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Colorado settles lawsuit over lack of children's mental health care

(8 days ago) WEBThe lawsuit from Disability Law Colorado also included three anonymous plaintiffs, all teenagers with acute mental health struggles. A 15-year-old boy from Northglenn, called Plaintiff A.A., has cycled in and out of hospitals and residential …

https://coloradosun.com/2024/04/09/children-mental-health/

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Class-action lawsuit says Colorado is failing at children’s mental …

(5 days ago) WEBThe exterior of Children's Hospital Colorado in Aurora, photographed on Oct. 18, 2019. (John Ingold, The Colorado Sun) Colorado has lapsed on its obligation …

https://coloradosun.com/2021/09/08/mental-health-lawsuit-children-medicaid/

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Lawsuit alleges inadequate mental health care for Colorado teens

(9 days ago) WEBYoung people can use the app to report mental health or substance use needs, and will be directed to Colorado’s statewide crisis response system. (Moe …

https://coloradonewsline.com/briefs/lawsuit-inadequate-mental-health-care-colorado-teens/

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Hundreds left in jails as Colorado’s state mental …

(Just Now) WEBColorado was required under the terms of the 2012 lawsuit to provide a mental health evaluation or treatment within 28 days of arrest, a timeline the state has long struggled to meet. The larger of the two state …

https://coloradosun.com/2023/07/06/state-mental-hospitals-nursing-shortage-jail/

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Colorado family struggles to find a solution for daughter who's in …

(3 days ago) WEBColorado family fights for daughter caught in mental health system 02:23. In a rapid and simple hearing Monday, a judge in Jefferson County moved to order 24-year …

https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/colorado-family-struggles-solution-daughter-court-jail-hospitals/

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Lawsuit alleges hospital failed to report teen's abuse

(7 days ago) WEBUpdated: 5:08 PM MST February 28, 2024. AURORA, Colo. — Despite a teen disclosing a horrific pattern of physical and sexual abuse by her half-brother, a …

https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/lawsuit-alleges-childrens-hospital-colorado-failed-to-report-abuse/73-115b959f-9a65-4b9d-8484-180ad767ccdf

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Settlement Agreement Announced in Lawsuit Involving Intensive

(8 days ago) WEBDepartment of Health Care Policy & Financing 720-626-0801 (Cell) Denver, CO - The Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF) and attorneys …

https://hcpf.colorado.gov/press-release/settlement-agreement-behavioral-health

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Federal class action lawsuit draws attention to children …

(Just Now) WEBThe news release from Mental Health Colorado notes services Colorado 42nd nationally for prevalence of youth mental illness and access to care according to the 2021 State of Mental Health in …

https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/federal-class-action-lawsuit-draws-attention-to-children-with-mental-health-issues/article_54b2d0ee-0cd5-11ec-b5bf-837c7ba83f6f.html

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Colorado Medicaid program settles lawsuit over lack of mental …

(2 days ago) WEBColorado must hire an outside consultant to examine its mental health services for children after a class-action lawsuit claimed the state’s policies are resulting …

https://www.allsides.com/news/2024-04-09-0350/healthcare-colorado-medicaid-program-settles-lawsuit-over-lack-mental-health

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ACLU of Colorado sues Children's Hospital Colorado 9news.com

(1 days ago) WEBThe lawsuit, filed on behalf of 18-year-old Caden Kent, which is a pseudonym, says Kent began receiving care at Children's Hospital Colorado's TRUE …

https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/aclu-childrens-hospital-colorado-lawsuit/73-3e991c20-202b-4167-9d04-12198a2872cb

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Colorado State Mental Health Hospital Problems Are Hurting State

(2 days ago) WEBFifty-three beds are closed at the Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Pueblo, and 22 of 44 new forensic beds cannot open at the Colorado Mental Health …

https://www.westword.com/news/colorado-mental-health-hospital-problems-hurting-justice-system-17919448

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Colorado violating Medicaid mandate by not providing mental …

(8 days ago) WEBColorado violating Medicaid mandate by not providing mental health services to children, lawsuit alleges The suit was filed against the head of the sate …

https://www.denverpost.com/2021/09/03/colorado-medicaid-mandate-mental-health/

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Colorado patient held against will released after FOX31 inquiry

(1 days ago) WEBThe Colorado Department of Human Services told the Problem Solvers that if a hospital wants to keep a patient on a mental health hold beyond 72 hours, it has …

https://kdvr.com/news/problem-solvers/psych-patient-held-against-will-discharged-after-problem-solvers-inquiry/

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Work begins on addressing violations at Colorado mental hospital: …

(1 days ago) WEBVarious problems at the Pueblo mental hospital contributed to Colorado ranking worst of the nation's 49 other states and the District of Columbia for adults with a …

https://gazette.com/mental-health-crisis/work-begins-on-addressing-violations-at-colorado-mental-hospital-we-re-using-a-system-that/article_aef243d8-3e57-11ec-b535-33ebdbe4cc66.html

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Whistleblower: False diagnosis kept patient unconstitutionally …

(9 days ago) WEBThe accusations from Erica Palmer, a psychologist at the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo, emerged in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Denver on …

https://gazette.com/news/local/whistleblower-false-diagnosis-kept-patient-unconstitutionally-confined-at-colorado-mental-hospital/article_58b13e96-3832-11ec-9de2-afdd9766e4e1.html

