Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
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.
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Medicaid law forcing caregivers to be tracked by GPS inspires privacy backlash from Colorado’s disabled community
By Jennifer Brown Health Primary category in which blog post is published
Opinion: Protect Colorado’s Medicaid, CHP+ enrollees amid federal pressure
By Allison Neswood Opinion
Colorado hospitals accuse Polis administration of hurting Medicaid patients, as health fight grows nastier
By John Ingold Health Primary category in which blog post is published
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
With objections from Canada and drug companies, Colorado’s plan to import prescription medicines could be in trouble
The U.S. government recently gave its support to importing cheaper drugs, but Canadian officials are pushing back and could potentially block exports
Colorado lawmakers approved a public option for health insurance. Now the state has to figure out how to actually build it.
A stakeholder meeting in Keystone shows how many different ideas there are on what should be -- and what shouldn’t be -- included in a state-backed health insurance plan.
How much do you pay for hospital services in Colorado? Likely many times more than what Medicare does.
Colorado hospitals rank among the most expensive in a RAND Corp. study. Hospitals say the numbers are misleading.
President Trump signals support for Colorado plan to import lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada
Donald Trump made the comments during a phone call this week with Gov. Jared Polis
A state board wouldn’t approve a major report accusing Colorado hospitals of shifting costs onto people with private insurance
Executives from the state’s hospital systems criticized the report at a meeting of the Colorado Healthcare Affordability and Sustainability Enterprise board
Immigrants here illegally were waiting until near death to get dialysis. A new Colorado policy changes that.
Patients now can get regular care at dialysis clinics through Medicaid, saving millions in hospital costs
As their revenues grew, Colorado hospitals pushed costs onto privately insured patients and reaped billions, according to a new state report
The report sets up one major battle in health cost fight, as Gov. Jared Polis officially creates his new Office of Saving People Money on Health Care
