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Colorado violating Medicaid mandate by not providing mental health services to children, lawsuit alleges
Colorado is violating a Medicaid Act mandate by not providing certain mental health services to eligible children at home or in their community, which in some cases has led to teenagers experiencing “unnecessary institutionalization,” a federal lawsuit filed Friday alleges. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court of Colorado against Kim Bimestefer, the head of the state Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, on behalf of three unnamed teenagers and their families, including one with a history of suicide attempts and self-harm who was in a metro Denver emergency room for about a month. “Colorado has been ignoring … Read more
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Colorado Study Finds Single Payer Health Care System Most Cost-Effective
By Patricia Rice A new study by the Colorado School of Public Health is out… the result of the bipartisan Health Care Cost Savings Act of 2019. The report compares three types of health care systems for Colorado and shows that a single payer universal health care system wins hands down in terms of cost and collateral effects on society. Read the summary of the report. Read the entire report. The report by the Colorado School of Public Health states that compared to our current insurance-based system and a multi-payer universal health care system, a single-payer health care system would … Read more
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Arizona, Colorado health information exchanges merge
The Colorado Regional Health Information Organization and Health Current in Arizona have completed a merger they initiated last year, they announced Tuesday. The two health information exchanges will now operate as a combined not-for-profit regional HIE dubbed Contexture. CORHIO and Health Current disclosed plans to merge in late 2020 and signed an affiliation agreement earlier this year. Contexture will serve roughly 1,800 healthcare organizations in Colorado and Arizona. Bringing CORHIO and Health Current together will allow Contexture to more efficiently deliver their existing HIE services, according to the two organizations. The new company also will establish an innovation team dedicated … Read more
