Our Work
The Colorado Health Institute contributed a chapter to a new report looking at ACA implementation in eight western states.
Do freestanding for-profit emergency rooms fill a consumer demand? Or are they driving up health care costs? Or is it a bit of both?
We are almost halfway through the session, and our team at CHI continues to track the introduction and progress of health-related legislation.
Colorado’s Medicaid program has grown significantly since the legislature approved Medicaid expansion last year, welcoming thousands of newly-eligible enrollees. We are seeing several bills during this session that aim to improve and streamline the Medicaid program, including House Bill 14-1115, which the House Public Health Care and Human Services Committee passed this week.
Welcome to the Colorado Health Institute’s first Legislative Roundup of 2014. We are tracking the introduction and progress of all health-related legislation. Here are bills that we have been paying particular attention to, complete with sponsors, status updates and a brief explanation.
In light of the rocky rollout of HealthCare.gov and some unintended consequences, at our first Lunch & Learn of 2014 Jeff Bontrager and Michele Lueck answered the top five questions constituents are still asking their elected representatives about the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Colorado's legislators aren't the only ones moving into high gear today. CHI's legislative team is up and running.
A new year and a new session of the Colorado state legislature are almost here. Most New Year’s resolutions are cast in hope and optimism, and that would be a fair description when it comes to health policy heading into the 2014 legislature.
The lasting legacy of the great thinker Rene Descartes – that the body and mind are separate - has created some complicated downstream consequences for mental health care. New federal regulations related to mental health parity are aimed at addressing the problem.
The State of Colorado announced that the Medicaid Accountable Care Collaborative (ACC) grossed $44 million in savings or avoided cost during the 2012-13 fiscal year. The net savings after accounting for program costs were a more modest $6 million.