Attend the 2014 Corps Community Day event in Denver to network with health professional students and residents interested in rural jobs!

Each year during National Primary Care Week, the National Health Service Corps and state-level partner organizations celebrate Corps Community Day. Corps Community Day highlights primary medical, dental and behavioral healthcare for the underserved in Colorado. It is an opportunity for students, residents, providers and Colorado’s safety-net healthcare facilities to network. Furthermore, the event celebrates accomplishments of National Health Service Corps and Colorado Health Service Corps providers. Safety-net healthcare facilities in attendance include: rural health clinics, federally qualified health centers and other sites meeting the primary care needs of Colorado’s underserved.

This year, Colorado’s Corps Community Day will be on Friday, October 10th at the Crown Plaza in Stapleton. This is a chance to network with medical students, health professional students and physician residents who are eager to learn about primary care job opportunities in a safety-net setting! If you are interested in attending, contact Ashley Mills at amm@coruralhealth.org or 303-407-2031.

#2014 Forum Workshop Alert: You Want to Help. Learn How. Mental Health First Aid in Colorado

You Want to Help. Learn How. Mental Health First Aid in Colorado 
Join Brian Turner, Statewide Programs Manager, Colorado Behavioral Healthcare Council 

This session introduces Mental Health First Aid, an evidence-based, ground-breaking public education program designed to improve participants' knowledge of behavioral health disorders, to reduce stigma, and to increase the amount of help provided to those who may need it. We will discuss the statewide initiative to implement this program in Colorado, and then identify opportunities for rural and other safety net healthcare providers to engage with and support this effort.

http://www.coruralhealth.org/events/forum.htm 

Workshop Alert: Managing and Improving Work Processes to Streamline Clinic Operations and Deliver Optimum Care

Managing and Improving Work Processes to Streamline Clinic Operations and Deliver Optimum Care 
Join Beth Katzenberg, Senior Advisor, Colorado Rural Health Center 


The design and management of processes directly determine whether they consistently achieve desired results without rework and workarounds. Process mapping is a useful tool to develop, understand, improve, and monitor a process. If you design, manage, or improve processes, join us for this session to learn how to use process maps to streamline your clinic’s work processes and deliver optimum care.


http://www.coruralhealth.org/events/forum.htm

Workshop Alert: Insurance Contracting Negotiation

Insurance Contracting Negotiation 
Join Todd Welter, Founder and President, RT Welter and Associates 


The reimbursement world is changing for you, for payers and employers! Learn the HMO and PPO basics in an improving economy, as well as the ACO concept and what it means to providers. Todd will also discuss the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the Health Care Market Places – how it will affect you, whether you want it to or not!


http://www.coruralhealth.org/events/forum.htm

Workshop Alert: ICD-10-CM Coding Training

ICD-10-CM Coding Training 
Join Whitney Horton, CPC, CCC, RT Welter



Detailed review of chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning, and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes. Chapter 19 applies to a wide range of specialties, and its understanding is imperative to accurate coding in ICD-10-CM. Attendees will have the opportunity to apply the concepts to clinical scenarios in a workshop setting. Discussion of implementation in regards to remaining timeline, and how progress or lack thereof will affect workflow. Attendees are encouraged to bring their ICD-10-CM text books, but this is not required.

http://www.coruralhealth.org/events/forum.htm

Session Sneak Peek...Statewide Community Health Alliances

Statewide Community Health Alliances

Join Jess, Meyer, Project Assistant, Colorado Coalition for the Medically Underserved and Sarah Vaine, CEO, Summit Community Care Clinic 

Learn about the history, best practices and lessons learned from the past 2 years of organizing the Colorado Network of Health Alliances with Jess Meyer, Project Coordinator at the Colorado Coalition for the Medically Underserved. The session will also provide key lessons on bringing together community leaders and keeping coalitions together over time from Sarah Vaine, CEO, Summit Community Care Clinic.

http://www.coruralhealth.org/events/forum.htm

Session Sneak Peek...Stage 2 MU and All Things Compliance

David has lectured and provided hands on support for health care organizations who are searching, selecting or implementing Electronic Health Records. Drawing on this extensive compliance background, as well as provider work flow management, he is helping organizations make sound business decisions in this emerging area.

David is the designated electronic health records expert for the Colorado Rural Health Center and has provided expertise to a number of rural health agencies. In addition, he is the lead consultant to the Physicians’ Foundation for Health Systems Excellence Health Information Technology committee’s efforts to increase adoption of electronic health records. 

Stage 2 Meaningful Use 
Meaningful Use Stage 2 (2014 Edition) confuses even the experts! Attend this informative session where we will review some of the key changes and how you should be prepared. We will showcase our new Stage 2 Gap Analysis Tool and review some technical areas such as using "DIRECT" for transitions of care exchanges of information.

All Things Compliance: HIPAA readiness, corporate compliance, effective policies and procedures 
A follow up to our successful session on being an effective compliance official at our October annual meeting. If you are involved in compliance for your clinic or hospital please plan on attending this informative and interactive session where we will learn the key activities for successful compliance. We will review what you should be doing or HIPAA, Fraud and Abuse, Meaningful Use, OSHA, and other compliance areas.

http://www.coruralhealth.org/events/forum.htm

Session Sneak Peek…Real World Preparedness for Clinics: What it is and how to achieve it

Real World Preparedness for Clinics:  What it is and how to achieve it 

Join William, JD, President and Owner, All Clear Emergency Management Group

Emergency preparedness for healthcare providers is not a new concept, unfortunately neither are the struggles associated with facilitating an effective emergency management program in a rural healthcare setting. Many factors and other daily challenges demonstrate the need for a creative approach to developing and enhancing an emergency management program. This session will focus on best practices for developing and reviewing plans, efficient methods to develop and deliver training, and tactics to exercise plans and procedures without significantly interrupting the regular activities of the facility.

http://www.coruralhealth.org/events/forum.htm

Session Sneak Peek…Population Health Impact Through Public Health Integration

Population Health Impact Through Public Health Integration

Join Kimberly Boyd, Vice President, Lolina, Inc.


Primary care and public health each have a common goal to improve the health status of individuals and populations in a community. The shifting health care landscape has presented new opportunities to collaborate in order to achieve notable and sustaining improvements in health. This session will explore the role of public health and how primary care might consider partnering based on core principles of successful integration efforts.

http://www.coruralhealth.org/events/forum.htm

Session Sneak Peek…Finding a Doctor: It Matters Where You Live

Finding a Doctor: It Matters Where You Live

Join Rebecca Alderfer, Senior Analyst at the Colorado Health Institute

A new study by the Colorado Health Institute pinpoints areas across the state struggling to attract and retain enough primary care doctors, both for the general population and for Medicaid enrollees. Learn where your region stands in this all-important workforce indicator. And get a glimpse of the near future, when we expect thousands of newly-insured Coloradans to begin seeking medical care.

http://www.coruralhealth.org/events/forum.htm