Tag: Colorado Hospital Association
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Colorado hospitals struggle amid growing costs of labor and supplies, on eve of mega network severing ties
The severing of a hospital network that has united Catholic and Adventist health care systems for 27 years will occur Aug. 1, a month later than CommonSpirit Health and AdventHealth initially told employees. A statement from Centura Health, the management company since the joint venture formed in 1996, provided no answer as to the reason…
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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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Costs of COVID care are complex for patients, insurers, hospitals
As if the petri dish of COVID-19 wasn’t crowded enough with physical and mental pain, many who get the virus and recover face not only income loss, but also out-of-pocket expenses associated with the infection. Rich Alperin, a heavy equipment operator in New Hampshire, passed out at work at the end of March and spent…
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Gov. Polis orders State Emergency Operations Center to return to level 1
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As COVID-19 cases continue to surge, Gov. Jared Polis on Saturday ordered the State Emergency Operations Center to return to Level 1 status. Level unifies all state agencies, federal partners and voluntary organizations that serve…