New regulations from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services provide details about Medicaid expansions in the states – good news for low-income Colorado residents. CMS said states that expand health care through improvements to Medicaid must extend services to everyone who makes 133 percent of the Federal Poverty Level. The Supreme Court ruling earlier [...]
Continue reading …The number of people in Colorado without dental insurance grew to 2.1 million in 2011, up from 1.8 million just two years earlier. Access to dental care is a growing problem in the state, according to a study by The Colorado Trust, a nonprofit health grants organization. the number of uninsured has grown 17 percent [...]
Continue reading …Colorado Springs Health Partners has joined more than 120 medical groups and health systems in launching a national campaigned to improve prevention, detection and control of high blood pressure. Called “Measure Up, Pressure Down,” the campaign will feature a panel of national experts with the goal toward having 80 percent of patients with high blood [...]
Continue reading …In a significant sign that it is under new management, Memorial Hospital has hired 14 cardiologists, a breast surgeon and 75 other staff members just two months after joining University of Colorado Health. All told, Memorial’s physician network has grown by 40 percent in three months. The growth has included the acquisition of Pikes Peak [...]
Continue reading …The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing reduced Medicaid expenses by $20 million with a new program and returned nearly $3 million to state and federal taxpayers. It’s the first year for the Accountable Care Collaborative program, designed to improve client health while lower health costs. The legislature passed the law in 2009 [...]
Continue reading …St. Francis Medical Center CEO Nate Olson has announce that he will step down early next year to take another job.
Continue reading …Most areas of the country have only a single health insurer, according to a report from the American Medical Association, and that means that the marketplace is less competitive than it should be. The report shows that the three top managed care plans in the United States have consolidated market concentration to the point there [...]
Continue reading …The Colorado Telehealth Network has developed a new program to allow hospitals, imaging centers, clinics and other health care providers to store and share medical images digitally through a private cloud. The cloud will hold the medical images securely and is managed by GNAX Health f. The groups are working with the Colorado Regional Health [...]
Continue reading …he Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act failed to solve one health care riddle: how to pay for long-term care for the rising tide of the nation’s aging population.
Continue reading …A Dallas-based provider of health care screenings for businesses in more than 20 states has indentified Colorado Springs as one of its first markets for expansion. Star Wellness is seeking to franchise the business as part of a larger plan designed to expand the company’s presence nationwide. One franchise is needed in the Springs to [...]
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