Our Work
The Colorado Behavioral Healthcare Council (CBHC), at its annual meeting, celebrated the anniversary of the Mental Health Act and President Kennedy’s historic focus on mental health care. And even though much has been accomplished in the past 50 years, much work remains to be done.
The Colorado Health Institute released new research looking at Colorado’s long-term services and supports (LTSS) system during a full-day learning lab we hosted last week.
Love them or hate them, health insurance exchanges - or marketplaces - are open for business today, representing a centerpiece in the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
Here we are. October 1 marked the beginning in many ways of a grand innovation in social and health policy.
What we do outside of the health care system – things as simple as eating right and exercising – matter at least as much as what happens in the doctor’s office.
For the past several months, the team here at the Colorado Health Institute has been involved in a large, state-wide project, the State Innovation Model, or SIM, as it’s widely known - a complex and multi-faceted undertaking that begins with a simple premise.
As the clock ticks toward launch of Colorado’s new insurance marketplace, leaders across the state are grappling with plenty of unanswered questions.
A mountain hike just feels like Colorado, and it didn’t take long to decide on a theme for our new report: Reaching Our Peak: Creating a Healthier Colorado. We examine policies and programs gaining momentum in Colorado and across the nation within the health care system and beyond – schools, communities, the workplace, and where we age – because the trail to better health most often begins outside a health provider’s office.
An ambitious new initiative from Rocky Mountain Health Plans and a number of partners aims to redefine how health care is provided and paid for in Medicaid, beginning with a pilot project on the Western Slope. We received a briefing on the program at a recent learning lab for safety net providers hosted by the Colorado Health Institute.
According to the latest Colorado Health Market Review, published by consultant Allan Baumgarten, hospitals in the metro Denver area had pre-tax net income of 12.3 percent of net patient revenue in 2011. HealthOne/HCA led the pack with a 22.9 percent margin, followed by Exempla at 6.8 percent and Centura at 5.6 percent.