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On February 11th, the White House announced nearly $1 Billion in stimulus funding to support adoption and effective use of Health Information Technology (HIT). Colorado was awarded over $21 million in funding that includes $9.175 million for Health Information Exchange and $12.475 million for the Colorado Regional Extension Center....

The following is a call-to-action from our partners, the National Rural Health Association: Extend Rural Medicare Add-on Payments On December 31, 2009, a number of rural Medicare add-on payments expired. Although extenders of these provisions were included in both the Senate and House versions of health reform legislation, these...

Please join us for an in-depth meaningful use presentation and discussion where we will build off of the information presented during January’s Consortium Webinar: Interim Final Rule, Meaningful Use, and Incentive Funding. During the presentation we will look closely at the meaningful use criteria for receiving incentive payments and...

The madness continues at the Capitol! The Senate continues to work on the revenue enhancement measures proposed by the Governor’s office and we can expect next week to focus on the FY10-11 budget. In the House, the first Committee deadline is approaching this Thursday, which means all Committees (except...

The 2010 Legislative session is zooming along! CRHC has officially taken positions on three bills that seem to be moving through the legislative process fairly easily. That being said, there are two bills that will directly impact the scope of Advance Practice Nurses (APNs), in particular, those that work...