Class: Being a Voice for Your Child with Special Healthcare Needs

Do you want more information on how you can be a voice for your child at home, in the doctor’s office, or in a patient room? Attend this event to make sure you know what to ask your physician and when it is time to ask for a second opinion. 

Who: Matthew Vitaska, Jim Koontz, Patty Skolnik
When: Tuesday, October 9, 6:30 – 8pm
Where: Mt. Yale Conference Room, 2nd floor Conference Center, Children’s Hospital Colorado (13123 E. 16th Ave., Aurora, CO 80045)

This event is free, but space is limited, so reserve your spot today! For all questions please call 720-777-6253

Colorado Oral Health Plan Webinar

Date: October 4, 2012
Time: 11:30 am to 12:30 pm

Please join Oral Health Colorado for a one hour informational webinar to introduce the newly released Colorado Oral Health Plan. Governor Hickenlooper will share some welcoming thoughts about oral health as a critical "winnable battle" and the role of key stakeholders in improving the oral health of all Colordans.

How to Participate
Online: Visit the Livestream channel prior to the webinar to ensure you can access the site.
By phone: Toll Free #: 1-877-820-7831; Participant Passcode:  545656

Public Health Integration Summit

Date/Time: Thursday, October 18, 10:30 to 4:30
Location: Holiday Inn Select, 455 South Colorado Boulevard, Denver, CO 80246

The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) is committed to the role of convening health care stakeholders around the state to build collaboration toward advancing the Triple Aim goals of improved population health, better care for the individual, and lower health care costs. The successful integration of public health and the private health care delivery system is critical to achieving these goals. The Public Health Integration Summit will convene health care and community stakeholders to develop a shared vision of effective integration through further understanding the current landscape, identifying potential gaps and/or barriers to success, and developing a path to advance integration...View the agenda and register online.

NEW REPORT ON FOUNDATION SUPPORT OF ADVOCACY AND PUBLIC POLICY WORK

A new report from The Colorado Trust, Advocacy & Public Policy Grantmaking: Matching Process to Purpose, reviews options funders have in supporting advocacy and public policy efforts, and describes the outcomes they can expect to achieve. The report is based on an extensive literature review as well as interviews with staff at foundations with mature policy portfolios, representing an array of foundation sizes, content areas and structures...Read more.  [Source: The Colorado Trust]

HCPF Provider Bulletin

Click here to read the September Provider Bulletin. The index includes:

All Providers .........................................1
Proof of Eligibility Letter..........................1
Safeguarding Medical Identity Toolkit ....1
Colorado Choice Transition....................2
Fee Schedule .........................................2
PAR Submission to the ColoradoPAR Program..................................................2
Client Over-Utilization Program (COUP).... 3
ACC Program Referral Requirement......4
ACC Payment Reform Initiative..............4
Dual Eligibles..........................................4
Record Retention....................................5
September & October Holidays..............5
Dental and Orthodontic Providers......5
PAR Procedures Update ........................5
DME/Supply Providers.........................6
Special PAR Submission Requirements.... 6

...and much more!

Miss the Colorado Health Symposium? Catch up on it!

"If the socioeconomic and political divides in health and health care seem too wide and steep to bridge, a new report sets the tone for a more hopeful future. Subtitled   "Health Equity: Bridging the Divides," the 16-page document compiles the best moments from the 2012 Colorado Health Symposium. The report includes provocative quotes and compelling data from the Symposium's keynote speakers, along with excerpts from a thoughtful debate about the government's role in what we eat. Also, videos of Symposium plenary, keynote sessions and the debate are available on Ustream." [Source: Colorado Health Foundation]

Upcoming Livestream: ECOP Message Testing Results

"CDPHE's Early Childhood Obesity Prevention Team invites you to join a Livestream event to learn the results of a message testing project relating to preconception healthy weight, appropriate gestational weight gain, developmental screening, oral health, and obesity prevention in early childhood. This event will be held on Thursday, September 27, 2012 from 1:30-3:00 pm..." Click here for more information and to register. [Source: CDPHE]