Medicare claims for 10 days in anticipation that Congress will act to avoid a 21.2% reimbursement cut to physciains. If Congress fails to address the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR), which is the methodology used to determine Medicare...
- March 1, 2010
RMPBS Healthcare Voices
Read more“Your Voice Counts,” a series of video shorts, is a collaboration between Rocky Mountain PBS and the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative, with support from the Colorado Trust. It is an effort to present the questions of “real people” – health care consumers who are wondering how health care reform...
- March 1, 2010
ClinicNET Releases New Position Paper
Read moreClinicNET recently released a new position paper explaining its role as a centralized voice for Community-funded Safety Net Clinics and Rural Health Clinics throughout Colorado. Download it now!
- February 25, 2010
Statewide Summit on Oral Health
Read moreStatewide policymakers, government, health and educational leaders will convene in Denver June 3-4, 2010 for a Colorado Oral Health Summit to tackle major oral health issues such as access to dental care and workforce shortages, and develop recommendations for updating the state’s formal Oral Health Plan. The summit, “Charting...
- February 25, 2010
- February 24, 2010
House Passes Markey-Perriello Bill to End Monopoly Protections for Health Insurers
Read moreKey bi-partisan health care reform bill passes 406-19 WASHINGTON—The U.S. House of Representatives today voted 406-19 to pass H.R. 4626, the Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act, introduced by Congresswoman Betsy Markey and Congressman Tom Perriello. The two-page bill repeals the special anti-trust exemption that health insurance companies have...
- February 24, 2010
President Obama’s Healthcare Summit
Read moreAs most everyone has heard by now, President Obama will be holding a televised healthcare summit tomorrow, Thursday, Feb. 25th. It will air at 8am MST on C-SPAN3. Your guess is as good as mine as to what is going to transpire during this summit. All I can say...
