Seth Klamann is a statehouse reporter at the Denver Post, covering policy, state government and the legislature. He previously worked for the Gazette, the Casper Star-Tribune and the Omaha World-Herald. He's a graduate of the University of Missouri and a proud Kansas City native.
A bipartisan group of Colorado lawmakers is again moving to direct a special $5 million infusion to Denver Health amid rising concerns about the hospital’s financial security and fears of a potential descent into a “death spiral.”
Still, because of Denver Health’s outsized role in the Colorado health care ecosystem, the committee’s six members unanimously supported directing the $5 million to the hospital,. The hospital is a safety net facility that provides care, including high-level trauma and substance use treatment, to patients from across the state, including low-income and indigent residents.
In addition to approving the $5 million payment to the hospital, which will be allocated in the coming months through the legislature’s budget-drafting process, legislators also directed the health care policy department to work with Denver Health on a long-term solution to its financial woes and to try to match the state’s money with federal dollars.
The money likely would be allocated to the hospital on July 1 as part of the state’s broader budget, Bird said. Lawmakers are working on separate legislation that would allow the state to more easily support Denver Health going forward, potentially starting with this latest $5 million infusion.
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