The Colorado Hospital Association says nearly half of the state’s hospitals are losing money on patient care
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Colorado to get more mental health bed options, new hospital amid “near crisis”
A new 144-bed behavioral health hospital is coming to Westminster and dozens of state grants aim to boost capacity for mental health
As more patients seek weight-loss surgery, a new study shows the potential benefit — and risk
A study by doctors at Intermountain Healthcare found that bariatric surgery can reduce the risk of death for many conditions but also brings a higher risk of suicide
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
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
There’s a new nonprofit hospital system in Colorado. Here’s how the CEO says it will keep down prices.
In his time as president and CEO of Intermountain Healthcare, the Utah-based hospital system that just merged with Colorado-based SCL Health, Dr. Marc Harrison has earned a reputation as being something of a visionary. Forbes last year named him one of the top 10 CEOs transforming health care in America. The publication Modern Healthcare regularly […]
Colorado OKs SCL Health megamerger, creating one of the largest nonprofit health systems in the West
Colorado-based SCL Health, which operates eight hospitals and dozens of clinics across three states, cleared the last hurdle on Thursday in its plan to merge with Utah-based Intermountain Healthcare to create one of the largest nonprofit health systems in the Western U.S. After a review, the Colorado Attorney General’s Office issued an opinion allowing the […]
SCL Health to merge with Intermountain Health, creating not-for-profit hospital giant in West
SCL Health, the Colorado-based operator of eight not-for-profit hospitals with 16,000 employees, will merge into much larger and secular Intermountain Healthcare of Utah, officials announced Thursday, creating a chain of 33 hospitals with 58,000 employees across six Western states. SCL Health, a Catholic system begun by nuns in Kansas and now based in Broomfield, will […]