Aurora VA hospital’s mammogram backlog delayed breast surgeries, inspector general says

The Denver Post (Healthcare) 5/26 2:00A Meg Wingerter

At one point in 2024, a backlog of mammogram results for women receiving care through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Eastern Colorado Health Care System topped 4,800, delaying an unknown number of surgeries, according to a new audit . In...

Top Workplaces 2026: Bloom Healthcare brings primary care home

The Denver Post (Healthcare) 5/13 1:00A Sara Hansen

For Colorado’s most medically complex seniors, a trip to the doctor’s office can feel impossible. Bloom Healthcare built its entire model to eliminate that barrier. The Denver-based organization...

After two years of struggle, lawmakers are poised to rewrite — and scale back — Colorado’s AI...

The Denver Post (Healthcare) 5/10 2:00A Seth Klamann

After two years of task forces, collapsed deals, attempted overhauls and an Elon Musk lawsuit , Colorado lawmakers are finally poised to rewrite and scale back the state s beleaguered artificial...

This Coloradan can plug his brain into a computer. He’s trying to help turn science fiction into...

The Denver Post (Healthcare) 5/10 2:00A Meg Wingerter

ELBERT To say Brandon Patterson s father wasn t fully on board when he first brought up the idea of having electrodes implanted into his brain would be an understatement and their family doesn t mince...

More Coloradans than expected stuck with health insurance marketplace after enhanced subsidies...

The Denver Post (Healthcare) 5/6 2:00A Meg Wingerter

About 4% fewer Coloradans bought health insurance on the individual marketplace and paid their January premiums, but the head of the state s exchange considers that a victory, given both projected drops and the reality in other parts of the...

State budget heads to Gov. Jared Polis after lawmakers wrestle with cuts to disability services

The Denver Post (Healthcare) 4/29 2:00A Nick Coltrain

Colorado’s $46.8 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year will head to Gov. Jared Polis after both chambers of the legislature agreed Tuesday to the final version approved by the powerful budget...

Colorado eyes changes to courts’ competency process after high-profile case stirred outrage

The Denver Post (Healthcare) 4/5 2:00A Shelly Bradbury, Seth Klamann

Colorado lawmakers want to create a new way to institutionalize mentally ill and disabled people who are accused of serious crimes in an effort to ensure that dangerous people are not set free when their criminal cases end. The bipartisan effort...

Colorado activist convicted of doxxing Denver police commander in first-of-its-kind case

The Denver Post (Healthcare) 4/4 2:00A Shelly Bradbury

A Colorado community activist was convicted of doxxing a Denver police commander last week in a first-of-its-kind case that has fueled debate about whether the state s online privacy laws violate free speech rights. A jury in Denver County Court...