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Colorado hospitals poised to receive $455 million Medicaid funding boost

Updated 4 days ago

After years of losing out on the federal dollars, Colorado has been approved to tap a well-known Medicaid financing tool that is expected to bring...

Rate reductions force Jefferson Center to close key recovery program as Colorado reimbursement rates change

Updated 5 days ago

A second Front Range community mental health center is eliminating services due to new reimbursement rates set by the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy...

‘Explosive’ diarrhea among symptoms as parasitic illness hits Colorado

Updated 7 days ago

A fecal parasite that can contaminate food and water is causing “explosive” diarrhea across more than a dozen states, including Colorado, health officials said Tuesday....

CSU expert shares air awareness strategies amid rising smoke, ozone risks

Updated 1 week ago

Wildfire smoke is blanketing parts of Colorado this summer following a dry winter, with large fires such as the Aspen Acres fire burning tens of...

Colorado health officials say federal budget adds pressure to already stressed system

Updated 3 weeks ago

Court snuffs out challenge to Denver’s flavored tobacco ban

Updated 3 weeks ago

Judge blocks Colorado’s proposed ban on using SNAP benefits for soda

Updated 3 weeks ago

Grand Junction roundtable spotlights public access while Interior faces scrutiny over targeted land sales

Updated 1 month ago

Mental Health Colorado names 2026 legislators of the year

Updated 1 month ago

Cigna to pull out of individual health market, affecting thousands in Colorado

Updated 1 month ago

‘The program’: Caretakers got millions, some homeless were evicted

Updated 1 month ago

‘The program’: Church’s cash ‘donations’ are an anomaly; requests to attend services were ignored

Updated 1 month ago

Denver City Councilmember Sarah Parady announces resignation due to health challenges

Updated 1 month ago

Colorado candidates for governor share plans to tackle youth mental health crisis

Updated 2 months ago

Colorado advocates unveil youth mental-health ‘playbook’ for next governor

Updated 2 months ago

Colorado youth‑mental‑health advocates have released a new “playbook,” urging the next governor to streamline the state’s sprawling system of services and appoint a single leader...

VA mammography lapse in Colorado facility raises new concerns about women’s care

Updated 2 months ago

A VA facility in Aurora has gone more than two years without in-house mammography services, a lapse that federal investigators said contributed to delayed diagnoses,...

Marijuana cultivator files class-action lawsuit over state ‘distortions’ in excise tax collections

Updated 2 months ago

Plaintiff says state owes over $100 million in refunds The regulators of Colorado’s first-in-the-nation recreational marijuana market have allowed so many sham transactions in the...

Colorado Gov. Polis signs order to block spending on soda, alcohol for official state functions

Updated 2 months ago

Gov. Jared Polis signed an executive order on Thursday aimed at increasing access to healthy food and promoting outdoor recreation as a form of exercise....

Hantavirus outbreak is not like COVID-19 pandemic, CDC says

Updated 2 months ago

Colorado legislature pushes AI rules targeting health care, therapy and chatbots

Updated 2 months ago

Colorado enacts new laws on nursing home staffing, housing eligibility

Updated 2 months ago

Hickenlooper hears stories on Medicaid, health costs at Denver Health

Updated 2 months ago

Aurora mental health nonprofit cuts 100-plus jobs after Colorado agency reduces reimbursement rate

Updated 2 months ago

Colorado eyes licensure, new oversight body for autism therapy providers

Updated 2 months ago

Colorado measles cases surge, near highest level in decades

Updated 3 months ago

Colorado regulators could force Xcel customers to pay for troubled plant for decades

Updated 3 months ago

Assisted-living facility in Colorado faced minimal fine after death of 73-year-old man

Updated 3 months ago

Democrats want Colorado colleges to provide abortion medication

Updated 3 months ago

9 Colorado hospitals at risk of closing due to Medicaid cuts

Updated 3 months ago

The $900 billion in Medicaid cuts over the next decade could threaten the viability of more than 400 hospitals nationally and at least nine in...

Aurora first responders adopt program to leave Narcan with opioid overdose patients

Updated 3 months ago

Aurora Fire Rescue first responders will now leave Narcan with people who witness or experience opioid overdoses. The new, pilot Narcan leave-behind program is a...

City of Northglenn, state fail to reach agreement on mental health facility amid safety concerns

Updated 3 months ago

The City of Northglenn said it was unable to reach an agreement with the state on a pair of transitional living facilities for individuals with...

Colorado legislators propose $46.8 billion budget, driven by Medicaid costs

Updated 3 months ago

The six-member panel of legislators in charge of crafting the state budget has now turned over its plan to the Colorado legislature, proposing to spend...