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Judge grants employees immunity over mental health lawsuit

(6 days ago) WEBThe main entrance to the Colorado Mental Health Institute in Pueblo. Debbie Kelley, Gazette file. A federal judge last month granted immunity to two …

https://www.coloradopolitics.com/courts/federal-judge-gives-immunity-state-employees-man-mental-commitment/article_f2960802-000e-11ee-9de3-f7c3fdf9de92.html

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Federal class action lawsuit draws attention to children with mental

(Just Now) WEBMental Health Colorado advocates for every Coloradan who experiences a mental health or substance use condition each year. We engage policymakers, providers, the public, …

https://www.mentalhealthcolorado.org/federal-class-action-lawsuit-draws-attention-to-children-with-mental-health-issues/

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Pueblo mental health hospital employees file disputes over rebid …

(5 days ago) WEBA record number of Colorado Mental Health Institute of Pueblo employees filed partnership agreement disputes with the institution over the rebid process it started …

https://www.chieftain.com/story/news/2023/06/19/pueblo-mental-health-hospital-employees-file-record-number-of-disputes-rebid-process/70326785007/

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Pueblo mental hospital violated whistleblower act in employee …

(1 days ago) WEBA judge ruled that a superior at the Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Pueblo violated whistleblower laws when he demoted an employee last year. The …

https://www.chieftain.com/story/news/2023/09/29/pueblo-mental-hospital-violated-whistleblower-act-in-employee-demotion/71006193007/

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Agreement aims to expand community behavioral health services …

(4 days ago) WEBDENVER (March 15, 2019) — The Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) has reached an agreement that resolves an eight-year-old federal lawsuit over wait times for …

https://cdhs.colorado.gov/press-release/agreement-aims-to-expand-community-behavioral-health-services-and-shorten-wait-times

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A Colorado family's struggle with young woman's mental illness

(5 days ago) WEBOlivia Schack is now 24. She has been at the Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Pueblo for nearly a year as she is evaluated to see if she is competent to stand trial. Four times, …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/a-colorado-familys-struggle-with-young-womans-mental-illness-faces-frightening-reality/ar-AA1nCCqb

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Colorado is creating more competency dockets to help people …

(3 days ago) WEBOn Friday afternoon, there were 313 people in Colorado waiting for a bed at an inpatient psychiatric facility, with an average wait time of 92 days, said Jordan Saenz, …

https://coloradosun.com/2024/04/29/competency-dockets-colorado/

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Lawsuit accuses Clear View Behavioral Health of 'racketeering'

(Just Now) WEBDENVER – A Denver-based attorney has filed a lawsuit against the parent company of the Clear View Behavioral Health center in Johnstown in which he accuses …

https://www.denver7.com/news/investigations/clear-view-investigation/denver-attorney-accuses-northern-colorado-mental-health-hospital-of-racketeering-in-lawsuit

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A broken system: Colorado struggles to uphold laws requiring

(5 days ago) WEBIn the meantime, the federal lawsuit and court order have forced the state to review Colorado’s entire mental health system. Werthwein has asked the Office of …

https://www.rmpbs.org/blogs/news/a-broken-system-colorado-struggles-to-uphold-laws-requiring-timely-mental-competency-service-for-detainees-despite-losing-lawsuits-and-years-of-failure/

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Parents to learn more about youth mental health crisis with …

(5 days ago) WEBChildren’s reports Colorado adolescents ages 11 to 18 have seen their rate of poor mental health double since 2018. In 2023, Children’s Colorado saw almost …

https://www.kktv.com/2024/04/23/parents-learn-more-about-youth-mental-health-crisis-with-tuesdays-childrens-hospital-colorado-townhall/

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Colorado family fights for daughter caught in mental health …

(6 days ago) WEBIn a quick hearing, a Jefferson County judge moved to order a 24-year-old to remain at the Colorado Mental Health Hospital at Pueblo for six more weeks despite …

https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/video/colorado-family-fights-for-daughter-caught-in-mental-health-system/

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Colorado Hospital Patient Holds on to $15 Million Damages Award

(6 days ago) WEBA Colorado man demonstrated good cause for lifting the state’s $1 million cap on medical malpractice damages in a lawsuit stemming from back surgery where …

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/colorado-hospital-patient-holds-on-to-15-million-damages-award

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MultiPlan, major payers accused of colluding in provider lawsuit

(2 days ago) WEBThe class-action complaint was filed last week in an Illinois district court by Allegiance Health Management, a Louisiana-based for-profit with more than a dozen …

https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/payers/multiplan-major-payers-again-accused-colluding-new-provider-class-action

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CA hospitals sue Anthem insurance, allege treatment delays

(3 days ago) WEBLea esta historia en Español. Medical insurance delays can keep someone in a hospital bed much longer than they need to be waiting for after-care services like …

https://calmatters.org/health/2024/04/anthem-lawsuit-insurance/

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2nd lawsuit filed against Michigan over brutal assault at state-run

(9 days ago) WEBWESTLAND, Mich. – Michigan has been hit with another lawsuit over the Hawthorn Center, the only state-run psychiatric hospital for children. A 10-year-old boy …

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/investigations/2024/04/23/2nd-lawsuit-filed-against-michigan-over-brutal-assault-at-state-run-hospital/

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