Week’s Wirth August 20, 2010

By now you should have received an invitation to join our conference call on Amendment 60, 61 and 101 this Tuesday, August 24th from 12 noon to 1 pm… Read more

Week’s Wirth August 13, 2010

old The Date! Our conference call on Amendment 60, 61 and 101 has been rescheduled. The new date is Tuesday, August 24th from 12 noon to 1 pm… Read more

Week’s Wirth August 6, 2010

Last week I attended two programs at Eaton Terrace Residences in Lakewood hosted by CAHSA board member David Smart. The programs were designed to communicate to the provider and business community information on funding for weatherization projects in HUD Assisted Multi-family developments. The meeting location was selected to showcase the great work that David and his staff have done as the first HUD community in Colorado to successfully navigate the application process for funding…

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Week’s Wirth June 25, 2010

On Tuesday of this week the state’s economists presented the state’s revenue forecast to the Joint Budget Committee based on new quarterly revenue data.  Largely as a result of decreases in small business income tax receipts, the state will have to do further budget balancing work for FY 2009-10… Read more

Week’s Wirth June 11, 2010

On Tuesday of this week we learned from staff at the Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF) that there will be a two week payment delay for Medicaid fee for service providers in the last two weeks of the current fiscal year which ends June 30, 2010… Read more

Week’s Wirth June 4, 2010

Now that the annual convention is over and summer is underway it’s once again time to shift to publication of Week’s Wirth. That doesn’t mean we are finished with our “focus on the Capitol,” however. On May 26th Governor Ritter signed into law HB 1053. This is the bill that CAHSA worked to get introduced and passed… Read more

Capitol Focus May 7, 2010

With the legislative session winding down in the next week and the Long Bill signed by the Governor’s desk we are confident that we can share with some certainty the final budget decisions that have been made for FY 2009-2010 and FY 2010-2011… Read more

Capitol Focus April 30, 2010

As of this morning HB 1053, “Concerning Community Long-Term Care Savings” passed the House… Read more

Capitol Focus April 16, 2010

This week the “Long Bill” was completed and balanced. Next up is formal passage of the bill… Read more   Attachment

Capitol Focus Apr. 9, 2010

Last week on March 31st HB 1053, “Concerning Community Long-Term Care Savings,” was heard in the Senate Health & Human Services Committee.  I use the term “heard” very loosely… Read more