When Mike Scialdone took the job as CFO of Memorial Health System four years ago, he said the hospital’s community connection was the attraction. That connection has been at the center of more than two years of debate about the future of the hospital He weathered the controversial exit of CEO Larry McEvoy and was [...]
Continue reading …A local dentist is offering dental assistant classes through a national program — bringing the “Assist to Succeed” curriculum to Colorado Springs for the first time. Dr. Ken Gasper said he became part of the national program because he’d hired dental assistants without the right skills to do the job. It was, he said, a [...]
Continue reading …The University of Colorado Hospital is a success story — and Colorado Springs is hoping a lease agreement and partnership with UCH will make Memorial Health System into one, too. UCH’s list of successes is long. It’s a $900 million-a-year enterprise, employing 4,100 people, ranked among the top 5 percent of the nation’s hospitals for [...]
Continue reading …For gerontology professors and students at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, the Palisades at Broadmoor Park is a living research lab …
Continue reading …It doesn’t have a large brick-and-mortar presence, but the clinical-trial industry brings notoriety and business to Colorado Springs. In fact, Penrose-St. Francis Health Services won an award from the American College of Surgeon’s Commission on Cancer based in part on its participation in cancer drug trials. It’s the only hospital in Colorado to have earned the National [...]
Continue reading …Despite challenges from critics, Colorado’s Health Benefits Exchange is on track to start offering insurance plans in October 2013, as scheduled.
Continue reading …As the Colorado Springs City Council-led task force ends one phase of the process to determine Memorial Health System’s future, controversy is still plaguing the process.
Continue reading …Health Savings Accounts, with their triple tax benefits, should be the tool most people use when planning for health care expenses later in life. Financial advisers say they tell their clients that HSAs are the best way to make sure they have the roughly $250,000 for health care expenses later in life. “These are the [...]
Continue reading …Nearly every company has a wellness plan or is contemplating one. And why not? The right plan can save money on insurance premiums, create healthier employees, reduce absenteeism and increase productivity. Seems like a no-brainer, right? Not really. That’s because wellness plans — depending on how they’re structured — can lead to sticky problems with [...]
Continue reading …As a veteran of the business world, I certainly understand why many business owners are apprehensive about the health care system. They have enough on their plates simply dealing with the day-to-day challenges of a slowly recovering economy, meeting payroll, making a profit and keeping the lights on. Businesses already pay a bulk of health [...]
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