In The News
Through media coverage, articles and news releases, learn about The Colorado Trust, our grantees and our collective efforts to achieve access to health for all Coloradans.
- 08/13/09
"Medical Homes" Hospitable Option in Colorado, Elsewhere
The Denver Post
By Jennifer Brown
National reform proposals call for spreading the medical-home concept across the nation. In Colorado, the state Medicaid program began giving extra money last month to pediatricians' offices that are medical homes. The Colorado Trust is spending $1.4 million to help with research and technology at the clinics, and the Commonwealth Fund and the Harvard School of Public Health will use Colorado data to see whether medical homes save money and provide better care. - 07/19/09
Colorado's Budget: Untie State's Hands
The Denver Post
Opinion by Wade Buchanan, Chris Watney and Carol Hedges
This year, Colorado's General Fund revenues will hit their lowest point in recent history, and the implications are dire for the state and its residents. The Bell Policy Center's report Looking Forward: Colorado's Fiscal Prospects Amid a Financial Crisis looks at recent trends and calculates the costs of maintaining current state services through fiscal year 2012-13. It also projects the amount of revenues necessary to pay for them. - 06/19/09
Kaiser Donates $2.4 Million to Shore Up Rural Care
Colorado Springs Business Journal
By Amy Gillentine
Kaiser Permanente is giving $2.4 million to help train more medical professionals who will work in isolated areas the state. The effort is one of several: CU-Denver created a rural track four years ago to increase the number of students who practice in rural areas, and the Colorado Rural Health Center is dedicated to increasing the number of medical professionals throughout the state. The group administers several scholarships and outreach programs funded by The Colorado Trust, the Boettcher Foundation, the Colorado Medical Society and COPIC. - 06/18/09
Colorado Health Care Organizations Unveil Comprehensive Patient-centered Medical Home Programs
Business Wire
The Colorado Clinical Guidelines Collaborative and a coalition of Colorado health care organizations today announced parallel programs to test the viability and effectiveness of the Patient-centered Medical Home concept. A $1.4 million two-year initiative funded by The Colorado Trust will help provide enhanced compensation for 17 Colorado internal or family medicine practice sites that have agreed to serve as patient-centered medical homes to deliver expanded care and services to their patients. The Trust, along with The Commonwealth Fund and the Harvard School of Public Health, will also evaluate this demonstration project in Colorado to improve primary care delivery by aligning high quality, coordinated care with financial incentives. - 06/18/09
Collaborative Announces Health Care Program
Denver Business Journal
By Bob Mook
Five of Colorado's largest health insurance plans – Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Cigna, Humana and UnitedHealthcare – will contribute money to a pilot program that coordinates medical and reimbursement practices for 17 primary care practice sites in the state, with the goal of improving health care quality and managing costs. The program will provide participating practices with in-office coaching and technology through grants totaling $2.8 million from The Colorado Trust, the Commmonwealth Fund and the Colorado Health Foundation. - 06/11/09
CU Program Exposes Teens to Medical Work, with Rural Focus
Denver Post
By Claire Trageser
50 high school students from around Colorado are participating in a week-long program at the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora to build their interest in medical careers. The program, run by the University of Colorado Denver's Colorado Area Health Education Center, is funded by a grant from The Colorado Trust. - 06/11/09
Program Immerses Medical Students in Eastern Plains
9NEWS
By Nelson Garcia
The Colorado Area Health Education Center system is working with the University of Colorado-Denver Medical School on the Anschutz Campus in Aurora to get more students interested in working along the Eastern Plains. The program is funded by The Colorado Trust, a grant-making foundation in hopes of increasing availability of care throughout Colorado. - 05/29/09
Training for the Test
KCFR – Colorado Matters
By Sarah Huges
Through a grant from The Colorado Trust, the Littleton Immigrant Integration Initiative helps immigrants in the process to become U.S. citizens, including answering six of 10 citizenship questions correctly. - 05/18/09
Uninsured Children Can Get Affordable Health Care
CBS4 Denver
By Kathy Walsh
In September, the RMYC Kids Clinic at Crawford opened at Crawford Elementary School in Aurora. The clinic is one of 30 operated by Rocky Mountain Youth Clinics, offering medical, dental and mental health services in schools, community centers and shelters. - 05/17/09
The Never-ending Struggle in Mental Health
Daily Camera
By Erika Stutzman
Awareness and research about mental illness is on the rise. According to The Colorado Trust, Colorado’s average suicide rate has declined by 6.5 percent over the past decade, but we have one of the higher suicide rates in the country. And the National Alliance on Mental Illness graded the states on mental health treatment and services for 2009; Colorado earned a “C” grade, scoring highest in financing, core treatment and recovery services, and flunking in health promotion and measurement.