Rural areas in the United States are seeing a decrease in the number of doctors they have available. However, residents of the Nebraska Panhandle area live in a region with a well-established medical community. Regional West Medical Center (RWMC) is a regional referral center with physicians on staff who...

Rural areas in the United States are seeing a decrease in the number of doctors they have available. However, residents of the Nebraska Panhandle area live in a region with a well-established medical community. Regional West Medical Center (RWMC) is a regional referral center with physicians on staff who...

Colorado Dental Association leaders launched an initiative last month to get members to take at least Medicaid patients each. On Tuesday, a new study showed why the effort is needed desperately. The Colorado Health Institute (CHI) found in its report “More Dental Insurance: Enough Dental Care?” that eight of...

Telemental health is widely promoted as a way to address access barriers to mental health care in rural areas. However, we lack a clear picture of how telemental health is being used across the country. This brief describes the organizational setting, services provided, and staff used in 53 telemental...

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 created the Primary Care Incentive Payment Program. For the years 2011 through 2015, if certain evaluation and management services represent 60% or more of Medicare allowable charges, then the provider qualifies for a 10% bonus calculated on the primary care...

Almost half a million Coloradans are expected to gain dental benefits under Medicaid by 2016. That doesn’t mean they’ll be able to see a dentist. Two state policy changes rolling out next year are intended to improve access to oral health care for low-income Coloradans. The Legislature earlier this...

If you’re an employer there are also numerous positive outcomes from the ACA roll-out. Really. We will have more paperwork, some of us will have more costs, and more meetings with our insurance brokers. However, some business owners will benefit from tax credits and other incentives to offer employee’s...

New cuts to Medicare, enacted as a result of the new federal budget compromise approved earlier this month, could mean the loss of an additional $90 million in payments to Colorado hospitals. Click here to read the full article published by the Northern Colorado Business Report. 

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The rollout of the Affordable Care Act has already set off significant change and uproar around individual insurance plans. As the ACA settles into place in 2014, more change and concerns are coming to small rural hospitals. Under the ACA, small rural hospitals will see significant reductions in traditional...