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Sara Schmitt presented on payment reform as part of the AHEC Conversations Series at the University of Colorado—Anschutz Medical Campus.
National Public Health Week (NPHW), which kicked off Monday, draws attention to the small stuff—starting small but thinking big to improve the nation’s health.
Payment reform, gainsharing, and global payments were top of mind in the legislature this week.
TEDMED is coming to CHI from April 10 - April 13, 2012.
The affordability of health insurance is a complicated issue of critical importance in Colorado and across the nation.
The Joint Budget Committee last week denied a request by the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing to increase the co-payments charged to Medicaid enrollees for services. At the same time, the JBC approved increased co-payments for CHP+ services.
Each year, CHI produces the Colorado Health Report Card in partnership with the Colorado Health Foundation. The 2011 Report Card, released this morning, has a number of interesting findings.
CHI provides annual estimates of the number of Colorado children who are eligible but not enrolled (EBNE) in Medicaid and the Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+) programs. Broken down by county, the information helps state and local policymakers understand enrollment patterns. The 2012 update includes data from calendar year 2010.
Colorado’s very own Grand Junction was once again in the national spotlight in an analysis released last week by The Commonwealth Fund. The Scorecard on Local Health Performance evaluated local health care systems across the country on four dimensions.
The Joint Budget Committee, which reviewed the annual budget request from the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing on Wednesday, approved the majority of HCPF’s requests but disagreed on one of its major initiatives.