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Over three quarters of a million people call rural Colorado home, and about 300,000 of those are enrolled in Medicare, Medicaid or both.
CHI marks National Health Center Week with a visit to Stout Street Health Center, which serves thousands of people each year.
Colorado high school students weren’t using any more marijuana, alcohol and e-vapor products in 2017 than they were two years before.
More health care clinics are making connections to other groups that are working to improve health in their communities.
One in 5 LGB Coloradans said they were judged or treated unfairly by someone working in the health care system.
CHI research puts spotlight on Colorado for national report comparing states’ marketplaces
But it’s still not easy to figure out what you’ll pay for care.
Chef Boyardee would be proud.
Colorado’s Medicaid program — known as Health First Colorado — is an alphabet soup of acronyms: HCPF, ACC, PMPM, RCCO, BHO, FFS, CMHCs, APM, PIAC. And that’s just Medicaid. Don’t forget CHP+, LTSS and CICP.*
Yesterday, July 1, 2018, a new acronym officially entered our lexicon. Health First Colorado launched the Regional Accountable Entities, or RAEs, as part of the next chapter in Colorado’s Medicaid program.
One of the most important health care decisions we make in our lifetimes is our last. We can choose to live out our final days at home or in a hospital. We can prioritize medical interventions that ease suffering rather than more aggressive forms of care.
It’s our choice, and a very personal one. But too often, end-of-life medical wishes go unheeded because people don’t make a plan.
This plan is called an advance directive. Advance directives convey health care preferences in case a patient is cognitively or physically unable to make decisions.
It's time for the next chapter in my story of a career dedicated to improving health.