IMPORTANT: 2011 Salary & Benefits Survey

ClinicNET is thrilled to announce the 2011 Salary & Benefits Survey for community-funded safety net clinics.  Support and technical assistance for this opportunity has been made available to ClinicNET by the Colorado Provider Recruitment program, a service of the Colorado Rural Health Center. We hope that your clinic will participate in this valuable project. The deadline for completing the survey is September 19, 2011.  The report based on this survey, to be available in early 2012, will be:

• A valuable component for evaluating existing salary and benefits structures for selected employees
• Useful when addressing compensation questions
• A component for determining the economic impact of your organization
• Completely CONFIDENTIAL; all reported data will be in aggregate, and no one other than ClinicNET and CRHC will have access to individual health clinic information

Survey Document
The 2011 Salary & Benefits Survey is an Excel document; please note that this document includes four spreadsheets:

• TAB 1 contains the instructions for the contact information portion of the survey
• TAB 2 contains the survey tool for contact information
• TAB 3 contains the instructions for the salary and benefits portion of the survey **
• TAB 4 contains the survey tool for the salary and benefits information

**Many clinics utilize volunteer clinicians, administrators, etc.  Please place a “V” in the salary and benefits columns for those individuals and indicate in the FTE column if their volunteer work is fulltime (1.0), part-time (.5), quarter time (.25), etc. Aggregate information on the number of volunteers providing services is helpful to ClinicNET as we continue to provide education about the health care safety net in Colorado.

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CLICK HERE to download the survey

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Important Notes

• Please have one person at your clinic complete the survey. If you are not the appropriate person to complete this survey, please ensure that the appropriate person receives the survey.
• You may either complete the survey as an electronic Excel document (preferred), or print it out and fill it in by hand.
• Completed electronic surveys should be emailed to Brooke Powers at brooke.powers@clinicnet.org.
• Completed paper surveys should be faxed to Brooke Powers at (303) 832-7496. 
• NOTE:  If you receive a security warning about macros when opening this document, please choose “Disable Macros”.  You will not lose any functionality with your spreadsheet.

Participation Incentives
We understand that completing the survey will take time, and that you all are very busy.  As incentives for participation:

• Persons submitting surveys by the September 19th deadline will be entered in a drawing to win one of four $25 gift certificates from Amazon.com.
• The 2011 Salary & Benefits Report is scheduled to be released in early 2012.  All organizations that submit a completed survey will receive one free copy of the report.

What Will Be In the Final Report
The final 2011 Salary & Benefits Report will contain:

• Average salary and salary ranges by position title
• Average dollar amount of benefits, plus the average benefits as a percentage of the average salary
• Salary and benefits information for executive level employees (Executive Director, Fiscal Director, etc.) and for clinical providers and clinical mid-level staff broken down by years of employment
• Information based on (4) Regions; Front Range, South Central, Eastern & Western Colorado

ICD-10 Webinar

September 20, 2011; 12-3pm

Register now for a webinar offered by the Colorado Rural Health Center, covering ICD-10, documentation, billing and coding updates, as well as identify practical ways to be proactively prepared for the future.  All health care providers, particularly physicians are invited to attend.

Click here for more information and to register.

Eligibility Verification Interfaces are Live as of August 29th

To make it easier for applicants for public programs, CBMS (Colorado Benefits Management System) will interface with other systems to receive information about the applicant's income and citizenship.

Covering Kids and Families has information on these interfaces, which will be of interest for those who do application assistance as well as public policy staff.  Please contact Christy Trimmer if you have questions.

Clinics celebrate Safety Net Clinic Week!

Highlights of Safety Net Clinic Week 2011 include:

• Chaffee People's Clinic in Salida was featured in an article in The Mountain Mail and the Chaffee County Times.
• Community Health Services in Commerce City hosted a visit from Congressman Perlmutter staff members, Jerry Pifer and Jose Rodgriguez. Additionally, the Commerce City Sentinal ran Community Health Services letter to the editor!
• Congressman Coffman staff member, Jennifer Creager, & State Rep. Gerou visited Mtn Resource Center Pediatric Health Clinic in Conifer.
• Congresswoman DeGette staff member Andrea Autobee visited Rocky Mountain Youth Denver Clinic.
• State Rep. Kefalas visited Fort Collins Family Medicine.
• Congressman Gardner staff member, Maria Secrest visited North Colorado Family Medicine.

Update on State Medicaid Expansion to Adults without Dependent Children

The Colorado Dept. of Health Care Policy & Financing has made decisions regarding expanding Medicaid coverage to adults without dependent children (AwDC), including when and how the expansion will begin and who will be eligible in the first phase. Please click here to read the update provided by The Colorado Coalition for the Medically Underserved's Connect Campaign. ClinicNET participates in the Connect Campaign and other efforts to educate and help inform policy decisions. We would love to hear your concerns about the expansion and ideas for how the expansion can best move forward. Please email Brooke Powers at brooke.powers@clinicnet.org with your thoughts.

Webinar for Potential Colorado Health Foundation Applicants

Thursday, September 8; 12-1pm; Register Now

The Colorado Health Foundation is hosting an application information webinar for prospective grant applicants.  The webinar gives representatives from health-related nonprofits a chance to learn about the Foundation's grantmaking program.  During the webinar, Foundation staff will provide a concise overview of the application process, including:

• How to prepare applications
• Important proposal requirements
• A step-by-step walk-through of the online application process

Staff also will review the Foundation's funding priorities and take questions about any part of the process.

This webinar requires advanced registration, so please register now.  Please note that participation in the webinar is not a required part of the application process.

IHI National Forum Funding Available

Kaiser Permanente has generously awarded a grant to ClinicNET, allowing us to offer funding to help safety net clinic leaders travel to and attend the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) conferences and seminars, including their National Forum in December. IHI is world-renowned for their work to improve healthcare and patient safety, and helps accelerate improvement by cultivating concepts for improving patient care, and helping health care facilities put those ideas into action. For more contact Brooke at brooke.powers@clinicnet.org.