1+ hour, 37+ min ago   (452+ words) Two giants of the Colorado healthcare market — hospital systems AdventHealth and Intermountain Health — announced Tuesday that they are coupling up. The systems said they have signed a letter of intent to pursue a joint venture that would combine all five…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (950+ words) At Spanish Peaks Regional Health Center in rural Huerfano County, medical claims submitted by the nonprofit health facility are denied daily by insurance companies. Sometimes, someone wrote in the wrong code or forgot to check a box. Other times, the…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago   (815+ words) Providing health care to children and pregnant people who would qualify for Medicaid if not for their immigration status will cost Colorado more than six times what was projected this year. Because of higher-than-forecast enrollment, the state is expecting that…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (459+ words) Colorado made at least $77.8 million in improper payments for Medicaid services for children with autism and must refund the federal government $42.6 million, federal officials said Monday. Auditors at the federal Office of the Inspector General found the state Medicaid program…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (589+ words) Lawmakers in at least eight states this year are aiming to reel in wage garnishment for unpaid medical bills. “In the wealthiest country on Earth, people are going bankrupt, suffering wage garnishment, just because they get sick,” said Colorado state…...

5+ mon, 5+ day ago   (746+ words) Medicaid benefits that pay for people with disabilities to go on community outings and cover household cleaning, cooking and laundry are the latest services facing cuts as Colorado deals with a major budget shortage. A governor-appointed board that sets rules…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago   (498+ words) Through the end of the open enrollment period that closed last week, 277,228 people purchased plans for 2026 via the exchange, Connect for Health Colorado. That is a 2% decline from last year’s record enrollment number of 282,483. Of those who signed up, 69% will…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (693+ words) Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has proposed cutting the state’s contributions to the public pension by as much as $38 million next year to help cover the cost of employee raises owed under the state’s collective bargaining agreement. The move would buy…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago   (422+ words) The pharmaceutical company Amgen has again sued Colorado over a state board’s decision to place a price cap on the blockbuster rheumatoid arthritis drug Enbrel. Amgen said the price cap, which is formally called an upper payment limit, is unconstitutional…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago   (526+ words) The Colorado Attorney General’s Office earlier this fall signed off on a merger between UCHealth and Estes Park Health, a critical access hospital, expanding the footprint of a system that has grown to be the largest health care provider in…...