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At CHI, we're in the process of putting together a very special gift to the community to help celebrate our ten-year anniversary.
I wonder how our attitudes toward health as a public benefit are shaped by where we live. Do we think of Medicaid differently depending on our ZIP code? Are our views on policy shaped by how much daily exposure we have to populations in need of health coverage?
In acknowledgment of National Health Center Week and Safety Net Clinic Week, CHI has published a series of new tools to educate the public and policymakers about safety net clinics in Colorado.
One in five Coloradans were obese in 2011, according to new prevalence rates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the ACA, states are now deciding whether to expand their Medicaid programs to cover additional low-income residents. And while states will ultimately make this determination, they aren’t the only players vested in the decision.
There are nearly nine million individuals in the United States who are enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid--about 70,000 of them in Colorado. These “dual eligibles” are considered some of the highest need and lowest income individuals in the nation and require a large amount of medical attention and assistance.
When you are trying to solve a problem, how do you know what will work? Health topics are usually complicated, and figuring out the best course of action is often challenging. The 14th Rocky Mountain Workshop on How to Practice Evidence-Based Health Care provided training on how to use evidence to guide the decision making process.
As clinicians, policy analysts, insurers and employers, we have an opportunity to focus the spotlight on BMI documentation. We must first measure obesity in order to change it.
By Sara Schmitt (CHI) and Edie Sonn (CIVHC)
Changing how we pay for health care – the process of moving from the current fee-for-service, pay-for-volume method to paying instead for quality and value – takes time and effort.
While opponents are clearly unified in their continued efforts to overturn the Affordable Care Act, it is less clear what they are proposing as an alternative. A recent trip I took to the Woodstock for health services research geeks – otherwise known as AcademyHealth’s Annual Research Meeting – offered clues.