Colorado Medicaid agency director Kim Bimestefer resigns
Kim Bimestefer, the longtime head of the Colorado agency that oversees Medicaid, announced Monday that she will resign…
Colorado is proposing major changes to autism therapy
Sabrina Ortengren had almost no hope when she and her husband Jay sat down with an autism therapy…
Colorado bill pitches fees on large employers for not insuring workers
As Colorado policymakers grapple with the state’s increasing Medicaid costs, an Arvada legislator has an idea for how…
Colorado looks to cut medical education funding to patch budget hole
When Dr. Ben Hughes arrived in Colorado in 2009 for his medical residency — a multiyear training period…
Colorado may owe feds $42M for improper autism therapy payments
Colorado may have improperly paid more than $75 million to autism service providers and could be on the…
Flawed analysis helped cause Colorado Medicaid program’s costs to surge
A Colorado Medicaid program was beset with explosive costs and fraud after state officials relied on a flawed…
Cuts to outings, cleaning are latest round of Medicaid slashes for Colorado’s disability community
Medicaid benefits that pay for people with disabilities to go on community outings and cover household cleaning, cooking…
Colorado holds off on capping pay for home caregivers — for now
A plan to limit how many hours Medicaid will pay caregivers in Colorado is on hold until at…
Hours of tearful testimony result in pause to some Medicaid cuts for Coloradans with disabilities
Colorado Medicaid officials are pausing a few proposed cuts that would have affected children and adults with severe…
Colorado Medicaid officials say $25 million was bilked in fraud scheme
A Medicaid fraud scheme targeting a free transportation program that shuttled patients to medical appointments cost an estimated…
Denver health systems adding new hospital floors, clinics
Denver’s major health systems went into expansion mode in 2025, adding more than three-quarters of a billion dollars’…
Colorado could have to pay back $60 million in autism therapy
Colorado may have to repay the federal government from $60 million to $150 million after auditors found the…