Posts by Mountain Family Health Center
Join Our Team
Join our team! We are seeking dynamic individuals for a variety of positions including providers, nurses, medical assistants, and administration! You could be the friendly face helping balance incoming payments, greeting patients at our health clinics, helping room patients, or providing direct patient care. Mountain Family Health Centers offers great benefits, generous paid time-off, wellness…
Read MoreExemplary Care Providers
April 2023: McKenzie Rieder, CPNP-PC I am thrilled to nominate McKenzie Rieder for her excellent care of a 5-year-old patient that she saws just a few weeks ago. This new patient presented to the Rifle Integrated Health Center for ankle pain after they had already presented once to the ER. The patient was discharged with…
Read MoreMariposa Awards
March 2023: Dana Peterson, SHRM-SCP, SPHR, Director of Human Resources It is with great pleasure that I nominate Dana Peterson for the Mariposa award. It’s hard to believe that she has only been with Mountain Family Health Centers for just over one year, because she not only has made personal and professional connections with nearly…
Read MoreA Moment of Silence for Patient Losses
When Great Trees Fall Maya Angelou When great trees fall,rocks on distant hills shudder,lions hunker downin tall grasses,and even elephantslumber after safety. When great trees fallin forests,small things recoil into silence,their senseseroded beyond fear. When great souls die,the air around us becomeslight, rare, sterile.We breathe, briefly.Our eyes, briefly,see witha hurtful clarity.Our memory, suddenly sharpened,examines,gnaws on…
Read MoreThe Public Health Emergency (PHE) Ends in May 2023 / La emergencia de salud pública finaliza en mayo de 2023
What does this mean? Members who were found eligible for Health First Colorado (Medicaid)/CHP+ were locked into coverage at the beginning of the Pandemic due to a requirement of continuous coverage. In May 2023, we will return to normal eligibility processes. The Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF) is estimating that more than…
Read MoreMountain Family Celebrates Expanded Access to Affordable Care in Eagle County Despite Interruption from Mother Nature
While Mother Nature has now twice delayed our planned public grand opening of a new Community Health Center in Avon, Colorado, I’m writing to celebrate the opening of the MFHC Avon site, which began serving patients last month on January 16, 2023. Mountain Family’s Avon Integrated Health Center provides affordable primary medical, dental, behavioral, and…
Read MoreCEO Brooks to Step Down End of Summer 2023; Mountain Family Board to Begin National CEO Search
To read more about the CEO Job Description, click here. After 21 years of serving in the Community Health Center movement, the past 11 at Mountain Family Health Centers, MFHC CEO Ross Brooks informed the Board of Directors and staff of his intent to resign from the CEO position as of August 31, 2023. The…
Read MoreColorado to Begin Medicaid Re-Enrollment in May 2023
Colorado will begin re-determining Medicaid recipients’ eligibility starting in May 2023. All current Medicaid enrollees should update their information by visiting Health First Colorado at: Update Your Address – Health First Colorado. In addition, MFHC patients seeking to explore health insurance coverage options are encouraged to connect with MFHC’s Outreach and Enrollment teams by calling 833-273-6627 or…
Read MoreMountain Family is Hiring
Join our team! We are seeking dynamic individuals for a variety of positions including Billing Coordinator, Front Desk, Director or Development, and Medical Assistant! You could be the friendly face helping balance incoming payments, greeting patients at our health clinics, fundraising and marketing for MFHC, or providing direct patient care. Mountain Family Health Centers offers…
Read MoreWhat We’re Reading
Mountain Family Health Centers Opens New Health Center at Avon’s Chapel Square (Vail Daily) Continuing to Address Local Housing Needs Senate hosts hearing on CHCs: Saving Lives, Saving Money Congratulations to Dr. Gail Mizner, the American College of Physicians Govenor-elect Designee The Day Pope Francis Welcomed Community Organizers From the Southwest to the Papal Residence
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