Please join me in celebrating Mountain Family’s 2022 Advocacy, Clinical, and Executive (ACE) scholar recipients: Karen Torres, Tania Avitia, Jackie Marshall, Kathy Yost, and Jocelyn Vega. 

Click HERE to read each of the 2022 ACE scholars’ essays and letters of support describing their interest in serving on MFHC’s Executive Team and advocating at the State Capitol. I hope you’ll take the time to read through each of our ACE scholars inspiring statements and letters of support.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the Health For All Fund and our 2020 Rescue Fund Matching Gift program in 2021. We are pleased to say that over 130 donors stepped forward, enabling Mountain Family to meet our goal of $100,000 in matching funds from the 2020 Rescue Fund.

Over 130 donors contributed more than $53,000, whose gifts were either triple-matched or double-matched by the 2020 Rescue Fund. We also welcomed gifts fulfilling pledges from nearly 50 Founding Members. Our Founding Members have made pledges over three years, qualifying them as Founding Members of our Health For All Fund which was inaugurated last year. We were also pleased that individuals, foundations, and businesses contributed to this fund, including The Colorado Health Foundation, the Alpenglow Foundation, Alpine Bank, FirstBank, RA Nelson LLC, and more.

In addition to the essential integrated medical, dental, and behavioral healthcare that we provide at four hub sites in Basalt, Glenwood Springs, Rifle, and Edwards along with care at six school-based health centers, we have provided over 14,000 vaccines and booster shots to individuals and students. In the words of Karen, “A friend of mine said ‘Don’t cry when you get the shot.’ I almost cried when I got the appointment, as I was so relieved. Thank you also for taking care of so many people. The work you do taking care of low-income families and so many more allows our valley to prosper and thrive.”

If you did not have a chance to participate in our matching gift program, you can still make a difference in the lives of thousands of men, women, and children by making a tax-deductible gift to Mountain Family today.

Every gift – no matter the size, is incredibly important to those we serve. Click here to make a gift.  

At Mountain Family, we improve the health of our community by providing equitable and affordable medical, behavioral, and dental healthcare for all. We could not do it without your valuable support. 

Annette has been the Chief Financial Officer at Mountain Family Health Centers since 2005, paving a path for innovation and critical thinking. As CFO, Annette is responsible for fiscal management, including the Patient Accounts, Outreach and Enrollment, Finance, and Facilities Departments. Previously, Annette was the Finance Director at Mind Springs Health, and she consulted with a national firm coordinating fiscal management for local governments in the West.

Annette is solid, reliable, sensible, and smart. She participates on multiple committees hosted by Colorado Community Health Network (CCHN), including their Payment Reform Committee and Rates Work Group, and she was chair of the CCHN Fiscal Section for three years. Annette listens carefully to committee discussions and contributes her ideas based on analyses she has already run for Mountain Family; her practical and fact-based contributions are often what’s needed to drive decisions and agreements.

As Polly Anderson, Vice President of Strategy and Financing at CCHN, included in her nomination, “Annette is one of the first CFOs I go to when I’m trying to understand something about CHC financing or cost reporting. She is always generous with her time and explains things in a way that non-financial people can grasp. She is a big picture thinker that helps us balance what is correct with what is good for patients, and this always helps us move complex decisions forward. And she is both fun and funny to boot – a real pleasure to work with.”

On Wednesday, Feb. 2, 6:30-8pm, Colorado Mountain College will be hosting a Dental Profession Community Listening Session. Kindly RSVP your attendance before January 26. As you may be aware, we’ve been working with CMC over the past year to begin developing a combined CMC-MFHC dental clinic in Edwards, CO, to train the next generation of dental hygienists and to increase access to oral health in Eagle County.

This is a great opportunity to use your voice to advocate for increased access to dental care in our community and to advocate for developing training programs for dental hygiene in Western Colorado. Please attend and/or share with your oral health colleagues and encourage them to attend.

Colorado’s Prescription Drug Affordability Board (PDAB), established under Senate Bill 21-175, is a Type-1 Board within the Division of Insurance that will have the authority to review prescription drug costs and evaluate their impact on Coloradans. The Board may then recommend ways to address those costs and may set an upper payment limit for certain drugs. The Board has appointed a multi-stakeholder Advisory Council to provide input to the Board to ensure its work is informed by a variety of stakeholders.

Please take a moment to nominate Mountain Family Health Centers for the 2022 Local's Choice Awards! Only the top 10 nominees will be included on the ballot for voting.

Voting period is from January 26th – February 11th 

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded study on how social determinants of health are addressed in Medicaid managed care. A publication on the study's findings was published last week and is available HERE. A companion study describing findings from a contract review of SDoH terms in Medicaid managed care organization contracts is available HERE. 

Valley’s “resource rich” mental health community helps counter discouraging system. Click HERE to read full Aspen Times article.