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Legislators opted for small changes to medical licensing in their 2017 session, but the Senate spiked a plan to institute criminal background checks for providers.
Several bills were introduced this session to increase consumer protection and provide clarification regarding licenses for professionals and medical equipment suppliers.
Give a big hand to Colorado. Our state now boasts the lowest unemployment rate in the nation at 2.6 percent, well below the national average of 4.5 percent. The 40,000 new health care jobs added here since 2008, an impressive 28 percent increase, have played an important role in this achievement.
You don’t have to be an economist to understand that we like to see job growth numbers like these. More jobs mean more income for workers and businesses, which means more spending and investment, which means more income for workers and businesses. A virtuous cycle.
This implementation plan for a new specialty care referral network pilot project was developed for the Mile High Health Alliance by the Colorado Health Institute.
The Affordable Care Act aims to make it easier for consumers to shop for health insurance. But both providers and consumers in Colorado are raising concerns about the accuracy of one of the tools - provider directories.
Health is local. But often, health workforce data is presented at the statewide level, and these aggregated statistics neglect important regional nuances. The numbers are difficult to collect and understand, particularly in a broader statewide context. That’s where the Colorado Health Institute’s new Local Data Workbooks can help.
More than 576,000 Coloradans are providing care on an unpaid basis for aging or disabled loved ones, providing an estimated $6.6 billion a year worth of care. But their numbers are dwindling.
These are great times for people who spend a lot of time delving into data about health and health care. Like, say, the Colorado Health Institute team.
New research by the Colorado Health Institute (CHI), “Filling the Dental Gap: Can Colorado Meet the Growing Need?”, finds a wide gap between the demand for oral health care by Medicaid enrollees and the supply of oral health providers in the state.
Colorado is among the nation’s leaders when it comes offering dental insurance to each of the state’s 1.1 million Medicaid clients.
About two of three Coloradans saw a dentist or hygienist in the past year. And in some parts of the state, like the San Luis Valley and southeast Colorado, only about half the residents had a dental visit in the past year.