Hospital systems in Colorado saw improved finances in 2024, but Medicaid cuts are ‘looming threat’

The Denver Post (Healthcare) 5/11 2:00A Meg Wingerter

Hospital systems in Colorado reported an improved financial year in 2024 after rising costs made for thinner margins the previous year . Of the six hospital systems in the Denver area, only CommonSpirit Health, which owns the Catholic hospitals...

Brighton man hit by truck facing a difficult recovery

The Denver Post (Healthcare) 4/3 2:00A Sofia Joucovsky

Facial reconstruction and thoracic surgery were only the start of a Brighton man s long recovery after being hit by a truck last month. Isaiah Moore, 33, said he was riding his electric skateboard home from hanging out with friends when he...

Grief lingers 5 years after COVID-19 arrived in Colorado, killing thousands

The Denver Post (Healthcare) 3/30 2:00A Jessica Seaman

PUEBLO When paramedics showed up at Bernie Esquibel-Tennant’s door the day after Thanksgiving in 2020, it was the second time in roughly 12 hours that an ambulance had visited her stretch of the...

Opinion: Colorado’s plan to cap some medical bills will cause a health care crisis

The Denver Post (Healthcare) 3/24 1:01A Kristen Fiddes

As Chief Nursing Officer at HCA HealthOne Mountain Ridge in Thornton, I am sounding the alarm: Colorado’s safety net health care providers are facing a crisis , and our most vulnerable citizens are at risk of losing the care they rightfully...

Federal funding cuts threaten Colorado’s plan to reduce HIV infections

The Denver Post (Healthcare) 3/22 2:00A Meg Wingerter

Colorado public health officials started the year with a plan to bring down new HIV infections across the state. Less than three months in, possible cuts to federal funding could halt that progress and leave the state worse off than before. The...

Seeking a “Plan B” under President Trump, some Coloradans make plans to move to other countries

The Denver Post (Healthcare) 3/6 2:00A Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton

Molly Burke has spent her entire life in the United States. But no longer after receiving her working holiday visa to New Zealand last month, she says she plans to move by September at the latest....