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- January 22, 2014
Session Alert!
Read moreICD-10 Workshop Friday, April 11 from 8:00-9:45 or 10:00-11:45 Join Whitney Horton, CPC, CCC, RT Welter and Associates Ms. Horton is a certified professional coder (CPC) and a certified cardiology coder (CCC) with credentials from the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC). She also holds a certificate as an...
00 - January 22, 2014
How to write a budget narrative that will “wow” application reviewers:
Read moreDetails. Description. Justification. These are the major components to consider when completing the narrative section describing your financial need. Submitting your budget with a detailed, descriptive and justified narrative will not only thoroughly explain to the reviewers what the numbers in the spreadsheet represent, it will allow them to...
- January 22, 2014
$45 Million Set Aside to Strengthen Nursing
Read moreThe federal government announced late last year it would deliver $55.5 million in fiscal 2013 to programs designed to strengthen, diversify, and grow the healthcare workforce. The bulk of the funds, 82 percent ($45.4 million), are targeted at the largest segment of the healthcare workforce – nurses. Many of...
- January 22, 2014
Medicare Expands Definition of Rural for Telehealth
Read moreEffective January 1st, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) expanded the definition of “originating sites” to include Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) that are located in rural census tracts of Metropolitan Statistical Areas. Also, as part of the update to the Physician Fee Schedule for 2014, Medicare...
- January 22, 2014
Hospital Outcome Measures of Care
Read moreThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has contracted with Yale-New Haven Health Services Corporation/Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (YNHHSC/CORE) to reevaluate three hospital outcomes measures of care transitions for patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), heart failure (HF), or pneumonia. These measures (one for each...
- January 22, 2014
FY15 Funding Applications
Read moreONLY 4 WEEKS LEFT TO APPLY: UPDATED! FY15 Funding Applications Open — Approximately $6.7 million is available through grants and system improvement funding for organizations involved in providing emergency medical and trauma services in Colorado. Apply for these funds at www.coems.info under the Funding Program tab. Read the full...
- January 22, 2014
Medicare Expands Definition of Rural for Telehealth
Read moreEffective January 1st, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) expanded the definition of “originating sites” to include Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) that are located in rural census tracts of Metropolitan Statistical Areas. Also, as part of the update to the Physician Fee Schedule for 2014, Medicare...
- January 22, 2014
Will the “Doc Fix” Really Happen? The SGR Explained
Read moreAfter years of legislative wrangling and last-minute patches, expectations are high among physician groups, lawmakers and Medicare beneficiaries that Congress could act by March 31st of this year to permanently replace the current Medicare physician payment formula. While committees in both chambers have approved their own “doc fix” proposals,...
- January 22, 2014
Colorado Network of Health Alliances, A Statewide Learning Network Convened by CCMU
Read moreIn dozens of communities across Colorado, formal health alliances are using collective impact approaches to tackle the major social issues of healthcare. Some of the alliances have been around for decades and others are just now exploring formalization, but all of them are working on a common agenda, using...
- January 21, 2014
Session Alert!
Read moreState Policy Discussion Wednesday, April 9th from 9:30-10:15 Join Aubrey Hill, Director of Health Systems Change, Colorado Coalition for the Medically Underserved AND Alicia Haywood, Policy and Advocacy Manager, Colorado Rural Health Center Aubrey has spent several years advocating for those without a voice in order to bring about...
