Our Mission:

Improve the physical and mental health of Park County residents

                                   THANK YOU   ‘Community Care of Central Colorado’: 

Rocky Mountain Rural Health has recently signed a one-year contract with Community Care of Central Colorado, the Regional Care Collaborative Organization (RCCO7) in Elbert, El Paso, Park and Teller counties. RCCOs provide members with care coordination and patient navigation services in addition to their regular Medicaid benefits.  Under the new contract RMRH will expand care coordination and patient navigation services for Medicaid clients in Park County. The contract extension will cover the period of July 2015 - June of 2016.
 

The Independence Center

        Rocky Mountain Rural Health has received a $5,000 grant from The Independence Center to learn more about the disabled community within Park County.  These funds will help us determine the number of persons with disabilities in the county and compile a directory of services available within Park and surrounding counties, as well as do.  A needs assessment of the communities in in Park County will be done to identify opportunities to improve accessibility for those with disabilities.

Thank you to The Independence Center for supporting us in the important work!
 

The Summit Foundation

          RMRH has been awarded a $7,500 grant from The Summit Foundation.  These funds will be used in 2016 to provide client navigation services and non-emergency transport to residents of the Fairplay / Alma area.  Navigation involves assisting people in finding health care providers, medical services and durable medical equipment.  RMRH navigators also help client understand their mandated health care benefits provided by the Affordable Care Act.  They can also help the uninsured find an affordable health insurance plan.  The non-emergent medical transport program provides clients assistance getting to doctor appointments and treatment or diagnostic appointments out of Park County.  Four those who are unable to drive themselves, mileage reimbursement will be available. 

Thank you to The Summit Foundation for helping us with these projects!
 

                            THANK YOU  ‘ Susan G. Komen of Colorado’:

On April 1, 2015, Rocky Mountain Rural Health was notified by SUSAN G. KOMEN® COLORADO that it was awarded a community health workers grant in the amount of nearly $12,000.  The funds will be used for breast cancer screenings, diagnosis, transportation and education for Park County Women. 

This is the seventh year that Rocky Mountain Rural Health has received an award from Susan G. Komen that supports the advancement of women’s health in Park County. 

“The grant enables patients to stay within their local community to receive screening services and can provide additional funding if a patient is notified that they need further testing.  If needed funds can also provide for transportation services to the facilities in other locations where the additional diagnostic procedures are performed” says Barbie McBee, Program Director at Rocky Mountain Rural Health.  McBee continues, “These funds are so important.  It seems that we have at least one to three additional diagnostic screenings that are needed after the initial screening at the mobile mammography events. During the past two years, these additional diagnostics have led to several cases of breast cancer diagnosis in Park County. Having the funds available for individuals makes it so much easier to schedule the next needed appointment. It takes one more worry away from those patients that cannot pay or don’t have insurance coverage”.

Breast cancer remains the most common form of cancer among women living in the United States. In Colorado 1 in 7 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime.