MEDIA RELEASE Jan 23, 2020 Contact: Adam Fox, 303-839-1261, afox@cohealthinitiative.org Katie Reinisch, 303-653-1009, katie@progressive-promotions.com HCPF’s Cost Shift Report Points to Need for a Public Option “A windfall of funding for hospitals; profits up 280%”...
by Emily Michels, Health Policy Fellow Long wait times for doctor’s appointments could have a much bigger impact on your life than the annoyance of being stuck listening to office hold music. In a 2001 report, The Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) Committee on Optimizing...
by Allie Broas, Program and Administrative Assistant Colorado has announced its placement, among six other states, that plan on extending the Medicaid pay raise for primary care doctors in 2015. The good news for the doctors treating Medicaid patients extends to...
by Lynn Doan, Strategic Engagement Fellow A new website is allowing Coloradans to view transparent price and quality information for selected hospital procedures. Such a site is unique, not only in that it provides informative data from more payers than any other...
A hospital stay is no fun to begin with, and the bill you get later can quite literally add insult to injury- especially if you are uninsured. This was the reality for Robert*, a man who called CCHI in November after having undergone emergency surgery during a gap in...
