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- December 12, 2013
Tammi Clark’s appointed Prowers County Public Health & Environment Director
Read moreTammi Clark’s appointment as the Prowers County Public Health & Environment Director was made official by the county commissioners during their meeting on Thursday, November 21. Clark, a Registered Nurse with 20 years medical experience in the community, was hired as deputy director on July 15. She has lived...
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Refer a doctor to rural Iowa and earn $10,000
Read moreAn alarming new study published in Health Affairs says that by the year 2025 the U.S. will have a need for more doctors, mostly due to an aging population. But locally that need is already upon us. The decision to come back to rural north Iowa to practice was...
- December 12, 2013
CSU Global is now offering $5000 scholarships to rural Colorado
Read moreCSU Global is now offering $5000 scholarships to residents in rural Colorado. More information can be found here.
- December 12, 2013
Column: Protect rural health care
Read moreLike the rest of us, Garrison Keillor’s Lake Wobegon is aging. It won’t be long until he is telling us that “all elders are strong, all health care is local and all children are returning home.” Healthy rural places are needed now more than ever. AARP in its handbook...
- December 12, 2013
iCARE: Improving Communication and Readmissions in the Rural Setting Webinar
Read moreiCARE: Improving Communication and Readmissions in the Rural Setting Webinar December 19th, 1:00-2:00 pm MT Hosted by the Colorado Rural Health Center Preventing readmissions is never easy, but addressing readmissions in a rural setting poses unique challenges that can be hard to overcome. Four years ago, the Colorado Rural...
- December 12, 2013
ICD-10 Coder Academy by RT Welter
Read moreICD-10 Coder Academy – Sign Up Today for Registration Discounts! The Discounted Registration Deadline for the ICD-10 Coder Academy is quickly approaching! Sign any time between now and December 15th to save! This interactive and hands-on ICD-10 training is designed to prepare coders for the AAPC and AHIMA ICD-10...
- December 12, 2013
ICD-10 Webinar and Provider Readiness Survey
Read moreIt’s not too late to register for Dec. 17 ICD-10 webinar: Year End Check-Up Time for a reality check – as of Dec. 17 there will be 288 days until the Oct. 1, 2014 ICD-10 deadline. Will you be ready? During this webinar we will check in with three...
- December 12, 2013
THE Consortium Webinar – Stage 2 MU and HIPAA
Read moreTHE Consortium: December 17, 2013 Webinar Continued Deeper Dive into Stage 2 MU and HIPAA Please gather your IT, QI and ICD-10 team and join us for the next in our series of Meaningful Use webinars on Tuesday, December 17, 2013 from 12:00 pm to 1:15 pm. We...
- December 9, 2013
CMS Open Door Forum
Read moreSpecial Open Door Forum: Final Rule CMS-1599-F: Hospital Inpatient Admissions Discussion of the Hospital Inpatient Admission Order and Certification; 2 Midnight Benchmark for Inpatient Hospital Admissions Thursday, December 19; 1-2 pm ET CMS will host a third, follow-up call in its Special Open Door Forum (ODF) series to allow...
- December 9, 2013
Therapy Caps for CAHs
Read moreClick here to view excerpts from the advance Federal Register of the CY 2014 Final Physician fee schedule dealing with therapy caps. As proposed, CMS has finalized their position, subjecting outpatient therapy services in CAHs to the therapy caps beginning 1/1/14. For more information or questions contact Samantha Hiner at...
