Colorado Medicaid agency could claw back $60 million from Denver Health and rural hospitals

Colorado Medicaid agency could claw back $60 million from Denver Health and rural hospitals

Colorado’s Medicaid agency says a recent court verdict could force it to claw back and redistribute nearly $60 million in funds from Denver Health and rural hospitals, but industry groups contend the state is overselling the impact and should eat the costs. The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing lost a case in Denver District Court in May over a seemingly academic question: whether UCHealth’s Memorial Hospital in Colorado Sp…

Medicaid agency could claw back nearly $60M from hospitals – BizWest

A recent court verdict could force Colorado’s Medicaid agency to claw back and redistribute nearly $60 million in funds from Denver Health and other hospitals, but industry groups contend the state is overselling the impact and should eat the costs.