When: April 11th, 2013 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Location: Double Tree Hotel--Thornton, Steamboat Grand Ballroom, 83 E. 120th Avenue, Thornton, CO 80233
Email: colorado.cphp@ucdenver.edu
Click here to register
"The Colorado School of Public Health, in conjunction with public health leaders from across Colorado, will host this symposium. The purpose of the convening is to create a public platform to discuss and plan ways in which public health can collectively engage in the full implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) coverage expansion..." Click here for more information. [Source: Center for Public Health Practice]
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Free Meaningful Use Boot Camp
Dates/Times: April 12, 2013 11:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Location: Hilton Garden Inn - Tech Center, 7675 East Union Ave, Denver, CO , 80237
"Interested in learning more about meaningful use? Want to find out if you’re eligible for incentive funds?
Attend the free Meaningful Use Boot Camp for health care professionals who want to incorporate Meaningful Use objectives into their practices and potentially receive incentive payments." Learn more about this event. [Source: CORHIO]
Location: Hilton Garden Inn - Tech Center, 7675 East Union Ave, Denver, CO , 80237
"Interested in learning more about meaningful use? Want to find out if you’re eligible for incentive funds?
Attend the free Meaningful Use Boot Camp for health care professionals who want to incorporate Meaningful Use objectives into their practices and potentially receive incentive payments." Learn more about this event. [Source: CORHIO]
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
COHBE Seeks Applications from Local and Statewide Organizations to Provide Customer Support and Outreach
"The Colorado Health Benefit Exchange (COHBE) is inviting organizations across Colorado to submit applications to be part of the new Connect for Health Assistance Network. The Assistance Network will be a team of organizations across the state that will provide certified Health Coverage Guides to sit down with customers and help them use Colorado's new health insurance marketplace...The Connect for Health Assistance Network Funding Opportunity is available on our website. Applications for grants are due April 8, 2013. COHBE will host public informational meetings to answer questions about the funding opportunity. Questions and completed applications must be submitted by email to grants@cohbe.org. Sites are expected to be chosen in May and training will take place this summer, in preparation for opening in October." [Source: COHBE]
Primary Care Provider Self Attestation Form
"Changes to Medicaid primary care reimbursement were enacted as part
of the Affordable Care Act. Eligible physicians will receive
supplemental payments for services rendered between January 1, 2013, and
December 31, 2014, that raise the Medicaid reimbursement to Medicare
rates. Medicare rates have not been confirmed at this time.
To be eligible, physicians must personally attest as practicing in family medicine, general internal medicine and/or pediatric medicine and be board certified or meet thresholds for providing recent primary care services. Advanced practice professionals practicing under the personal supervision of a qualified physician are eligible to receive the supplemental payment...Providers must fill out the short Self-Attestation Form in order to be eligible for the supplemental payments.
If self-attested before March 31, 2013, payments will be retroactive to January 1, 2013. If attested after March 31, 2013, the supplemental payments will be for eligible services provided after the date of self-attestation." Click here to read more.
[Source: Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing]
To be eligible, physicians must personally attest as practicing in family medicine, general internal medicine and/or pediatric medicine and be board certified or meet thresholds for providing recent primary care services. Advanced practice professionals practicing under the personal supervision of a qualified physician are eligible to receive the supplemental payment...Providers must fill out the short Self-Attestation Form in order to be eligible for the supplemental payments.
If self-attested before March 31, 2013, payments will be retroactive to January 1, 2013. If attested after March 31, 2013, the supplemental payments will be for eligible services provided after the date of self-attestation." Click here to read more.
[Source: Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing]
Monday, February 25, 2013
CFHA 's 15th Annual Conference & Call for Presentations
When: October 10-12, 2013
Where: Omni Interlocken Resort, Broomfield/Denver, Colorado
The Collaborative Family Healthcare Association (CFHA) is a member-based, member-driven collaborative organization...The CFHA Annual Conference focuses on the many and varied aspects of collaborative and integrated healthcare. It has become the premiere conference of its type, bringing together practitioners, researchers, students, academicians, consumers and patients, corporations, governmental agencies, foundations, and many others...
This conference is your opportunity to share your expertise and your creativity with others from whom you too can learn. This is an opportunity to expand connections and accelerate our collective capacity to become effective change agents in the adoption of collaborative care.
We seek proposals for presentations that address the conference theme, "Disrupting Status Quo", as well as presentations that help advance CFHA’s mission to promote a comprehensive and cost-effective model of healthcare delivery..." Click here to learn more about submitting a proposal (due March 15th, 2013) and attending the conference. [Source: Collaborative Family Healthcare Association]
Where: Omni Interlocken Resort, Broomfield/Denver, Colorado
The Collaborative Family Healthcare Association (CFHA) is a member-based, member-driven collaborative organization...The CFHA Annual Conference focuses on the many and varied aspects of collaborative and integrated healthcare. It has become the premiere conference of its type, bringing together practitioners, researchers, students, academicians, consumers and patients, corporations, governmental agencies, foundations, and many others...
This conference is your opportunity to share your expertise and your creativity with others from whom you too can learn. This is an opportunity to expand connections and accelerate our collective capacity to become effective change agents in the adoption of collaborative care.
We seek proposals for presentations that address the conference theme, "Disrupting Status Quo", as well as presentations that help advance CFHA’s mission to promote a comprehensive and cost-effective model of healthcare delivery..." Click here to learn more about submitting a proposal (due March 15th, 2013) and attending the conference. [Source: Collaborative Family Healthcare Association]
Updates from HCPF
Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing's CICP Newsletter is now available. (February 2013)
Friday, February 22, 2013
Colorado Collaboration Award
"Once again, the Colorado Collaboration Award will offer $50,000 to a
highly successful nonprofit partnership. The award was established in
2011 by a diverse group of Colorado funders to acknowledge, encourage
and support successful collaboration. The 2013 award application is open
now through March 15. To get started, visit the Colorado Collaboration Award Web page." [Source: Colorado Health Foundation]
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