Tag: Health Care
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Colorado Behavioral Health Administration launches network of safety net services
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Behavioral Health Administration on Wednesday celebrated the launch of a new network of safety net services. The new network — called Colorado LIFTS or Linking Individuals and Families to Services — aims to streamline the process of finding care across the state. LIFTS connects…
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Colorado Senate OKs enforcing price transparency for hospitals
The Colorado Senate approved a bill Wednesday to allow the state to enforce federal laws requiring hospitals to publicly post prices online. Under Senate Bill 252, hospitals must maintain a public list of at least 300 shoppable services and regularly report to the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, which will monitor compliance. Violations of…
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Colorado hospitals to screen low-income patients for discounts, cap monthly billings
Beginning on Thursday, Colorado hospitals must screen low-income patients for discounts or public health insurance programs and limit the monthly medical bills they can be charged. Eligible Coloradans include those with household incomes at or under 250% of the federal poverty level — up to $69,375 for a family of four. If a patient is…
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Colorado makes community college free for aspiring health care workers
Beginning this fall, Colorado will spend $26 million to provide free community college education to students looking to work in health care. The new program, dubbed Care Forward Colorado, launched last week as part of a $61 million investment in expanding Colorado’s health care workforce using federal COVID-19 relief funds from the American Rescue Plan…
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Michael Bennet, Colorado veterans discuss ‘burn pit’ bill and how to improve health care
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet visited Colorado Springs on Thursday, in part to tout the PACT Act, which President Joe Biden signed into law Wednesday, expanding health care benefits for veterans who developed illnesses from exposure to toxic substances from burn pits on military bases. Burn pits are used to dispose of waste collected on overseas…
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Polis ends signing tour with bills expanding health care to immigrant children, business investments
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gov. Jared Polis concluded his bill signing tour Thursday, enacting dozens of measures throughout the week, including proposals to expand health care to immigrant children, invest in business and more. The deadline to sign or…
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Polis OKs reporting requirements for Colorado’s health care sharing ministries
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Health care sharing ministries in Colorado are now required to report their operations to the state under new regulations signed into law by Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday. House Bill 1269 requires health care sharing ministries and other non-insurance entities that cover medical costs to…
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Lawmakers give bill allowing hospital visits another chance after heartbreaking testimony from families affected by COVID
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Richard Gillham, a resident of Peetz in northern Logan County, was a farmer all his life. Rim Ranch, which his family owns, is one of Colorado’s Centennial farms, a designation awarded to farms that have been in the same family for at least 100 years.…
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House committee approves bill exempting nonprofit child care centers from property tax
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Nonprofit child care centers in Colorado wouldn’t have to pay property taxes under legislation a state House committee advanced on Tuesday in the hopes of reducing costs and improving access. House Bill 1006 aims to modify current law that allows property owned and operated by nonprofit child…