We are wrapping up the current phase of Colorado MESA Initiative workshops. There are currently no live training workshops scheduled. Please check back for future updates.
Welcome to the Colorado M.E.S.A. Initiative
Thanks for your interest and participation. The Colorado M.E.S.A. Initiative is currently on hiatus. We have wrapped the initial 18-month pilot program and filed our final evaluation report with The Colorado Health Foundation. We intend to submit a new proposal in October, 2010, for additional funding to continue this important work.
In the meanwhile, if you participated in the pilot program and have a username, you can still access the Classroom section of this website and view all training materials.
Are You A Colorado Physician Providing Primary Care to Seniors?
Thanks to a grant from The Colorado Health Foundation and the support of the Alzheimer's Association Colorado Chapter and Senior Care of Colorado, YOU can:
Become a Medicare Expert!
Be confident in your coding and documentation abilities
know the 2 key paths to billing success
know how to provide great geriatric patient care AND be paid appropriately
know the critical role of place of service
know, specifically, what Medicare pays
Learn key lessons from Colorado's largest geriatric practice
Increase Senior Access to Quality Healthcare!
Understand what the Medicare guidelines require and what they don't
Understand that the Medicare program does pay fairly (although not necessarily adequately to fix the growing crisis)
Be comfortable serving seniors with the toughest clinical challenges
When you become a participant in the Colorado Mesa Initiative at no cost to you or your practice, you'll gain access to the M.E.S.A. Training Resources:
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Three-Hour Face-to-Face Training Workshop
Medicare Coding & Documentation
Clinical Guidelines
12 common disease states in seniors
emphasis on treating the demented patient
Alzheimer's Association Colorado Chapter resources
Web-Based Resources
Training Workshop Videos and Materials
Online Discussion Forum
Provider Progress Checklist
Live Followup Activities
Progress Notes Audit and Conference Call
MD Conference Call
Who Should Attend?
Physician Practice Leaders/Owners
Physicians, NPs, PAs, & RNs who care for seniors
Practice Administrators and Managers
Billing Personnel
Regional Approach
The current Colorado M.E.S.A. Initiative grant funding covers three regions, as defined by the Alzheimer's Association Colorado Chapter, across the state of Colorado.
Curious about past MESA workshops? We've traversed the great state of Colorado to spread the word about becoming a Medicare Expert! Here are the archived workshop flyers.
M.E.S.A. Initiative: Instruction, Ideas and Inspiration
We've all heard the disconcerting news:the population is aging and the supply of physicians serving our senior population is not growing proportionately. A dire shortfall of primary care physicians, especially in the rural areas of Colorado, is anticipated and we're beginning to feel the impact even now.
