Author: Ken Summers
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GUEST OPINION: Navigating Colorado’s uncertain rural healthcare road
Rural hospitals in Colorado are used to operating under a cloud of financial uncertainty, but recent policy changes could push many over the brink. The potential for higher drug costs as a result of new tariffs as well as sweeping cuts to Medicaid supplemental payments have intensified the financial strain on facilities that already operate…
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GUEST OPINION: Navigating Colorado’s uncertain rural healthcare road
Rural hospitals in Colorado are used to operating under a cloud of financial uncertainty, but recent policy changes could push many over the brink. The potential for higher drug costs as a result of new tariffs as well as sweeping cuts to Medicaid supplemental payments have intensified the financial strain on facilities that already operate…
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GUEST COLUMN: Combating the opioid crisis’ ‘stealth killer’
There is no doubt that the opioid crisis is one of the worst drug epidemics to ever sweep the country, killing almost 50,000 people last year alone. For many now struggling with addiction, the gateway to their current plight were prescription drugs that led them to harder street drugs when their prescription ran out or…