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06-17-2013 Arizona Gov. Brewer Signs Medicaid Expansion Arizona

06-17-2013 Health Care Hot-Spotting Targets The Sickest Patients Colorado

06-17-2013 Choice of Health Plans to Vary Sharply From State to State National

06-17-2013 Hospital CEO Bonuses Reward Volume And Growth National

06-17-2013 Aurora's New VA Hospital Has Long, Costly History Colorado

06-17-2013 Newpoint Healthcare Advisors Expands to St. Louis Colorado

06-17-2013 Colorado Hospital Overcharges in One Easy Chart Colorado

06-17-2013 Childless Adults Look Forward to Medicaid Expansion Arizona

06-17-2013 IRS Scandals Threaten Funding for Health Care Law National

06-17-2013 Panel Tells Congress Medicare Is Unfairly Penalizing Hospitals Serving The Poor National

06-13-2013 House Approves Medicaid Expansion, $8.8 Billion Budget Arizona

06-13-2013 Health Guides at 55 Sites Receive $17 Million for Outreach Colorado

06-13-2013 Small-Business Exchanges Draw Few Insurers National

06-13-2013 Kaiser's Obamacare Rates Surprise Analysts California

06-13-2013 Accenture Predicts Growth Surge for Retail Health Clinics as Overhaul Adds Insured Patients National

06-13-2013 Concerned Aspen Residents Fill Boardroom at Hospital Colorado

06-11-2013 Despite Legislative Panel defeat, Medicaid Bill Slated for Full House Vote Arizona

06-11-2013 Phoenix Children’s Hospital Named Among Best by U.S. News & World Report Arizona

06-11-2013 Children’s Hospital Colorado Places High in U.S. News Ranking Colorado

06-11-2013 Enrollment in Private Medicare Plans Hits Record High National

06-11-2013 AstraZeneca to Buy Pearl Therapeutics for Up to $1.1B Arizona

06-11-2013 New Healthcare Model Shows Promise by Cutting Costs National

06-11-2013 Arizona Insurers Must Pay for Telemedicine Arizona

06-06-2013 Database of Arizona Hospital Charges, Outcomes Now Posted on Web Arizona

06-06-2013 Feds Require Contingency Plans for Health Exchange Colorado

06-06-2013 Colorado HealthOP Appoints Dr. Jack Westfall as Chief Medical Officer Colorado

06-06-2013 Arizona’s Jan Brewer Becomes Unlikely Ally of Obamacare Arizona

06-06-2013 Rates Vary Widely, Should Promote Brisk Insurance Market Colorado

06-06-2013 Payson Hospital’s Bills Among Highest Arizona

06-06-2013 Swedish Medical Center Awarded Oncology Certification by The Joint Commission Colorado

06-06-2013 Exempla Lutheran Opens Spine Center at Denver West Colorado

06-03-2013 Gov. Brewer Clears Schedule in Effort to Hammer Out Medicaid Expansion Arizona

06-03-2013 Top of the List: Colorado's Biggest PPOs Colorado

06-03-2013 AZ Health Dept. to Roll Out Hospital Compare Tool Arizona

06-03-2013 Stephen Harris Talks New Technology at Arizona Heart Hospital Arizona

06-03-2013 DaVita Expands to Latin America with Colombia Move Colorado

06-03-2013 Will Consumers Sign On For Health Law’s Co-Ops? National

06-03-2013 Mesa Tax Would Help Hospitals With Rising Costs Arizona

06-03-2013 Health Care Costs More in U.S. Than Anywhere Else in World National

06-03-2013 Linigers Give $10 Million to Craig Hospital Colorado

06-03-2013 Health Exchange Options for Small Businesses Will be Limited Until 2015 National

05-30-2013 Colorado Hospital Profits Soar Despite Health Turbulence Colorado

05-30-2013 Medicaid Expansion Foes Shift Strategy Arizona

05-30-2013 Buckeye Veterans' Health Clinic to Shut Doors in June Arizona

05-30-2013 Employers Get Leeway on Health Incentives National

05-30-2013 Medicare Spending Variations Mostly Due To Health Differences, Study Concludes National

05-30-2013 Denver Hospitals Post Healthy Profits Colorado

05-27-2013 How Blue Cross Blue Shield is Bracing for Health Care Reform Arizona

05-27-2013 Hickenlooper Shifts Funds to Cover Health Exchange Colorado

05-27-2013 Threats, Vetoes Fly as Tensions Rise Over Medicaid Expansion Arizona

05-27-2013 Health Care Overhaul Faces Backlash from Once Supportive Labor Unions National

