kim bimestefer
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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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Audit: Millions in Medicaid benefits paid for potentially ineligible Colorado patients
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The Colorado Department of Heath Care Policy and Financing may have paid millions of dollars in claims for ineligible Medicaid patients last year due to staff errors, state Auditor Dianne Ray told the Legislative Audit Committee on Feb. 26. A recent state audit of accounting practices of state agencies uncovered a half-dozen “material weaknesses,” the…
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Polis makes first round of cabinet picks
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Gov.-elect Jared Polis on Friday unveiled his first batch of a dozen cabinet picks, tapping several former lawmakers and federal government officials. Polis also will keep a couple of cabinet members from the Hickenlooper administration. > RELATED: COVER STORY | What Polis’ record in office reveals about the governor-elect Polis’ first dozen picks are split…
