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Spring/Summer 2000 Newsletter

• Finding the Right Business Partners for Rural Integrated Healthcare Systems
  by Luisa Buada, CIRHM Executive Director

• LVCHO Signs a Shared Risk Contract with CIGNA
  by Jim Teevans, J.D., CIRHM Consultant

• The Indian Wells Valley Community Health Council Awarded Work and Health Initiative Grant
  by Debbie Robertson, IWVCHC, Local Coordinator

• The 3rd Annual DRIS Conference - February 2000
  by Luisa Buada, CIRHM Executive Director

• Opening Address to the 3rd Annual DRIS Conference
  by Dennis Collins, CEO & President of the James Irvine Foundation

• The Humboldt-Del Norte Regional Health Council Votes to Incorporate
  by Luisa Buada, CIRHM Executive Director

Winter 2000 Newsletter

• Imperial Valley Health Organization Launched
  by Bobbie Wunsch, Community Systems Consultant

• Update: The Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999
  by Sheldon Weisgrau, Rural Health Consultants

• Del Norte Health Summit
  by Luisa Buada, CIRHM Executive Director

• Ridgecrest and Humboldt Del Norte Host the Future of Work and Health Program
  by Luisa Buada, CIRHM Executive Director

• Tax Exempt Issues for Rural Integrated Systems
  by Jim Teevans, J.D.

• Lompoc Valley Community Healthcare Organization Moves to Phase III
  by Steve McDowell, Community Systems Consultant

Summer 1999 Newsletter

• An Overview of H.R. 1244 and S. 980 Health Care Legislation
  by Sheldon Weisgrau, Rural Health Consultants

• An Introduction to the Impact of Triple A (H.R. 1244) and (S. 980)Legislation on the DRIS Communities
  by Luisa Buada, CIRHM Executive Director

• A View from the Highway: Visiting the DRIS Communities
  by Uriel Heilman

• DRIS Community Decision Making Process: The Funnel
  by Luisa Buada, CIRHM Executive Director

• LVCHO Wins its First Single Signature Contracting Authority Bid
  by Jim Teevans, Community Systems Consultant

• Imperial Establishes IVCHO and Approves Business Plan
  by Bobbie Wunsch, Community Systems Consultant

Spring 1999 Newsletter

• Imperial Valley Health Advisory Council Takes the Lead on Injury Prevention
  by Melody Vela

• ASO: Determining the Financial Feasibility of an Administrative Services Organization (ASO) - Key Variables and Options
  by Mike Fadden

• Networking for Rural Health
  by Katherine Browne

• DRIS Initiative Evaluation Report: Cross Cutting Themes from Phase I and II of the DRIS Initiative
  by Ira Moscovice, Ph.D.

• DRIS Annual Conference Report
  by Luisa Buada

Winter 1999 Newsletter

• Health Promotion and the North Coast DRIS Project
  by Don Avant

• Administrative Services Organization (ASO)
  A Community Managed Care Model
  by Mike Fadden

• DRIS Update: Feasbility and Business Planning
  A Community Model
  by Mike Fadden

• Local Coordinators on DRIS

• CIRHM Welcomes Debbie Robertson

Summer 1998 Newsletter

• Applying Legal Analysis to Integrated Rural Health
  by James Teevans J.D.

• DRIS Evaluation Update
  by Dr. Ira Moscovice

• DRIS Update
  by Steve McDowell

• Farewell and Thank You, Troy Soenen

• Imperial Council Collaborates to Benefit its Community

• Glossary of health care terms with a focus on quality management.

Spring 1998 Newsletter

• A Rural Health Plan Success Story
  by Tanya Case

• DRIS Update
  by Luisa Buada

• and a glossary of health care terms with a focus on california - acronyms.

Winter 1998 Newsletter

• What Hath Washington Wrought?
  The Impact of Health Care Reform in Rural California
  by Sheldon Weisgrau

• DRIS Update
  by Luisa Buada

• and the original glossary of health care terms.

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