BREAKING: A bipartisan group of Colorado legislators is fast-tracking a $5 million payment to Denver Health to help financially stabilize the city’s safety net hospital.
a bipartisan group of Colorado legislators is fast-tracking a $5 millionLegislative leaders have had conversations with Denver Health about its financial situation in recent months, and the hospital has become “increasingly concerned about the high level of unreimbursed expenses the high cost of caring for an increasing number of health conditions,” said Sen. Rachel Zenzinger, an Arvada Democrat and chair of the powerful Joint Budget Committee.
About one-third of the hospitals’ patients come from outside Denver, so the hospital needs support from the rest of the state, Lynne said.In a brief explanation justifying the funding request, legislators wrote that the hospital’s “financial duress” was due to its lower-than-expected share of insured patients and its increasing payroll costs. The state Department of Health Care Policy and Financing had offered an additional $1.4 million for Denver Health.
Melissa Dworkin, spokeswoman for Gov. Jared Polis, said in a statement that the administration was working with Denver Health and it had allocated $4 million in federal COVID-19 stimulus dollars to the hospital. That money came in November, Zenzinger said, adding that she had also heard that the governor’s office expects “to do another $20 million in February.”
México Últimas Noticias, México Titulares
Similar News:También puedes leer noticias similares a ésta que hemos recopilado de otras fuentes de noticias.
Downtown Denver Partnership to offer more training in second round of Popup Denver programThe Downtown Denver Partnership said it has taken lessons from the pilot of its Popup Denver program to improve the process and hopefully increase the prospects for long-term business success. via robharristv
Leer más »
Denver police investigating deadly shooting on N. Colorado Blvd.Denver police tweeted the shooting happened in the 1100 block of N. Colorado Blvd and one person has been taken to a hospital.
Leer más »
One killed in early morning Denver shooting on Colorado BoulevardPolice are still investigating the shooting and said Colorado Boulevard is closed at 9th Avenue
Leer más »
Colorado public health goes hyperlocal, using microgrants to tackle vaccine hesitancy and stigma of mental illnessThe microgrant approach could well be the future of public health messaging for diverse populations and a way to combat the erosion of trust that came with the pandemic’s politicization of public health.
Leer más »
The pitch deck health-insurer Angle Health used to raise $58 millionSee the 12-slide presentation that a health-insurance startup used to land $58 million after its public competitors tumbled
Leer más »
The pitch deck health-insurer Angle Health used to raise $58 millionSee the 12-slide presentation that a health-insurance startup used to land $58 million after its public competitors tumbled
Leer más »