Improving data sharing and collaborating with community-based organizations to improve health data collection are top priorities for Lorena Zimmer, chief impact officer at Denver Health. We sat down with her at our recent conference to discuss her organization’s work and her top priorities for healthcare in the state. She highlighted the impact of Denver Health’s … Read more
Colorado’s Behavioral Health Administration has outlined a transformative plan for reforming the state’s behavioral healthcare infrastructure. In this “What They’re Watching” interview, we hear from Summer Gathercole, the deputy commissioner of operations at the BHA, about some of the administration’s overarching goals and the conversations that went into the design of the BHA’s work. Gathercole … Read more
Katherine Mulready, senior vice president and chief strategy officer at the Colorado Hospital Association, has been focused on the implementation of a plethora of bills passed in recent years that impact Colorado hospitals. At our Colorado conference last fall, Mulready spoke with us about her main priorities in state health policy and what she’ll be … Read more
Sen. Jim Smallwood has been following the implementation of the Colorado Option over the past year, and is concerned about the impact it’s having on the private insurance market. Having opposed the policy during its time in the legislature, Smallwood told us during the Colorado State of Reform conference in November that it’s having negative … Read more
“Access, access, and more access” is what Sen. Rhonda Fields told us is her highest priority for state health policy at last month’s Colorado State of Reform conference. As a representative of some of the state’s rural areas in Adams and Arapahoe counties, Fields is particularly focused on ensuring healthcare access for rural Coloradans. She … Read more
For Dana Malick, deputy vice president of state advocacy for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), making sure prescription drugs are affordable for patients is a top priority. In this edition of “What They’re Watching,” taken during our Colorado conference in November, Malick said her organization is closely monitoring recent policy … Read more
Melinda Estep, Managing Director of Delivery Systems at Health Management Associates, says she’s focused on ways to promote and improve value-based care in Colorado. When we caught up with her at the 2022 Colorado State of Reform Health Policy Conference in November, she said she’s particularly interested in how to reinvest the savings from value-based … Read more
In this edition of “What They’re Watching,” we talked to Colorado’s Medicaid Director Adela Flores Brennan about what she’s prioritizing as the leader of the state’s healthcare safety net program for vulnerable Coloradans. Among her main focus areas are increasing oral health access in the state and continuing the state’s preparation for the upcoming end … Read more
It was such a thrill to see so many of you at last month’s 2022 Colorado State of Reform Health Policy Conference! Thanks to all who participated and helped make it a wonderful event. Our Digital Media Specialist Alex Nelson made a wonderful “What You Missed” video that captures the sights and sounds of the memorable day—check … Read more
Since the formal creation of the Behavioral Health Administration (BHA) in May, Colorado has been innovating the delivery of behavioral healthcare to better address the needs of its citizens. Speaking on a panel at the 2022 Colorado State of Reform Health Policy Conference, BHA’s Deputy Commissioner of Operations Summer Gathercole outlined the administration’s … Read more