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AHA supports bill making Medicare-dependent Hospital program, low-volume adjustments permanent
06 Feb 2025 02:24 GMT
The AHA Jan. 31 commended Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-La., Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., John Cornyn, R-Texas., and Michael Bennet, D-Colo., on draft legislation…
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Children’s Hospital Colorado stops providing puberty blockers, hormonal treatment for gender transitions
06 Feb 2025 00:52 GMT
… groups, Children’s Hospital Colorado also decided to halt … consideration, Children's Colorado will continue to provide … threatens Children’s Hospital Colorado’s ability to receive … million in combined funding from Medicare and Medicaid, which accounted …
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Children’s Hospital Colorado stops offering gender-affirming medication because of Trump order
05 Feb 2025 21:34 GMT
… care to patients covered by Medicare and Medicaid.
In 2023, … medications.
Children’s Hospital Colorado stopped offering gender-affirming … them to University of Colorado Hospital. Children’s never … 2,000 received hormones.
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser …
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Colorado Democrats push bill to cap state's employee benefit plan payments
05 Feb 2025 17:28 GMT
… their health insurance premiums.
Colorado Democrats have passed a … state-run insurance marketplace, Colorado Option.
"One thing … address healthcare affordability in Colorado, we have to address … three times the amount Medicare pays providers for its …
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Colorado hospital reimbursement rates face new limits under lawmakers’ proposal to cut costs
05 Feb 2025 13:19 GMT
… more than it charges Medicare for the same care. … care by Medicare, legislators said Tuesday. (The Colorado Hospital Association … make up for how little Medicare and Medicaid pay. According … even though Medicaid and Medicare provided coverage for more people …
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AHA comments on draft bill to increase Medicare-funded physician residency slots
05 Feb 2025 06:04 GMT
… -Colo., on draft legislation that would increase the number of Medicare-funded … positions. The senators' draft Medicare graduate medical education reform package …
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AHA comments on draft bill to increase Medicare-funded physician residency slots
05 Feb 2025 02:40 GMT
… -Colo., on draft legislation that would increase the number of Medicare-funded … positions. The senators' draft Medicare graduate medical education reform package …
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Colorado Hospitals Pause Transgender Treatments for Minors Following Presidential Executive Order
05 Feb 2025 02:03 GMT
… , funding, Medicaid, and/or Medicare payments is expected to stop … -sex hormones.
Children’s Hospital Colorado, Planned Parenthood, and Transgender Center … and receive federal funding through Medicare and Medicaid payments. These agencies …
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Bipartisan effort seeks expanded Medicare access for early cancer detection technologies
05 Feb 2025 00:36 GMT
… legislation aimed at ensuring Medicare patients have access to … cancer detection technologies. The Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection … member Michael Bennet (D-Colorado), Ranking Member Ron Wyden … save lives by giving Medicare beneficiaries access to …
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Colorado lawmakers seek hospital price limits
05 Feb 2025 00:24 GMT
… Brown University study that projected Colorado could save between $50 million … .
Julie Lonborg, spokesperson for the Colorado Hospital Association, estimated that between … with unsustainable margins.
Lonborg said Medicare reimbursement pays about 73 cents …