25 Colorado counties are ‘maternity care deserts’
Getting prenatal care for her first child was a relative breeze, Cheianne Pogline said: the hospital where she would deliver the baby was only about seven minutes from her house. …
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Colorado hospital systems’ finances rebound after a difficult 2023
Most Colorado hospital systems had a profitable start to 2024, a financial rebound following a difficult year when expenses grew faster than their incomes. Only two of the six health …
FDA urged to relax tissue donation restrictions for gay men
The federal government in 2020 and 2023 changed who it said could safely donate organs and blood, reducing the restrictions on men who have had sex with another man. But …
Colorado has most normal flu, RSV, COVID season since pandemic’s start
Colorado has wrapped up its first relatively ordinary respiratory disease season since the pandemic began, with no unusually large or strangely timed spikes in illness. But with COVID-19 still in …
CommonSpirit, Anthem reach deal in Colorado after 2 weeks of uncertainty
One of Colorado’s largest insurers and one of its major hospital systems have reached a deal, ending more than two weeks of uncertainty for patients. CommonSpirit Health went out-of-network with …
Colorado Anthem insurance customers may need to change hospitals
Patty Damon can see St. Anthony Hospital’s Lakewood campus from her house, but starting in May, she may not be able to go there any longer without digging deep into …
Colorado bill would require debt collectors to disclose who debtor owes
A bill in the Colorado legislature, filed in response to reports that patients were confused when a company they’d never heard of sued them over medical debts, would limit how …
UCHealth reports $580 million in uncompensated care in 2023
UCHealth provided more than half a billion dollars’ worth of uncompensated care in fiscal year 2023, and representatives for the health care system on Tuesday said they expect to spend …
Colorado is a nationwide leader on medical debt protections
Lindsey Vance carried medical debt for nearly half her life. The 41-year-old Denver resident said her debt began stacking up when she was around 19, when she stopped being covered …
UCHealth sues patients over unpaid bills often hiding behind third party
AURORA — The ring sparkled: 18-karat white gold, double-banded, with a 1.5-carat diamond at its center. It was the ring that Cathy Woods-Sullivan’s late husband gave her on their wedding …