05-27-2013 One Strategy for Health-Law Costs: Self Insure National

05-27-2013 Hospital Charges Need a Fix Colorado

05-27-2013 ObamaCare Plans Cheaper than Expected in Key Rate Filing National

05-23-2013 Big Differences in Costs for Colorado Small-Group Coverage Under Health Reform Colorado

05-23-2013 Cheers for Brewer at Tucson Stop to Tout Medicaid Expansion Arizona

05-23-2013 Republican Arizona State Representative Says She got Threatening Message over Medicaid Support Arizona

05-23-2013 Insurers Feel Pressure from Health Group with Ties to White House National

05-23-2013 Tucson Health Startup Sinfonia Makes 4th Acquisition Arizona

05-23-2013 Health Insurers Submit Hundreds of New Plans Colorado

05-23-2013 Survey Finds Colorado Hispanics Uninformed About Obamacare Colorado

05-23-2013 Catholic Health Initiatives Paying More for Houston Hospitals than Reported Colorado

05-23-2013 How Will The ‘Unbanked’ Buy Insurance On The Exchanges? National

05-20-2013 Magellan Turned Down Second Time on Contract Arizona

05-20-2013 3 Colorado Hospital Execs Honored Colorado

05-20-2013 Ariz. Senate Passes Budget with Medicaid Expansion Arizona

05-20-2013 Brewer Wrestled with Decision on Medicaid Expansion Arizona

05-20-2013 Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer Staking Legacy on Medicaid Arizona

05-20-2013 More Insurers than Expected Line Up for Colorado Health Exchange Colorado

05-20-2013 John Sarpa Named Interim Hospital CEO Colorado

05-20-2013 Feds Make It Easier For States To Enroll Poor Under Health Law National

05-14-2013 Half of Small Business Owners Say Health Care Reform is Bad for Them National

05-14-2013 Tobin: Let Arizona Voters Decide on Medicaid Expansion Arizona

05-14-2013 Hickenlooper Signs Medicaid Bill Into Law Colorado

05-14-2013 Facility Fees Inflate Hospital Prices for Common Services Colorado

05-14-2013 Brewer, Business and Hospital Allies to Rally for Medicaid Expansion Arizona

05-14-2013 W.H. Won't Ding Medicaid Expansion Holdouts National

05-14-2013 Most Doctors Still Waiting On Medicaid Pay Raise National

05-14-2013 U.S. Proposes Rule on Medicaid Payment Cuts for Hospitals National

05-14-2013 Aspen Valley Hospital Expansion Approved Colorado

05-14-2013 Kaiser Closes on New Frontier Building Colorado

05-12-2013 Colorado Exchange Board Spars Over Federal Funding Colorado

05-12-2013 Nonprofit a New Arizona Health-Insurance Option Arizona

05-12-2013 Arizona Hospital-Pricing Bill Likely to Return to Brewer’s Desk Arizona

05-12-2013 Abortion Stays Center Stage in Arizona Push for Medicaid Expansion Arizona

05-12-2013 Colorado Hospitals Charge Up To 10 Times Medicare's Rates, Data Show Colorado

05-12-2013 Demand Fuels Growth of Denver-Area Rehabilitation Hospitals Colorado

05-12-2013 Colorado Launches $2M Ad Campaign for Coming Insurance Exchange Colorado

05-12-2013 How to Thrive in Any Economy: David Dexter, CEO of Sonora Quest Laboratories Arizona

05-12-2013 Hickenlooper: Health Care, Education Reform Keys to Drawing Small Business Colorado

05-12-2013 Huge Differences in Arizona Hospital Billing, Data Show Arizona

05-12-2013 Tucson Medical Center Unveils $134M Orthopaedic and Surgical Tower Arizona

05-12-2013 Humana to Hire 110 in Arizona, 500 Nationwide Arizona

05-12-2013 Colorado Hospitals Graded on Safety Colorado

05-06-2013 Brewer Still Confident Expanded Medicaid Will Pass Arizona

05-06-2013 CHIP Faces Uncertain Future National

05-06-2013 University of Colorado Hospital Tries to Make Its New ER Run More Like The Gap Colorado

05-06-2013 Hospitals in Underserved Areas Taking Different Roads to Recruit, Retain Physicians Arizona

05-06-2013 2 Studies Assert Lower Spending Growth Is Due To Structural Health Changes National

05-06-2013 Colorado Health Benefit Exchange Changes Name to Connect for Health Colorado Colorado

05-06-2013 State Spending On Consumer Assistance Could Have ‘Huge Impact’ On Marketplace Enrollment National

