Colorado bill would ban “facility fees” from certain medical bills. Hospitals say it could end their outpatient care

Steven Federico, chief government and community affairs officer at Denver Health, estimated the bill could cost the hospital about $97 million. If it passed, Denver Health would have no way to pay for care coordination and could have to reduce outpatient services, he said. “Twenty-first century care is really outpatient care, and furthermore it’s team-based care,” he said. “If facility fees were eliminated, we would not be able to provide 21st century care.”