Our Work
While we await the Supreme Court’s constitutional prognosis of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), I’ve been reflecting on how – if at all – the past can inform us about the future.
It’s fitting that the last bill passed by the House Health and Environment Committee embodies one of the prevailing themes of this legislative session: improving the efficiency and effectiveness of government.
Unless policies are implemented to increase the uptake of private long- term care insurance or to make it more affordable, the already strained Medicaid long-term care system will be overwhelmed with users.
HB 12-1300 would continue and improve the Colorado Professional Review Act (CPRA), which governs the process that physicians use to review the quality of patient care provided by other physicians.
A bill seeks to fill the gap in health care workforce data.
Health Care in the State Budget: An Analysis of the Proposed FY 2012-13 Appropriations
The ACA offers avenues for improving health care even in the absence of the individual mandate by bringing efficiencies into the healthcare system, bending the cost curve, and improving overall customer experience.
Payment reform, gainsharing, and global payments were top of mind in the legislature this week.
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.