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Health insurance costs soar 12% in '08

Employers' health insurance costs this year have climbed 12 percent above 2007 levels in Colorado and Wyoming, a survey shows.

Big guns hired in severance-tax fray

Well-known local political consultants will square off over a ballot initiative to increase oil and gas tax revenue and create a huge college scholarship fund.

Health savings accounts grow in popularity

More than 6 million people are enrolled in health insurance plans that allow them to open health savings accounts, nearly double estimates from just two years ago, industry projections show.

Report ties Medicaid cuts to job losses

Colorado could lose more than 3,500 jobs and an accompanying $135 million in wages because of Medicaid rule changes issued by the Bush administration, the nonprofit Families USA said today.
New med center targets depression

The University of Colorado at Denver will open a new medical center focusing on depression with the help of a $3 million grant from a retired investment banker whose mother suffered from bipolar disorder.

For-profit HealthOne hospitals well in black

Three of HealthOne HCA's hospitals - Swedish, Sky Ridge and Rose - rank as the Denver area's most profitable, according to a new study.

Great-West sale complete

Cigna on Tuesday completed its $1.5 billion purchase of Greenwood Village-based Great-West Healthcare.

Great-West Healthcare purchase OK'd

Colorado regulators have approved Cigna's proposed $1.5 billion purchase of Greenwood Village-based Great-West Healthcare, clearing the last hurdle to the health insurance merger.

UCD grant funds study of diabetes in Indians

The Centers for Disease Control has awarded a $4.2 million research grant to the American Indian and Alaska Native Programs at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine to determine best practices in implementing diabetes-intervention programs.
CEO turned Craig into top 10 rehab hospital

Dennis O'Malley, who during his 34-year tenure as CEO transformed Craig Hospital into one of the world's leading rehabilitation and research centers for spinal cord and brain injuries, is stepping down in October.

Cigna's mega-deal to buy Great-West unfettered

Cigna's proposed $1.5 billion purchase of Colorado's Great-West Healthcare encountered little opposition at a hearing Tuesday held by state insurance regulators.

New pain drug boosts Array stock

Shares of drug developer Array BioPharma Inc. jumped Monday after the company said its drug candidate reduced pain in a midstage study and it will next compare the treatment with Pfizer Inc.'s Celebrex.

Aetna postpones making changes to sedation coverage

Aetna Inc. said Wednesday that it will delay a proposed policy that would stop covering the cost of using anesthesiologists during colonoscopies.

Springs hospital on top 50 list

HealthGrades, the Golden-based health care ratings organization, today identified America's 50 Best Hospitals, an elite class of top-performing facilities.

Hospital errors will go unpaid

It's a new way to push for patient safety: Don't pay hospitals when they commit certain errors.

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