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Northeast Colorado RETAC

Welcome to NCRETAC

 Mission Statement:

To foster and support cooperative, cost effective regional emergency medical/trauma systems development

Distribution; NCRETAC EMS Leadership,
Recently we became aware of some counties dropping their licensure processes leaving some agencies without a method of licensing prior to July 1, 2024
You must have a valid county license through June 30, 2024/July 1, 2024 to receive a state license.. the attached letter was distributed by the CDPHE.
If your license is valid through July 1, 2024 you do not need to distribute this letter to your county. 

 

The Northeast Colorado RETAC; 

covers 17,434.35 square miles and lies along the northern border of Colorado and shares borders with Nebraska and Wyoming to the north and Nebraska and Kansas on the East. The total estimated (2015) population of the Northeast Colorado RETAC was 691,118

Who We Are

The Northeast Colorado Regional EMS/Trauma Advisory Council is a consortium of 9 counties Emergency Medical and Trauma services in Northeast Colorado. Jackson, Larimer, Weld, Morgan, Logan, Washington, Phillips, Sedgwick and Yuma Counties.

Geographic as well as demographic diversity both challenge and strengthen the region.  From counties that have less than one person per square mile to counties that have endured double digit growth in between censuses. There are also counties that have had to deal with loss of population along with an increased age of patients. The region has one National Park, numerous state parks, two interstate highways and borders on 3 different states.

The NCRETAC board of directors as directed by statute and as identified through the bylaws are appointed by the Board of County Commissioners in each county. Representation of two people where possible are balanced between pre-hospital and facilities and equal representation per county. The NCRETAC has 18 representatives from the 9 counties that serve on the board.

11 RETAC's were formed and have been identified through Colorado Revised Statutes as having a method for membership, funding and function. Each RETAC in Colorado is required to submit plans every other year and submit budget reports every year in accordance to the Colorado Revised Statutes. The mission of the NCRETAC is to provide a method for individual counties/agencies/hospital facilities to coordinate activities to provide for a cost-effective means of planning and goals implementation.

Patient care remains first and foremost in the goals. To make this happen it is important to find mechanisms where Emergency Medical and Trauma Systems providers to work together to meet changes with an organized approach. Each RETAC in the state of Colorado is a liaison between the providers of care and the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment. 

Challenges abound with the services in the NCRETAC. Changing rules, statutes, reimbursement changes by Medicare, all hazards planning, HIPPA, reimbursement changes with auto insurance, recruitment and retention and more all provide for new challenges at the provider level and it is the goal of the NCRETAC to assist agencies cope with the changes and assist agencies in the direction of improved patient care.

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