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Pandemic accelerated remote health care amid crisis that triggered staffing shortages in Colorado
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When the coronavirus started sweeping through Colorado three years ago, protecting hospitals’ ability to care for the sickest patients was at the center of public life – a driving reason behind masks and limiting gatherings. Waves of the virus hammered hospital care workers for years, causing exhaustion, burnout and staffing shortages that they are still recovering from.…
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Colorado’s wealthiest hospitals favored in $1.2 billion COVID bailout
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Three years ago, as a mysterious and deadly virus called COVID-19 began to take hold in Colorado, hospital executives in the state scrambled to formulate plans, meeting weekly – sometimes daily – with elected officials, public health experts and with each other to get ahead of the coming storm they feared could overwhelm and financially…
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What’s next for Colorado hospitals, health care with staffing as COVID-19 pandemic ebbs?
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When the pandemic began two years ago, many policymakers and health officials worried over hospital capacity. Did hospitals – here and across the country – have enough beds to meet the expected flood of COVID-19 patients? As the pandemic wore on, the concern shifted away from beds themselves and toward the doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists and…
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Colorado agency targets redundant hospital projects amid higher costs, profits
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Hospitals across Colorado took in billions of dollars while saddling insurers with more costs, likely causing insurance prices to rise ever higher, a draft report by state health policy officials says. The findings, prepared for the Colorado Healthcare Affordability & Sustainability Enterprise (CHASE), raise new questions about hospitals’ spending practices amid a boom in hospital…
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Could laws like one in Colo. reduce medical costs? A US Senate committee aims to find out
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WASHINGTON – A U.S. Senate committee held a hearing Tuesday to decide whether laws like a new one in Colorado that requires health care price transparency could bring down medical costs. Proposals the Senate is considering would require doctors and hospitals to post their prices for common procedures on the internet. As health insurance prices…
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New Colorado law gives patients more transparency on medical fees
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A new law that took effect this month means Colorado is joining states trying to force hospitals to reveal their fees before treatment. The law requires hospitals and doctors to publicly post their self-pay rates for common treatments, which often refers to publishing them on websites. The General Assembly was trying to control medical costs…
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First new Colorado law of 2018 could help nurses travel to and from other states
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What very well could be the first bill to pass in the next legislative session holds some mighty big stakes for Colorado’s more than 86,000 nurses who have licenses that allow them to work in more than two dozen other states. A group of legislators were meeting with nurses at the state Capitol Thursday about…
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Good Question: Which of the state’s rural hospitals are most threatened by proposed $500M budget cuts?
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This year’s Colorado budget so far includes what amounts to a $500 million cut to state hospital funding. It’s a frightening sum that threatens to deeply slash rural health services and to shut down some rural hospitals altogether. The proposed cuts will be a centerpiece of debate at the Capitol in the remaining three-and-a-half weeks…
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ICYMI: Forgery no-no, SAT test sure looks new, teen seeks DPS board seat and more
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Here’s a look at the Colorado political news that might have breezed by right under your nose over the last week. ? A couple of Mesa County women didn’t fool anyone – at least not the people they needed to fool – when they allegedly tried to cast second ballots in last fall’s general election…
