The Colorado Rural Health Center (CRHC) advocates, supports, and promotes Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) locally and nationally. Increasingly Colorado’s RHCs are acknowledged by state healthcare leaders, foundations, governmental entities and regulatory agencies as critical safety net providers. And we know you deliver essential services every day to improve the health and support the well being of residents in your community. CRHC is working with ClinicNET, our partner organization that advocates for all of Colorado’s non-federally qualified safety net clinics, to gather 2012 data from Colorado’s RHCs through this brief 13 question survey. The information you provide will help continue to grow the recognition of your work and to quantify the impact of your services on your communities and the state overall. As you are aware, unlike other clinic types, RHCs receive no federal funding and CRHC receives no federal funding to support RHCs. When it comes time for the federal, state, or local government to make decisions regarding provider reimbursements, Medicare or Medicaid payments, public coverage program eligibility, electronic health records (EHR) incentives, or other important policy choices, the people making those decisions need to understand how they affect RHCs like yours. Click here to access the survey.
