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- February 10, 2014
Estes Park Medical Center Recognized as Colorado Rural Health Center’s Featured Member of the Month
Read moreLocated 90 miles northwest of Denver and just a few minutes east of the entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park is the community of Estes Park, Colorado. Estes Park has a long rich history spanning from Joel Estes’s discovery of the Estes Valley in 1859, to the opening of...
00 - February 6, 2014
Medicare News
Read moreExpanding Customer Service Hours – February 3, 2014In response to the high wait time to speak with a Customer Service Representative, we are expanding our hours of operation to better serve you. Effective February 3, 2014, our lines will open one hour earlier at 7:00 am CT. Please accept...
- February 6, 2014
CREATE Stakeholder Calls.
Read moreAttention CREATE Participants and Interested Parties, You are personally invited to join us for CREATE stakeholder calls. This is your opportunity to be a part of the process, as we prepare for programmatic updates of The Colorado Resource for Emergency and Trauma Education (CREATE) grant program. There will be...
- February 6, 2014
Critical Access Hospital Relief Act
Read moreIntroduced Regarding 96-Hour Certification Representative Adrian Smith (R-NE) has introduced the Critical Access Hospital Relief Act (H.R. 3991). This bill, which is cosponsored by Representatives Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Greg Walden (R-OR), and David Loebsack (D-IA), would eliminate the current Condition of Payment requirement that physicians at Critical Access Hospitals...
- February 6, 2014
ICD-10 Compliance October 1, 2014
Read moreNews Updates | February 6, 2014 ICD-10 in 2014 With less than one year to go until the October 1, 2014, ICD-10 compliance date, now is the time to assess your progress. CMS continues to work with health care organizations to develop and distribute a variety of resources to...
- February 5, 2014
Rural Metal Health & Substance Abuse Toolkit Webinar
Read moreWednesday, February 26, 2014 12:00-1:00pm Objectives of the webinar: · Identify evidence and promising models that improve access to mental health and substance abuse resources in rural communities. · Discuss setting specific models for communities, schools, and health care settings. · Describe lessons learned from effective mental health...
- February 5, 2014
Medicare News
Read moreJH Part B Webinar Handout: “Update – New Novitas Website” – February 13, 204 (1:00pm-2:30pm CT) Join us as we demonstrate the improved Novitas Solutions website and show you how to navigate it. You will learn about the new available search tools as we provide tips to enhance your...
- February 5, 2014
CMS delays inpatient, outpatient quality reporting deadlines
Read moreThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Friday delayed to Feb. 8 the deadline for reporting certain third-quarter 2013 quality data to the Medicare inpatient and outpatient quality reporting programs. The one-week delay affects inpatient population and sampling data for chart-abstracted quality measures, outpatient population and sampling data, and...
- February 4, 2014
Medicare News
Read moreExpanding Customer Service Hours – February 3, 2014In response to the high wait time to speak with a Customer Service Representative, we are expanding our hours of operation to better serve you. Effective February 3, 2014, our lines will open one hour earlier at 7:00 am CT. Please accept...
- February 4, 2014
Part B Top Inquiries FAQs
Read moreJH Part B Top Inquiries Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) The JH Part B Top Inquiries Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) have been updated. Please visit our FAQs for the answers to your questions.
