Hospitals say House Bill 1215, which would limit their ability to charge facility fees, will ultimately impact funding for Medicaid
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Colorado lawmakers are targeting hospital facility fees. Here’s why that’s a big deal.
House Bill 1215 would ban hospitals from charging facility fees for most outpatient visits, ending what proponents say is an unnecessary add-on that boosts hospitals’ bottom line
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Centura Health, one of Colorado’s largest hospital systems, announces its breakup
CommonSpirit Health and AdventHealth say they will manage their hospitals separately
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A rural Colorado hospital was down to its last dollar. This is how it came back.
As small-town hospitals across the state struggle, Memorial Regional Health’s financial rebound shows how it is possible — but also perhaps painful — to get back into the black
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Two Colorado health care giants are forming one big insurance network. But will consumers actually benefit?
UCHealth and Intermountain Healthcare are creating a “clinically integrated network” that gives patients whose insurance contracts with them access to their physicians, clinics and hospitals
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After years of profits, many Colorado hospitals are facing a downturn
Investment losses and higher staffing and supply costs are all contributing, but one expert cautions to look at the long-term picture
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How Meeker, a small hunter’s haven, became a medical destination
Pioneers Medical Center is offering top-notch orthopedic care, and becoming a life blood of a historically oil and gas community in the process.
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Colorado had only 2 pediatric ICU beds left Monday as RSV, other respiratory illnesses push hospitals to the brink
So far this season, there have been 895 hospitalizations for RSV. Of those, 836 have been children.
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Denver Health has a new CEO. Here’s what she says will be her biggest challenge.
Denver Health CEO Donna Lynne is a familiar face in Colorado, having previously served as lieutenant governor
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Colorado is losing another birth center as midwifery struggles to stay profitable despite rising popularity
The closure of Thornton’s Seasons Birth Center leaves the state with just six birth centers, which are reimbursed at lower rates by insurance companies