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- March 7, 2014
Funding For Certified RHC attendance to Forum
Read moreCertified Rural Health Clinics can receive up to $1,000 when attending 2014 Forum To receive funds each Certified RHC participant IS REQUIRED to attend BOTH emergency preparedness sessions offered at the Forum. Attendees will be provided with an attendance verification form during each session. Funds will be allocated following...
00 - March 7, 2014
14th Anual Forum Conference
Read moreDon’t miss this year’s Forum conference! Register Today The 14th Annual Forum will be held April 9-11, 2014 at the Sheraton Denver West in Lakewood, bringing together participants from all over Colorado and the surrounding states. The Forum serves as an essential educational, training, and networking conference for all...
- March 6, 2014
March 18th, ICD-10 PCS Coding Webinar #4
Read morePlease register your ICD-10 Implementation Team for this meeting here. Meeting Description:Please join us on Tuesday, March 18, 2014, from 12:00pm – 1:30 pm for the 4th webinar in this series of procedural coding for CAHs and Rural PPS hospitals — so you and your small rural hospital will...
- March 6, 2014
March 13th ICD-10 impementation Webinar #6
Read morePlease register your ICD-10 Implementation Team for this meeting here. Meeting Description: Please join us Thursday, March 13, 2013, from 12:00pm – 1:15pm to continue this step by step journey toward a successful ICD-10 Implementation on October 1, 2014
- March 5, 2014
Level 2 Patient Navigator
Read moreRegistration open for a Level 2 Patient Navigator online course, Emotional and Social Aspects of Disease. The Patient Navigator Training Collaborative has opened registration for a Level 2 online course, Emotional and Social Aspects of Disease. COURSE DESCRIPTION: Chronic diseases affect our physical bodies, but they also have an...
- March 5, 2014
Board Training Webinars
Read moreCRHC is pleased to announce a three-part Board Training webinar series with presenter Bill Charney from Charney Associates. Click on the links below for more information and to register. We hope you and your boards will join us for these webinars. Part I I’m on the Board: Now What’s...
- February 27, 2014
ICD-10 deadline won’t be delayed, Tavenner tells HIMSS
Read moreProviders, payers and claims clearinghouses can look for no relief from the looming, Oct. 1 compliance deadline for the nationwide conversion to the ICD-10 family of diagnostic and procedural codes, the head of the CMS said Thursday. But some case-by-case exemptions will be made for providers having a tough...
- February 27, 2014
How to Get In Contact with Your RCCO
Read moreThe Regional Care Collaborative Organization (RCCO) connects Medicaid clients to Medicaid providers and also helps Medicaid clients find community and social services in their area. The RCCO helps providers to communicate with Medicaid clients and with each other, so Medicaid clients receive coordinated care. A RCCO will also help...
- February 27, 2014
President Obama’s Budget Includes Largest Increase of National Health Service Corps Ever
Read morePresident Obama will propose boosting the National Health Services Corps (NHSC) from 8,900 a year to 15,000 a year over the next five years, as well as spending $5.23 billion to train 13,000 primary care residents over the next 10 years, in his budget next week, administration officials told...
- February 27, 2014
Community Tools Are Available to Combat the Higher Rates of Childhood Obesity In Rural Areas
Read moreThe Altarum Institute, a nonprofit health-systems research and consulting organization, reported today that children living in rural areas are about 25 percent more likely to be overweight or obese than children in urban areas. Rural communities have come up with several strategies to battle childhood obesity. According to Sarah...
