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How is care coordination currently being implemented in Colorado? CHI presented findings from more than 20 key informant interviews with health care providers, care coordinators and RCCO executives at a recent Safety Net Advisory Committee (SNAC) Lab.
When my fellowship at CHI began last month, I decided to quickly learn the jargon by writing new health terms on sticky notes and putting them above my desk. As someone who has always had a keen interest in public health, even I found that learning to speak “health” is no easier than college Spanish.
Next on the agenda for Colorado, now that the health reform law has been ruled constitutional, is selecting the essential health benefit benchmark plan. Sara Schmitt blogs about why this decision is so important.
Olympic athletes haven't been the only ones facing big hurdles this year. The ACA will have to overcome its share of challenges on the way to implementation.
Twenty-one days in the hospital for our two-year-old provided a new appreciation for the skills and dedication of a wide range of doctors, nurses and other medical professionals. It was also a first-hand demonstration of the role family caregivers can play in making sure that health care is coordinated.
CHI’s newest issue brief, The Supreme Court Ruling on the Affordable Care Act: Implications for Colorado, explores the impact of the decision—both the questions it answered and the questions it didn’t.
The energy about the upcoming Supreme Court ruling is palpable, even if we don’t know what to call it. Excitement? Dread? Anxiety? For many at Academy Health’s Annual Research Meeting in Orlando, Fla., much is on the line.
The latest economic forecast from the legislative council revealed that the General Assembly is expected to have 6 percent more to spend in FY 2013-14 than what they budgeted for FY 2012-13.
Adults represent the vast majority—about 83 percent—of Colorado’s uninsured. A new CHI publication finds wide variation within that group of uninsured adults.
Recently, I had the opportunity to travel to Alamosa and the San Luis Valley. I co-presented the results of the annual Colorado Health Report Card with Chuck Reyman and the team from the Colorado Health Foundation.