-
A report has found that half of rural hospitals lost money over the last 12 months. But small-town hospitals in states that expanded Medicaid eligibility have fared better financially than those in states that didn’t.
-
The Tepeyac Community Health Center played a lead role in turning a former industrial lot in north Denver into a multi-use development that includes 150 affordable housing units, a new 24,500 square foot clinic, pharmacy, and also plans to add a grocery store offering fresh produce.
-
Colorado is placing a bigger focus on higher education with a new bi-partisan effort. State leaders hope that emphasis will help address worker shortages, especially in health care. We learn more today on In The NoCo.
-
Over the past five years, more than 15,000 lawsuits have been filed against UCHealth patients over medical debts. But if you are one of the people being sued, you might not see the hospital system’s name on the papers. John Ingold with The Colorado Sun told KUNC that in the past, UCHealth filed bill collection lawsuits under its own name—but now the vast majority are in the name of a third-party debt collector.
-
In the last five years, patients have been sued 15,710 times for money owed to UCHealth. Most of those lawsuits were filed in the name of debt collectors working for the hospital system.
-
A massive redevelopment project in Louisville, Redtail Ridge, continues to generate controversy. KUNC's Programming & Operations Manager Desmond O'Boyle spoke with Chris Wood, editor and publisher of BizWest, about the topic.
-
Colorado lawmakers have proposed a pair of measures they say will improve the availability of mental health resources for the state’s agricultural industry, as stress, anxiety, and depression among ranchers and farmhands have emerged as critical issues that have worsened since the coronavirus pandemic.
-
Kevin Stansbury, the CEO of Lincoln Community Hospital in the 800-person town of Hugo, Colorado, is facing a classic Catch-22: He could boost his rural hospital’s revenues by offering hip replacements and shoulder surgeries, but the 64-year-old hospital needs more money to be able to expand its operating room to do those procedures.
-
Medical debt can be debilitating and a recent law in Colorado acknowledges those steep costs. It removes medical debt from Colorado credit reports. Today on In The NoCo, we learn about this pioneering new law.
-
The number of Coloradans without health insurance hit an all-time low this year. The state uninsured rate dropped in 2023 to 4.6 percent. Reporter Michael Booth with The Colorado Sun joined KUNC host Nikole Robinson Carroll to discuss how some changes to federal policies are making the future of that figure unclear.