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- January 8, 2014
TWO MIDNIGHT RULE CMS WEBINAR!!!!
Read moreTWO MIDNIGHT RULE CMS WEBINAR!!!! Description: This MLN Connects™ National Provider Call provides an overview of the inpatient hospital admission and medical review criteria (also known as the 2-Midnight Rule) that was released on August 2, 2013 in the FY 2014 Inpatient Prospective Payment System/Long-Term Care Hospital final rule...
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New Allied Health Job Board with Colorado Provider Recruitment!
Read moreNew Allied Health Job Board with Colorado Provider Recruitment! Colorado Provider Recruitment (CPR) will be incorporating an Allied Health Specific Job Board to better serve your recruitment needs! We welcome you to post any clinical or non-clinical opening you have that CPR does not already recruit for. From...
- January 8, 2014
The 2014 Colorado Legislative Session Begins Today!
Read moreThe 69th session of Colorado General Assembly begins today! We’re predicting this may not be a healthcare-heavy session. Implementation is in full swing, so this year we’ll see some clean up bills along with some other small changes. However, given the changes in the composition of the Senate due...
- January 8, 2014
Obamacare May Cut Bad Debt Says Southwest Memorial Hospital
Read moreAs more people in Montezuma County sign up for insurance under the federal healthcare law, Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez may take on far less bad debt. Southwest Health System said patients were unable to pay about $4.6 million in medical bills during the 12 months leading up to...
- January 8, 2014
Newly Insured Begin Seeking Care: An Update on Colorado’s Enrollment
Read moreAccording to Modern Healthcare, health systems are reporting a flood of phone calls as newly insured patients start seeking care. Approximately 2.1 Americans have signed up for insurance through an exchange, and another 3.9 million qualified for Medicaid, according to Health and Human Services. The roll-out has been uneven...
- January 7, 2014
CAHs This is a huge billing change in 2014!
Read moreThis code does not apply to CAHs (for now). This is a huge billing change in 2014! CMS has implemented a policy to combine outpatient clinic evaluation and management visit codes into one APC. CMS finalized a policy that eliminated the existing five levels of hospital outpatient clinic visit...
- January 7, 2014
Readmissions and the CO APCD Webinar: January 22nd, 12:00-1:00 MT
Read moreReadmissions and the CO APCD: New Data Available to Support Care Transitions Webinar: January 22nd, 12:00-1:00 MT Hosted by the Center for Improving Value in Health Care Measuring success in reducing readmissions can be challenging. Time after time, it boils down to data: How many patients were admitted to...
- January 3, 2014
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Agency Information Collection
Read moreCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services; Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Dec 20, 2013 — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is accepting comments through February 18, 2014 on the Conditions of Participation for Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) and Supporting Regulations, and the State...
- January 3, 2014
New and Revised Diagnostic Imaging Standards
Read moreJoint Commission Announces New and Revised Diagnostic Imaging Standards Joint Commission to revise qualifications for imaging clinicians The Joint Commission has approved standards changes for accredited hospitals, critical access hospitals, and ambulatory care organizations that provide diagnostic imaging services, including ambulatory organizations that have achieved Advanced Diagnostic Imaging certification....
- January 3, 2014
HCPF ACA Implementation News
Read moreHCPF ACA Implementation News The latest issue of the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing’s ACA Implementation News is now available online here.
