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Deadline March 31, 2017 Apply for SIM for Support Integrating Behavioral and Physical Health
March 20, 2017
There are two weeks left to apply for the Colorado State Innovation Model (SIM) and capitalize on valuable support to help you integrate behavioral and physical health in primary care settings. The application closes March 31, 2017 at 11:59 p.m. MST.
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ANA Opposes President Trump's 2018 Budget
March 19, 2016
The American Nurses Association (ANA) is deeply concerned that President Trump’s FY 2018 budget plan, released today, will weaken the nation’s health care system and jeopardize the scientific research needed to keep America healthy. ANA staunchly opposes the President’s proposal which significantly reduces funding for health professions and nursing workforce programs by $403 million. The budget slices $5.8 billion from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), resulting in a massive 22 percent cut to scientific research for medical cures. Furthermore, this proposal suggests folding the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) into this significantly reduced NIH. AHRQ is the only federal agency with a mandate to conduct health services research.
ANA urges Congress to reject this proposal. It drastically hampers efforts to address critical faculty shortages and recruit new nurses into the profession. The nursing workforce stands ready to provide high-quality, patient-centered care in a transforming health care environment; however these cuts will hamper recruiting new nurses into the profession, promoting career advancement within nursing and allocating nurses to critical shortage areas. Read more. |
Public Comment: AACN Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Scope of Practice, Standards of Practice & Standards of Professional Performance
March 19, 2017
The American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) has posted its draft acute care nurse practitioner scope of practice, standards of practice, and standards of professional performance for public comment at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5GXW9XK. Please access the files and provide your recommendations and comments for each section before the closing deadline of April 7, 2017. If you have any questions, contact Carol Bickford at [email protected]
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Colorado Psychiatric Nurses Save the Date Fall Institute October 6-8, 2017
March 13, 2017
SAVE THE DATE for the Fall Institute!!!
The 39th annual Fall Institute for Psychiatric Advanced Practice Nurses has been scheduled for October 6th to 8th, 2017 at the Cheyenne Mountain Resort in SW Colorado Springs, Colorado. Please mark your calendars and plan to join us again this year!
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State Innovation Model (SIM) Updates March 2017
March 12, 2017
The Colorado State Innovation Model released its applicationfor practices to join a community of healthcare innovators, who are integrating behavioral health and primary care. There are 878 SIM providers who are moving along a spectrum of integration to deliver whole-person care to approximately 321,713 attributed patients.
A survey of SIM cohort 1 shows that 82% of respondents would recommend participation in SIM and we hope you will join them and encourage practice professionals to apply for cohort 2before the March 31 deadline.
Apply for SIM cohort 2
The SIM office has released the application for practices to participate in the second cohort of the program, and encourages practices to apply today: bit.ly/2kUdsHe
Cohort 2 resources:
Intro to behavioral health for primary care
Six new SIM e-learning modules have been released for cohort 1 practices. These modules, which were developed by the University of Colorado Department of Family Medicine, take 30 minutes to an hour to complete and are eligible for continuing education credits.
SIM Practice Data Reporting Update
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We have data to share from SIM cohort-1 practices that have reported on clinical quality measures (CQMs) for a full year. The SIM initiative helps practices report and use data to ensure delivery of high-quality patient care and improved patient outcomes. Click here for more information and check back regularly for data updates.
Sharing behavioral health info.
The SIM policy workgroup hosted the first in a series of webinars about how providers who deliver integrated behavioral health and primary care share appropriate behavioral health information to deliver coordinated, high-quality healthcare. Speakers addressed 42CFR part 2, legislation intended to safeguard the confidentiality of substance use disorder information and answered questions about how they handle adolescent health information.
Listen to this recorded discussion with Toria Thompson, behavioral health information exchange coordinator, CORHIO; Shannon Tyson-Poletti, MD, assistant medical director, Jefferson Center for Mental Health; Kyle Knierim, MD, assistant professor, University of Colorado Department of Family Medicine, Associate Director of Practice Transformation.
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Who's ready for APMs?
While there is much talk about value-based payment for healthcare services, also called alternative payment models (APMs), the SIM initiative provides resources to help its cohort practices succeed as these models become more pervasive.
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SIM is hiring - Apply today
We are looking for motivated and experienced individuals to join our team. Click here to view all open job postings and apply before the deadline to be considered for one of these three positions.
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Join your colleagues, policy makers and organization/agency staff for a Medical Home Community Forum that focuses on new approaches with integrated care for women and young children in pediatric settings March 14 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Building A, DOC Room, 4300 Cherry Creek Drive South, Denver CO 80246. Learn more and RSVP.
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Improve business functions, patient care
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QPP 'Coffee Talk'
Please join Telligen March 9 for an overview of the Quality Payment Program (QPP) Improvement Activity Category requirements and share tips to successfully implement an activity in your practice. Speakers will share information about the Telligen Antibiotic Stewardship program and will dedicate the last half hour to answering questions about the QPP. Learn more and RSVP.
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Suggested articles and media:
New study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association that compares Colorado's Accountable Care Collaborative program and Oregon's Coordinated Care Organization models.
Driven by opportunities to improve care coordination and reduce avoidable costs, state and federal policymakers are taking steps to integrate medical and behavioral health services and improve health outcomes. Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.
Rocky Mountain Health Plans - UnitedHealthCare merger finalized
The merger between UnitedHealthcare and Western Slope insurance provider Rocky Mountain Health Plans officially closed on Thursday, March 2, 2017. Read more about the merger from The Denver Post.
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