July 20, 2012

Pieces of new health-care law falling into place

A Broomfield woman recently got a visit from a health-care provider at home the day after she got out of the hospital.

She had rushed to the hospital a few days earlier with chest pains that she thought could be a heart attack. I’m not telling you her name to protect her privacy.

The health-care provider who visited her changed two of the woman’s angina-related medications, which she said made her more comfortable.

The woman is one of 6,000 Medicaid patients at Clinica Family Medical Services who now are enrolled in a new accountable-care organization program, according to Susan Wortman, development director at…

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