health care
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Judge denies AstraZeneca’s bid to block Colorado drug discount law
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A Colorado district court judge denied drug manufacturer AstraZeneca’s request for an injunction to block enforcement of a recent law barring drug manufacturers from imposing restrictions on covered entities to obtain drugs under a federal discount program. The law states that manufacturers and others may not directly or indirectly deny, restrict or limit the acquisition…
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Improving access to health care needs Colorado-driven solutions | OPINION
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By Tony Henderson More than ever, Colorado families need a health care system they can count on. Our state is still trapped in a period of instability that is making it harder for people to get care when and where they need it. The problem is not a lack of effort by health care workers…
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Rethinking Medicare after COVID-era Obamacare subsidies | SLOAN
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Congress is getting all twisted up over health care policy again, and every time they do so it is generally a polemical skirmish regarding one of two things: A) how to deal with whatever problem the government created in health care; or B) how to deal with high costs, a problem largely created by government.…
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We can build a better path forward for Colorado health care | PODIUM
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By Jeff Tieman and Julie Reiskin Colorado is careening toward a health care disaster, and unless we change course now, too many of our neighbors will bear the cost — in dollars, in well-being and in lives. Colorado’s health care system isn’t just dysfunctional, it’s teetering on collapse. Insurance premiums are set to spike dramatically. The…
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Autism providers worry new Colorado licensing rule could limit therapy for kids on Medicaid
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Autism care providers worry that up to 1,000 families might lose services under a decision by Colorado’s Department of Public Health and Environment to exclude an accreditation group for behavior technicians. The move by Department of Health Care Policy and Financing followed a new ruling that requires these professionals to be licensed in order to…
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Colorado Supreme Court to examine whether corporations can be liable for ‘felonious killing’
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The Colorado Supreme Court recently announced that it will determine whether corporations can be liable for a “felonious killing,” meaning there is no limit to the damages they might pay for pain and suffering after causing a wrongful death. At least three of the court’s seven members must agree to take a case on appeal.…
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Colorado’s Michael Bennet rode outrage over last government shutdown to presidential bid | TRAIL MIX
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Only weeks after the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history ended with congressional Democrats’ demands to restore health care funding previously cut by Republicans left dangling, the high-stakes standoff that dominated political news for 43 days has already receded into the hazy mists of the country’s addled short-term memory. National polling released this week…
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Lawmakers, Gov. Jared Polis clash on Medicaid provider rates
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Colorado legislators on Tuesday heard from an advisory committee, which proposed making several adjustments to the state’s reimbursement rates for health care facilities that provide services to Medicaid patients. The proposal from the Medicaid Provider Rate Review Advisory Committee diverged from Gov. Jared Polis’ own proposed changes outlined in his budget proposal for the next…
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Colorado’s Democratic senators slam deal to end shutdown, vow to fight for health care tax credits
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Colorado’s two Democratic U.S. senators voted against a bipartisan deal reached Sunday to end the longest federal government shutdown in history, blasting the package’s failure to extend some health insurance tax credits. The full Senate passed spending legislation late Monday that could pave the way to reopen the government before the end of the week…
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Medicaid spending surge for therapy sessions prompts Colorado to reinstate limits
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Colorado’s health agency will reinstate prior authorization requirements for Medicaid patients’ therapy sessions next year as part of its efforts to control costs, which soared following a state law passed in 2022. That year, the state legislature adopted a bill prohibiting health plans from requiring prior authorization for psychotherapy sessions for Medicaid recipients. While the…