05-06-2013 Hospitals, Health Care Providers Backing Brewer’s Medicaid Plan Arizona

05-06-2013 TriZetto Chairman, CEO Devanny Steps Down Colorado

05-06-2013 Latinos Feeling Left Out of Health Reform National

05-02-2013 RegionalCare to Build 100-Bed Hospital in Arizona Arizona

05-02-2013 Arizona Abortion Issue Heightens Medicaid Standoff Arizona

05-02-2013 Second Thoughts On Medicaid From Oregon's Unique Experiment National

05-02-2013 Medicaid has Mixed Record on Improving Health for Poor, Study Says National

05-02-2013 Health Care Leaders Look Ahead Colorado

05-02-2013 Colorado Weighs Reopening Psychiatric Hospital For Homeless Colorado

05-02-2013 Advocates Reach Out to Older Hispanics as Health Law Takes Effect Arizona

05-02-2013 Small Businesses May Get Sticker Shock, Little Clarity from 1st Health Insurance Rate Requests National

04-30-2013 Aetna Cuts Predictions For Obamacare Enrollment National

04-30-2013 Colorado Medicaid Expansion Moves Forward With One Republican Vote Colorado

04-30-2013 Laying Bare Your Finances to Apply for Health Care National

04-30-2013 EMCH is Honored in Banner Colorado

04-30-2013 Obama: ‘We’re Pushing Very Hard’ To Meet Health Law Deadlines National

04-30-2013 Legislation Seeks to Stabilize Insurance Market Colorado

04-30-2013 Loveland's McKee Medical Center Wins Five 'Banner's Best' Awards Colorado

04-30-2013 Boulder Community Hospital in 'Serious Talks' to Sell Mapleton Center Colorado

04-30-2013 Colorado HealthOP Receives License from State of Colorado Colorado

04-30-2013 Medicare Plans to Boost Pay to U.S. Hospitals by 0.8% National

04-28-2013 Could Arizona Medicaid Expansion Vote Go to the Ballot? Brewer ‘Not Interested’ Arizona

04-28-2013 Insurance Prior-Authorization Measure is Back for a Second Attempt in Colorado Legislature Colorado

04-28-2013 Feds Won’t Match Funds for Scaled Down State Medicaid Programs Arizona

04-28-2013 Obamacare Exemption Talk Lights up Capitol Hill National

04-28-2013 Brewer's Opponents Play Up Abortion, ObamaCare, State Control in Medicaid Expansion Battle Arizona

04-28-2013 Feds OK Phoenix Hospital-Tax Plan to Aid Uninsured Arizona

04-28-2013 CVS Caremark Gives Nearly $100K to Arizona Businesses for Health Care Arizona

04-28-2013 Banner Health to Open Gilbert Health Center Arizona

04-28-2013 Nurses Fighting State By State For Minimum Staffing Laws National

04-28-2013 Southern Arizona's Demand for Nurses Never Ends Arizona

04-23-2013 Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix Tops for Teaching Arizona

04-23-2013 North Colorado Medical Center Tops in Banner Health Arizona

04-23-2013 Brewer, GOP in Medicaid Standoff Arizona

04-23-2013 Modern Healthcare Names Banner's John Hensing as Top Doctor Arizona

04-23-2013 Insurers Would Report ObamaCare Taxes Under GOP Bill National

04-23-2013 AZ Court Backs State in Chiropractor Case Arizona

04-23-2013 Breast-Cancer Bill Raises a Question of Balance Colorado

04-23-2013 Lack of Competition Might Hamper Health Exchanges National

04-21-2013 Scottsdale Healthcare, John C. Lincoln Health Network Say Affiliation is Not a Merger Arizona

04-21-2013 Former Denver Health CEO Dr. Patricia Gabow Joins Robert Wood Johnson Board Colorado

04-21-2013 Magellan Protest Rejected in Hunt for Maricopa County Contract Arizona

04-21-2013 Banner Health Buying Arizona Regional Medical Center Arizona

04-21-2013 New Banner Campus Approved by City Planning Board Colorado

04-21-2013 Catholic Health Initiatives to Buy Houston Hospital System in $2B Deal Colorado

04-21-2013 Bipartisan Center Offers Plan To Reduce Health Spending National

04-21-2013 Nearly 500,000 Coloradans Will Qualify for New Obamacare Subsidy Colorado

04-16-2013 Brewer, Arizona Hospital Executives Become Political Allies Arizona

04-16-2013 Catholic Health Initiatives a Finalist to Buy Houston Hospital System Colorado

