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This is a list of hospitals in the U.S. state of Colorado. The American Hospital Directory lists 60 hospitals in Colorado in 2024. The American Hospital Directory lists 60 hospitals in Colorado in 2024.
Stark Law is a set of United States federal laws that prohibit physician self-referral, specifically a referral by a physician of a Medicare or Medicaid patient to an entity for the provision of designated health services ("DHS") if the physician (or an immediate family member) has a financial relationship with that entity.
The company was founded by Kerry Hicks, David Hicks, Peter Fatianow, John Neal, and Sarah Lochran, and is based in Denver, Colorado. [3] Jeff Hallock serves as RVO Health's CEO. [3] According to USA Today, Healthgrades is the first comprehensive physician rating and comparison database. [8]
In medicine, referral is the transfer of care for a patient from one clinician or clinic to another by request. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Tertiary care is usually done by referral from primary or secondary medical care personnel.
The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) is the principal department of the Colorado state government [2] responsible for administering the Health First Colorado and Child Health Plan Plus programs as well as a variety of other programs for Colorado's low-income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities.
Swedish Medical Center was the first hospital in Colorado to use MRI and CT technology, as well as angiography. Swedish is a regional referral center for neurotrauma and in 2003 it was designated one of the three Level I Trauma Centers in Colorado. [1] Swedish also became the first Comprehensive Stroke Center in Colorado in 2004.
HealthONE is the largest healthcare system in the metro Denver area, [1] with 10,000 employees and 3,000 affiliated physicians. [citation needed] HealthOne is a part of HCA Healthcare. [2] [3] HealthONE was established when P/SL Healthcare bought AMI's Colorado assets in 1991.
A 2007 study found that a patient being cared for by a physician who practiced self-referral for imaging studies was 1.196 to 3.228 times more likely to have an imaging study done as compared to a patient being cared for by a physician who did not practice self-referral. [4]