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Fake patients are just what the doctor ordered

Medical student Keith McNab examines "standardized patient" Jeannie Nelson of Highlands Ranch at Rocky Vista University. (John Leyba, The Denver Post) More than one nervous medical student has entered Robin Mulroney's hospital gown from the bottom to ...

From JENNIFER BROWN, Denver Post,  24 Nov 2009

Kaiser Permanente Colorado gains healthy boost in national ranking

Kaiser Permanente Colorado is climbing its way to the top among the state's health-insurance companies, snagging a No. 1 national ranking and along with it, a significant chunk of the competition's business. In what some see as a telling statement ...

From JENNIFER BROWN, Denver Post,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Kaiser Permanente,  U S News & World Report

Toddlers get cochlear implants, face a strange new world

cochlear implants soon after their first birthday — the Food and Drug Administration has approved the surgery for children as young as 12 months. For parents, that second the sound clicks on is overwhelming, nearly indescribable. ...

From JENNIFER BROWN, Denver Post,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Food and Drug Administration,  Bill Daniels,  Steve Williams

As more toddlers get cochlear implants, kids face a strange new world

Fat tears are rolling down Eva Riggs' tiny face, and even with a pacifier stuck between her pink lips, she's sobbing hysterically. The 1-year-old's parents, though, are choked up with happiness — beaming smiles and wet eyes. In this moment, which has ...

From JENNIFER BROWN, Denver Post,  15 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Food and Drug Administration,  Bill Daniels,  Steve Williams

Five major health-insurance players dominate in Colorado

ive major companies dominate the health-insurance market in Colorado, edging out some smaller competitors that failed to stake out a turf. Guardian stopped offering small-business health insurance in the state this year. Destiny Health recently ...

From JENNIFER BROWN THE DENVER POST, Vail Daily,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Aetna Inc.,  Kaiser Permanente,  Northwestern Mutual

Health insurers' antitrust exemption becoming a focus of reform debate

Dr. John Bender, a family physician in Fort Collins, says his power to negotiate with health-insurance companies packs the might of a tiny bug: "We are like gnats to them." About half of Bender's patients have either Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield or ...

From JENNIFER BROWN, Denver Post,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Center for American Progress,  Federal Trade Commission

Insurers needle Colorado on health care rate hike

Health-insurance companies are blaming significant rate increases this fall on a 2-year-old state law that prohibits them from charging small businesses more for having unhealthy workers. Some insurers are panning House Bill 1355, which most of them ...

From JENNIFER BROWN, Denver Post,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Bill Ritter,  Kaiser Permanente,  Anne McGihon,  U.S. Democratic Party

Hundreds in Denver, Colo. Springs still need hepatitis C testing

stole painkillers during the seven weeks last spring that she worked at Audubon. Kristen Diane Parker pleaded guilty to stealing the liquid painkiller fentanyl, then refilling the used syringes with ...

From JENNIFER BROWN, Denver Post,  2 Nov 2009

Colorado employers see 11.8% hike in cost of health insurance

sizes in Colorado and industries including construction, government and health care. Colorado business owners say the cost of offering health insurance to employees has climbed 11.8 percent compared with a year ago, according to a new ...

From JENNIFER BROWN, Denver Post,  30 Oct 2009

Study: Weight loss, diet fend off type 2 diabetes

It seemed to Margie McCandless she was destined to have diabetes. Her mother nearly lost her eyesight because of the disease. One of McCandless' seven diabetic aunts and uncles had to have his leg amputated. Even the sugar levels in McCandless' blood ...

From JENNIFER BROWN, Denver Post,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: David E Nathan,  Massachusetts General Hospital

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