Opinion: Blame Our System, Not Public Health Workers, For Our COVID Failures
CHI’s President and CEO, Michele Lueck, argues in a Colorado Sun op-ed that the coronavirus failures that led us to this point began years ago.
Mental health of young people worries experts as COVID-19 continues to grip Colorado
"In 2019, 15.3% of Coloradans reported poor mental health, compared with 11.8% in 2017, according to a survey by the Colorado Health Institute."
In the middle of a pandemic, half a million Coloradans are expected to join Medicaid, other insurance plans because of booming unemployment
“The fear would be that any financial pressure on hospitals could have access implications for patients, particularly in a rural area,” Spencer Budd told the Denver Post.
State agencies consider which changes to telemedicine should be permanent
“One change includes where telemedicine can be offered. Physicians can offer services from their home, if they’re self-isolating. And then there’s also some safety net clinics that can offer telemedicine when they couldn’t before,” said CHI's Jeff Bontrager told Denver7 News.
Mental health is especially vital now
The challenges of maintaining mental health are more apparent than ever, with millions of Americans out of work and millions more staying as isolated as we can. Those problems can seem unsolvable. But they can be addressed if we know where to start, CHI's Emily Johnson writes in an op-ed.
Do Colorado hospitals get extra money for coronavirus cases and deaths? Yes and no.
“The idea that hospitals and doctors are falsely inflating COVID numbers and even putting patients on ventilators to drive up their payments is not just ridiculous, but it’s insulting to the doctors who are putting their own lives at risk," CHI's Joe Hanel told The Denver Post.
Colorado’s ’urgent’ ask for health care providers: Please donate time for telehealth
"The state has really tried everything that it can to expand the ability for Coloradans to use telehealth," CHI's Jeff Bontrager told 9News.
What Colorado’s Public Health Insurance Push Means for Democrats
Colorado lawmakers will have to decide whether the state’s health-care costs are so high they warrant that kind of public interference, says Michele Lueck, president of the Colorado Health Institute, a nonpartisan research group.
A health policy laboratory: Dems reshape health care in Colorado – and possibly the USA
CHI's Joe Hanel is quoted in a USA Today article that dives into how Colorado's legislature has changed health policy in recent years. Read more here.
5 numbers that explain why Colorado lawmakers want more insight into prescription drug costs
"The figure comes from the every-other-year Colorado Health Access Survey, produced by the nonpartisan Colorado Health Institute and considered the gold standard for numbers on how people interact with the state’s health system."