04-16-2013 Banner Health Cracks Top 5 Large Health Systems National

04-16-2013 Arizona Medical-Cost Bill Back After Veto Arizona

04-16-2013 Insurers Flock to Private Exchanges National

04-16-2013 Medicaid Expansion Advances In Colorado Colorado

04-16-2013 Aguilar Kills Her State-Run Health Care Measure Colorado

04-16-2013 Sunrise Receives $4.15 Million Donation, Expansion to Move Forward Colorado

04-11-2013 Aspen Hospital Chief Dave Ressler Tenders Resignation Colorado

04-11-2013 Arizona Regional Medical Center Closing Due to Financial Stresses Arizona

04-11-2013 Humana CEO: Health Insurance Will Go the Way of Pensions National

04-11-2013 Obama Proposes $5.6B in Medicare Payment Cuts for FY 2014 National

04-11-2013 HHS Seeking $1.5B In Funding To Run Federal Health Insurance Exchanges Arizona

04-11-2013 Pima County Supervisors Support Governor’s Medicaid Plan Arizona

04-11-2013 Jan Brewer: 'Hairy Arms' May Stop Medicaid Plan Arizona

04-11-2013 Aspen Officials Grill Hospital Project Team Colorado

04-11-2013 Colorado’s Pitch For New Business: Healthy, Lean Workers Cost Less Colorado

04-11-2013 ‘Risks’ Loom for Health Exchange Technology Colorado

04-11-2013 Colorado's Health Exchange Strips Goals to Minimum as Deadline Looms Colorado

04-08-2013 Colorado Universal Healthcare Bill May Die on Calendar Colorado

04-08-2013 TMC Quits Project for Hospital in Green Valley, but Plans Go forward Anyway Arizona

04-08-2013 State-Run Health Care Passes 1st Committee in Legislature Colorado

04-08-2013 Worries Mount About Enrolling Consumers In Federally Run Insurance Exchanges National

04-08-2013 Arizona Businesses Offered New, More Flexible Way to Purchase Healthcare Coverage Arizona

04-08-2013 McCusker’s Sinfonia Acquires Share of Assurance Home Care Arizona

04-08-2013 Doctors Disagree on AHCCCS Expansion Arizona

04-08-2013 Colorado's Health Care Exchange Has Advantage Over Fed's Colorado

04-08-2013 Sunrise Community Health to Expand in Loveland Colorado

04-04-2013 Colorado to Open Small Business Health Care Exchange on Time Colorado

04-04-2013 Magellan Sues Maricopa Integrated Health System After Losing $700M Mental Health Contract Arizona

04-04-2013 Citing the Sequester, Cancer Clinics Reject Medicare Patients National

04-04-2013 YRMC's Heart Center Adds Hybrid Operating Room Arizona

04-04-2013 Gov. Brewer Signs Bill Supporting Military Healthcare Training Arizona

04-04-2013 Catholic Health Initiatives Deal with Northwest Health System Falls Through Colorado

04-04-2013 Walgreens Becomes 1st Retail Chain To Diagnose, Treat Chronic Conditions National

04-04-2013 Tricare Lacking for Some Tied to Military Arizona

04-04-2013 HHS Sets Rules for ObamaCare 'Navigators' National

04-04-2013 House GOP Releases Revised Proposal for Replacing SGR National

04-04-2013 Hospitals Brace for Sequestration-Related Cuts Colorado

04-04-2013 TriZetto Opens World HQ in Douglas County Colorado

04-01-2013 Lawmaker: Universal Health Plan Could Cut Costs Colorado

04-01-2013 Tucson Hospital Leaders Endorse AHCCCS Expansion Arizona

04-01-2013 Group Pushes for Vote on Single-Payer Health Care in Colorado Colorado

04-01-2013 United Healthcare Takes Over From TriWest Healthcare on $2.5B Contract Arizona

04-01-2013 "Mind-boggling" Hospital Drug Shortages Hit Basics, Gaps Reach High Colorado

04-01-2013 Banner Estrella Named a Top Performing Hospital Arizona

04-01-2013 Maryland’s Tough New Hospital Spending Proposal Seen As 'Nationally Significant' National

04-01-2013 Magellan Mulls Options With Loss of $700M Deal Arizona

04-01-2013 SCL Health System to Work With Home-Care Company Colorado

04-01-2013 HealthSouth Joins Medical Cluster Colorado

03-27-2013 Tech Troubles Could Hobble Health Exchange Colorado

03-27-2013 Study: Claims Costs that Drive Premiums Will Rise 32 Percent in Under Health Law National

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