Author: Susan Greene Colorado News Collaborative
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Whistleblowers say they falsified patient records at West Slope mental health center
A troubled Western Slope mental health care center falsified assessments of its patients’ conditions for at least nine years in an effort to make its treatment programs seem more effective and secure funding from the state, whistleblowers say. The state overlooked what former workers describe as a long practice by the Grand Junction-based Mind Springs…
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Eastern Plains county settles officer-killing case for $9.5 million
Kiowa County has reached a $9.5 million settlement with the family of Zach Gifford, the unarmed local handyman who its undersheriff and a rookie deputy gunned down in 2020 with three bullets to the back. The amount exceeds the county’s $7.5 million annual budget, but is less than the $10 million maximum its insurance policy…
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State mental health safety net is ‘failing’ Coloradans. Will planned reforms fix or further the problems?
This investigation is part of the ongoing “On Edge” series about Colorado’s mental health by the Colorado News Collaborative, the nonprofit that unites more than 160 communities and news outlets like ours to ensure quality news for all Coloradans. The series title reflects a state that has the nation’s highest rate of adult mental illness…