Monday, July 28, 2014
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.
Monday, March 17, 2014
#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
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
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
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