Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
Colorado is banking on telehealth to slow coronavirus. But many rural hospitals lack necessary resources.
Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement rules changed on Wednesday, but rural hospitals say they still face significant financial barriers to get the virtual systems in place fast enough to make a difference
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$10,000-a-day fines and other things to know about Colorado’s new public health insurance option bill
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Colorado wants to let pharmacists write prescriptions for HIV prevention drugs
By Jennifer Brown Health Primary category in which blog post is published
5 numbers that explain why Colorado lawmakers want more insight into prescription drug costs
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Colorado vowed to end the waitlist for an adult disability program by 2020. Nearly 3,000 people are still waiting.
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Your guide to all the ways health care may be about to change in Colorado
Health care looks to be one of the biggest -- if not the biggest -- fight in the coming legislative session. How it turns out will shape how you receive and pay for medical services in the future.
Medicaid law forcing caregivers to be tracked by GPS inspires privacy backlash from Colorado’s disabled community
The aim is to reduce Medicaid fraud by requiring therapists, respite workers and nurses to log in and verify their location when they visit someone’s home to provide care. But backlash, especially from the parents of children with disabilities, has been fierce.
Colorado may try to import prescription drugs from more countries than just Canada
The idea is one of several lawmakers are drafting, as Gov. Jared Polis’ administration signals a new campaign to fight rising pharmaceutical costs
Colorado hospitals accuse Polis administration of hurting Medicaid patients, as health fight grows nastier
In a letter to the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, hospital executives say onerous rules, outdated processes are putting patients at risk
Colorado officials have finalized their proposal for a public health insurance option. Here’s what we still don’t know about it.
Short answer: There's a lot for lawmakers to fight over, from hospital and insurance company participation to an application for federal approval
Why both hospitals and insurance companies are so worried about a Colorado “state option” plan
State health care officials have until Nov. 15 to put together a final “state option” proposal for the legislature
In a plan to set hospital prices, Colorado could see the mother of all health care battles
State leaders are coy about how they would compel hospitals to participate in the newly proposed public health insurance option
Denver-area hospitals made a record $2 billion in profits in 2018, according to a new report
Many Colorado hospitals outside of the metro area also saw strong profitability
