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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.
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A massive redevelopment project in Louisville, Redtail Ridge, continues to generate controversy. »Ê¹ÚÍøÖ·'s Programming & Operations Manager Desmond O'Boyle spoke with Chris Wood, editor and publisher of BizWest, about the topic.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 »Ê¹ÚÍøÖ· host Nikole Robinson Carroll to discuss how some changes to federal policies are making the future of that figure unclear.
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Open enrollment for health insurance plans is approaching and in Colorado, there’s a program to help undocumented Coloradans get coverage. We take a look at how that program is helping undocumented people, who often go uninsured.
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After a nationwide strike among unionized Kaiser Permanente workers in early October, the union and the health care company have announced a tentative agreement.
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Colorado’s ambulance services are stretched dangerously thin — which spells trouble for residents and overworked EMTs and paramedics. »Ê¹ÚÍøÖ· statehouse reporter Lucas Brady Woods sat down with In The NoCo's Robyn Vincent to explain why they are on the brink of collapse.
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A massive health care strike over wages and staff shortages is heading into its final day without a deal between industry giant Kaiser Permanente and the unions representing the 75,000 workers who picketed this week.