By design, Denver Health and other safety-net hospitals run on margins that most facilities would blanche at, getting paid less to care for their communities’ most vulnerable people. It works, until it doesn’t. Since 2022, Denver Health has been in one of those crisis periods, necessitating millions in bailout funds from the state and donations from other health care organizations after providing more than $260 million in uncompensated care.
How Denver Health Fell Into Dire Financial Straits — And What It Would Take To Resuscitate The City’s Safety-net Hospital
Meg Wingerter, Denver Post
Sun, 04/28/2024 - 5:00am
Topics: united states dr patricia gabow earlier nurses safety-net beth feldpush there hospital authority laura swartz one margins medical plan aetna turquoise stimulus great resignation supply zoe kutz steve colvin lt alex wilkinson auraria campus andy cross/the our cathy alderman it s revenue consultants chicago atlanta antonio columbia new york city cleveland emory university hospital midtown nancy kane harvard school it ll julie lonborg alia broman unlike los angeles because rose typically we re cherry creek downtown bringing harvard s school january stephanie adams councilwoman shontel lewis denver city council shontel lewis district eight july mayor mike johnston lewis rep diana degette degette jeremy springston any rep shannon bird westminster democrat labor employment ideally related articles ultimately in what the department coalition those sign february denver medicaid april photo the hyoung chang/the post united gabow if what what colorado health care policy in financing donna lynne joint budget committee the feldpush america s essential hospitals it part the a medical march rj sangosti/the we lynne lynne helen h richardson/the ceo lynne ernst you young medical rose medical center saint joseph hospital you homeless kaiser permanente lynne city council city i it san philadelphia hahnemann university hospital ers public association i los angeles county rose saint joseph we for lewis the degette democrat dire patients million people system pay services uncompensated additional money cost year patient government costs federal staff funds emergency thursday doesn payments time problem support work isn vulnerable close one-time number fund report reported facility closed legislature covered outpatient statement paid aren started annual population resources offset area surgery solve works contract provide supplemental group provider times didn payment change largely give clear hasn larger country officer option chief couldn agreement nearby beds vice cut expenses loss pandemic shift officials bill dollars lot counties paramedic needed commercial capital stabilize raise disproportionate death governments current spiral draw mission fully solution agency employees visits gap necessarily doctor similar treat sought surgeries helped senior spoke above-average pays prepare plug discharge serve opportunities primary sector profits room left communications run request believes wrote easy situation facilities levels served lack share cash open wanted start rates millions supplies happen coverage migrant attract turn covid-19 failed president subsidize challenges save smaller spokeswoman lean annually plans reimbursement projects perform wasn reserves total contributed build lost contribution market longer faster challenge efficient transferred wards cover disproportionately based authors noted full profit turned years space flexibility congressional email priorities board wouldn fee local break metro migrants told long-term earmarks travel rest demand meet scope areas recognize unsuccessfully assist difficulty residents community critical ways benefits general released discuss
BING NEWS:
- How Denver Health fell into dire financial straits — and what it would take to resuscitate the city’s safety-net hospital
By design, Denver Health and other safety-net hospitals run on margins that most facilities would blanche at, getting paid less to care for their communities’ most vulnerable people. It works, until ...
04/28/2024 - 1:00 am | View Link - Economy
A severe cold snap in late 2022 knocked production offline at the Suncor Refinery in Commerce City ... fell into dire financial straits — and what it would take to resuscitate the city’s ...
04/10/2024 - 7:01 pm | View Link - More
Welcome to Wopular
Wopular is an
online newspaper rack,
giving you a summary view of the top headlines from the top news sites.
Senh Duong (Founder)
Wopular,
MWB,
RottenTomatoes
MoviesWithButter : Our Sister Site
- "Expendables 4" Starts Shooting This Fall, Says Randy Couture at the Arnold Sports Festival more
- “Expendables 4” Gets Funding Interest from “Ip Man 3” Financier more
- "Ip Man 3" Distributor Suspected of Box Office Fraud, Parent Company Loses $200M in Market Cap more
- Yen Targets "Ip Man 4" for 2018 Release; Discusses Film with Director, Producer more
- "Ip Man 3" Shatters Expectations with $72M Opening [China Box Office] more