By Katie Kerwin McCrimmon
Trapped inside her body, unable to speak or move anything but her eyelids, Denise Capelli nonetheless could hear her hospital caregivers.
Most assumed she was in an irreversible vegetative state that she wouldn’t survive. In fact, Denise became a witness to her own care.
By Katie Kerwin McCrimmon
Sicker patients have prompted Denver Health to ask for a 17.5 percent hike next year in health insurance rates while the biggest carrier in western Colorado, Rocky Mountain Health Plans, is working to keep rates flat in high-cost resort counties.
By Katie Kerwin McCrimmon
Kaiser Permanente is grappling with double the number of new customers that the nonprofit health provider projected it would attract through Colorado’s exchange this year.
To handle the surge in patients, Kaiser managers have opened new clinics, are offering some evening hours and are hiring the equivalent of about 70 new providers and support staff.
By Bob Semro
How much will health insurance premiums go up next year? The short answer: We won’t know for several months.
By Sharon Adams
Colorado recently submitted a revised State Health Innovation Plan to the federal government. It’s an enhancement of the original plan submitted in 2012. The Innovation Center at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is providing grant money to states with fully developed, promising plans aimed at improving health and lowering costs. The next step is for Colorado health leaders to submit proposals by next month so we can fund our plan and put it into action.
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