Category: Fall 2026 Colorado Medicine
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Cover: Restoring choice, humanity and physician leadership in medicine
Read More: Cover: Restoring choice, humanity and physician leadership in medicineSean Pauzauskie, MD As physicians, our days constantly revolve around choices. Some are routine. Some are complex. And some may change the course of a patient’s life. I find myself thinking about a simple but essential question: As we continue to make these choices, who really gets to make the important decisions in health care?…
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COMPAC: A nonpartisan voice for Colorado physicians
Read More: COMPAC: A nonpartisan voice for Colorado physiciansSupporting candidates across party lines who share a commitment to Colorado’s patients and physicians Cecilia Comerford-Ames, CMS Communications Manager COMPAC (Colorado Medical Political Action Committee) is committed to supporting candidates who understand, or are willing to learn, the critical health care issues that impact physicians and patients across Colorado. State elections are highly important because…
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Burned out by burnout? Physician coaching offers a way forward
Read More: Burned out by burnout? Physician coaching offers a way forwardLaura Martin, MD, Associate Medical Director, CPHP We’ve all seen it, most of us have felt it, and a few of us have conquered it without changing jobs or taking a break from our medical careers: burnout. Over the last two decades, we’ve come to better understand the prevalence and sequelae of burnout. We’ve felt…
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Three Colorado health systems recognized for advancing physician wellbeing
Read More: Three Colorado health systems recognized for advancing physician wellbeingThe American Medical Association Joy in Medicine recognition highlights system-level efforts to reduce physician burnout Cecilia Comerford-Ames, CMS Communications Manager Physician wellbeing cannot be solved by individual resilience. System-level changes have the ability to create some of the comprehensive changes needed to support the physicians caring for our communities. The American Medical Association’s Joy in…
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Member benefit spotlight: The doctor in the family: Planning for the care you’ve always provided
Read More: Member benefit spotlight: The doctor in the family: Planning for the care you’ve always providedThe call came on a Tuesday afternoon, between patients. Maria, a family physician, listened as her mother explained that her father had collapsed in the kitchen. By evening, the CT confirmed what Maria suspected: a left-hemisphere stroke. Her father survived. What followed was the part no one in her family was prepared for, except, in…
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Moments that matter: Colorado physicians connect, learn and recharge at the 2026 Annual Meeting
Read More: Moments that matter: Colorado physicians connect, learn and recharge at the 2026 Annual MeetingKate Alfano, CMS Director of Member Engagement Throughout the weekend of the Colorado Medical Society Annual Meeting, physicians and their guests reconnected, forged new relationships, exchanged ideas and enjoyed well-deserved time together while exploring some of the most important issues facing medicine today. The meeting opened with an unforgettable keynote from Tracee Metcalfe, MD, who…
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Copic Comment: Building more connected care: Copic Medical Foundation’s 2027 funding opportunity
Read More: Copic Comment: Building more connected care: Copic Medical Foundation’s 2027 funding opportunityGerald Zarlengo, MD, Chairman and CEO, Copic Fragmentation in health care is a serious issue many clinicians experience. It can range from a patient struggling to navigate follow-up appointments after leaving the hospital to a specialist lacking access to critical information. Care transitions create gaps that can lead to confusion, delayed treatment, duplicative services, preventable…
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Partner Spotlight: The hidden cost of RCM denials: Stop chasing lost revenue and start preventing it
Read More: Partner Spotlight: The hidden cost of RCM denials: Stop chasing lost revenue and start preventing itJames Muir, SVP Physician Services, UnisLink Claim denials have quietly become one of the most significant threats to independent medical practice viability. Across the health care landscape, the average initial claim denial rate hovers between 16 percent and 19 percent, with some specialties seeing even higher spikes. Worse, the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) estimates…
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Final word: Colorado health leaders working to find common ground
Read More: Final word: Colorado health leaders working to find common groundSean Pauzauskie, MD, CMS PresidentRachelle Klammer, MD, CMS President-elect Colorado’s health care system is under pressure from every direction. Premiums keep rising. Rural hospitals are fighting to stay open, and practices struggle to hire and retain staff. Physicians see the effects in their exam rooms. What has been harder to find is a shared plan.…