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In the spirit of year-end wrap-up lists, this week Analysis with Altitude will highlight the most popular publications, news stories, and blog posts of 2011.
As most political observers last week watched the fate of short-term fixes – payroll tax relief, the Medicare ‘doc fix’ and the like – those of us in the health policy world were struck by other late-breaking news.
The number of young adults with insurance coverage has increased substantially across the country as a result of a policy change under federal health reform.
Both proponents and opponents of the federal health care reform law are awaiting the outcome of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the constitutionality of the law’s individual mandate.
A new analysis by the Colorado Health Institute (CHI) estimates that Colorado will need to add between 83 and 141 primary care providers.
Wouldn’t it be great if you could find data from the American Community Survey, Colorado Department of Education, Colorado Bureau of Investigation, CDPHE, and more all in one place?
This 2011 report predicts health care needs of the 500,000-plus Coloradans expected to become insured under federal health reform. The analysis includes the anticipated number of additional primary care physicians and other providers needed to deliver that medical care.
Mention Medicaid and there seems to be no shortage of concerns.
With the recent focus on the aging population, long-term services and supports (LTSS, formerly long-term care) are getting their day in the spotlight. People are beginning to take a hard look at this behemoth system that in Colorado covers three departments, with endless regulations and multiple payer sources. Individuals of all types access myriad services within the LTSS system and utilize several routes of entry.
Earlier this month, Kaiser Health News and NPR reported that Walmart had issued a document seeking vendors and partners to help the company “build a national, integrated, low-cost primary care health care platform that will provide preventative and chronic care services that are currently out of reach for millions of Americans.”