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ClinicNET Affiliated Clinics…

Enhancing the capacity of Community-Funded Safety Net Clinics (CSNCs) and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) to serve medially vulnerable Coloradans. COHBE Outreach & Communications Advisory Group July 10, 2012. ClinicNET Affiliated Clinics…. are Community-Funded Safety Net Clinics

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ClinicNET Affiliated Clinics…

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  1. Enhancing the capacity of Community-Funded Safety Net Clinics (CSNCs) and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) to serve medially vulnerable Coloradans. COHBE Outreach & Communications Advisory GroupJuly 10, 2012

  2. ClinicNET Affiliated Clinics… are Community-Funded Safety Net Clinics (CSNCs) and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) throughout Colorado providing primary health care and chronic care services to low-income, uninsured and underinsured Coloradans.

  3. Clinic Statistics • 88 Clinics in 33 Counties • 17 Community Clinics • 10 Free Clinics • 9 Family Medicine Residency Clinics • 52 Certified Rural Health Clinics • In 2011the CSNCs served approximately 130,000 unduplicated patients and provided some 350,00 visits. The RHCs served an estimated 175,000 rural Coloradans.

  4. With Passage and Full Implementation of Affordable Care Act • … there is significant activity locally and nationally to: • Improve access to care through insurance coverage expansion • Focus on payment reform • Expand quality initiatives • Despite lack of provisions through ACA for CSNCs and RHCs the clinics are engaged in these activities

  5. ClinicNET Services • Advocacy, Outreach, Education • Safety Net Clinic Week, August 20-24, 2012 • Legislative advocacy, regulatory engagement, informing policy decisions • Critical partnerships and collaboration with other organizations – Colorado Rural Health Center, Colorado Coalition for the Medically Underserved, Colorado Community Health Network

  6. ClinicNET Services • Technical Assistance, Resources and Data • Provide Regional Extension Center services for the adoption, implementation, upgrading and meaningful use of certified EHR. • Quality improvement coaching and PCMH certification assistance. • Annual education forum. • Group purchasing opportunities (through Colorado Community Health Network). • Regular and frequent updates via e-newsletter, social media • FTCA Deeming. • Spokesperson for workforce shortages, distribution and related challenges.

  7. Challenges and Opportunities • Assist clinics with business planning and revenue modeling given expansion of Medicaid and potential commercial insurance coverage for % of clinic patients in 2014 that qualify and may buy coverage through health benefit (insurance) exchange. • Support clinics with Board education and orientation to health care environment realities. • Enable standard data collection and tracking from all clinics. • Gain recognition within Colorado and at a federal level for the diversity of safety net clinic types. • Diversify ClinicNET funding.

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