Centura joins unique initiative to cut healthcare costs in Colorado

Modern Healthcare: An ambitious effort to lower healthcare costs is taking shape in Summit County, Colo., and its leaders announced a major step forward Tuesday.

Peak Health Alliance, a group of employers and individuals that together represent roughly 6,000 people, has directly negotiated payment rates for services with the area's major health system and the county's only hospital provider, Centura Health. The group will now send that contract to health insurers and solicit bids to see who can create the best plan.

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