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Committee approves three‑year extension for rural health connectivity; officials say 127 providers are onboarded
Summary
The Office of eHealth Innovation and Health Care Policy and Financing briefed the Joint Technology Committee on the Rural Connectivity Initiative, requested a three‑year extension of capital funding to finish onboarding 40 remaining providers, and received unanimous approval to extend the program timeline.
Stephanie Pugliese, director of the Office of eHealth Innovation (OHI), and Kim Bimstuffer, executive director of the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF), told the Joint Technology Committee that the state’s rural connectivity work has onboarded 127 rural organizations to the statewide health information exchange and analytics platform and that capital funds for the project will expire June 30 (year not specified) unless the committee approves an extension.
Pugliese said OHI and HCPF have partnered with three primary organizations to support the work: Contexture (the statewide health information exchange), the Colorado Community Managed Care Network (CCMCN) for…
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