Delta Family
Physicians recognized as a leading rural private practice providing
comprehensive, high quality healthcare on the western slope
(August
2013) Aurora, CO – Located on Colorado’s western slope where the Uncompahgre
and Gunnison Rivers meet, the City of Delta is home to more than 8,000
residents. The City of Delta began as a
trading post in 1828 and was used by traders, trappers and Native Americans –
in fact, visitors to Delta can tour the original, reconstructed fort located
just 1.5 miles from the city. Providing
care to residents of Delta and surrounding areas, Delta Family Physicians, has provided
care since the late 1960s. The privately
owned family practice was incorporated in 1992 by Doctors Richard Dysart and
Samuel Kevan. Delta Family Physicians is
staffed by six family physicians and a nurse practitioner with a mission focused
on creating a medical home that provides high quality primary care to
residents.
The
Colorado Rural Health Center (CRHC), headquartered in Aurora, functions as both
the State Office of Rural Health and the association for Colorado’s extensive
rural health organizations. Each month,
the CRHC recognizes one of its members whose work supports the CRHC’s vision
that all rural Coloradans have access to comprehensive, affordable, high
quality healthcare.
The
CRHC’s Program Manager, Bridgette Olson, oversees the organization’s membership
program and works with staff at the CRHC to select which members will be
featured. “Our staff was discussing the
unique challenges of small, rural private practices - this led to a discussion
of practices that have overcome some of those challenges and Delta Family
Physicians was called out for their creativity, capacity and commitment for
providing care in their community.”
Delta
Family Physicians is a highly engaged member of the CRHC. They regularly attend conferences, webinars,
and workshops. They also contract with
the CRHC’s recruitment program which is currently recruiting a primary care
physician for the clinic. In addition,
Delta Family Physicians worked with the CRHC to complete two Healthy Clinic Assessments
and a HIPAA Security Risk Analysis.
Delta Family Physicians was also the recipient of a $50,000 grant thru
the CRHC’s Colorado Rural Health Care Grant Program. Funds were used to expand their capacity to
serve patients by improving their use of health information technology,
remodeling the clinic to increase the number of exam rooms, and improving the
quality of their exam equipment.
Diane
Dockter, the Clinic Manager at Delta Family Physicians, was excited to learn
they had been selected this month, “We are so grateful to be a part of such a
great organization as CRHC and are thankful for all the support they have given
to our clinic”.
Delta
Family Physicians is fully functional with Electronic Health Records and has
attested to Meaningful Use. They are also Certified National Rural Health
Medical Coders through the Association of Rural Health Professional Coders, and
with great turn around in their billing office have seen an increase in the
clinic’s revenue. Currently, they have
started the ICD-10 conversion and are prepared to test and transition in early
2014. They provide extensive outpatient primary care services for the entire
family at all stages of life, in addition to numerous surgical procedures. Delta Family Physicians has a long history of
providing care to the underserved populations in Delta and does not limit the
number of Medicare, Medicaid or uninsured patients they see.
Delta
Family Physicians continues to provide the highest level of care to their
patients and community by continually improving and innovating services. Although not immune to the struggles facing
rural practices, Delta Family Physicians, should be recognized for their
commitment to providing care for residents of Delta and surrounding areas. The CRHC applauds the staff and physicians
for their dedication and leadership in rural health.
