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- March 13, 2014
New Accountable Care Collaborative Video
Read moreNew Video about the Accountable Care Collaborative The Department has just released a new animated video about the Accountable Care Collaborative. Check out our new video here that helps to explain what the ACC is and how it helps Medicaid clients get connected to the right services, in the...
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PQRS Call with CMS
Read moreRegister for the National Provider Call on March 18 to Learn About Reporting Once for 2014 Medicare Quality Reporting Programs Join CMS on March 18 from 1:30 to 3:00 pm ET for a National Provider Call about reporting across Medicare quality reporting programs in 2014. This call will provide...
- March 13, 2014
Medicare Insights Weekly Podcast on Local Coverage Determination
Read moreThis news is brought to you by Novitas Solutions, INC.: Have you reviewed a local coverage determination and wanted a change? In this week’s Medicare Insights Weekly podcast, we discuss the Local Coverage Determination reconsideration process. Listen to this podcast to know when and how to ask Novitas to...
- March 13, 2014
QualityNet Secure Portal: Webinar
Read moreNational Provider Webcast scheduled for Tuesday, March 18, 2014. The webcast will be presented by Bob Dickerson, MSHSA, RRT, Lead Health Informatics Solution Coordinator, Telligen. This presentation will review the QualityNet Secure Portal and the Portal registration process. For more information see the attached flyer. The webcast will be...
- March 13, 2014
QHi Back to Basics Session: Webinar
Read morePlease join us for our next QHi Back to Basics Session scheduled for Tuesday, March 25 from 2:00 to 3:00 Central Time. After a quick review of updates to the site and to measures, we will walk through the live site demonstrating how to select measures, add users, enter...
- March 12, 2014
With Deadline For Open Enrollment Looming, Nearly 4.2 Million Have Enrolled in Private Health Plans Sold Through Exchanges
Read moreMore than 4.2 million people have enrolled in private health plans sold through the Affordable Care Act’s insurance exchanges as of March 1, the Obama administration reported Tuesday. However, the administration didn’t say how many of those people have paid their first month’s premiums or how many were previously...
- March 12, 2014
Are Rural Interests Being Met By the Colorado Legislature This Year?
Read moreAs the legislature reaches mid-session, lawmakers are receiving an “incomplete” grade for addressing rural Colorado; being told by rural interests that they still have much more work to do. Even though both sides of the aisle included rural Colorado in their talking points at the beginning of the session,...
- March 12, 2014
It’s Looking Likely That We’ll See Yet Another SGR Patch (That Makes 18!)
Read moreLawmakers can’t agree on a way to plug the $122 billion hole in the budget that would be created by the elimination of the reimbursement cuts and “chances are not great” for a permanent fix by the March 31 deadline, says the co-chair of the GOP Doctors’ Caucus. Congress...
- March 12, 2014
Bill Aims to Encourage Doctors to Try Rural Colorado
Read moreA bill making its way through the legislature this year aims to encourage doctors to give rural Colorado a try. Senator Aguilar’s bill, Senate Bill 14-144, would require the state to study how rural residency programs aid rural communities in recruiting and retaining doctors, what effect massive medical school...
- March 7, 2014
CDPHE iCARE Participants Reimbursements?
Read moreCDPHE iCARE Participants receive reimbursement for registration fees, lodging, and mileage for Forum! CDPHE iCARE participants can send two representatives from their facility and receive reimbursement for 1) Registration fees 2) Lodging and 3) Mileage. Not sure if your facility is a CDPHE iCARE participant? Check out this informational...
