Black Health
Acute Care Safety-net Birthing-friendly

University Of Colorado Hospital Authority

12605 E 16th Ave, Aurora, CO 80045 · (720) 848-0000

CMS rating

5/5

Overall hospital rating

Ownership

Public / government

Government - Hospital District or Authority

CMS Provider #

060024

Source: CMS Hospital Compare

(720) 848-0000

CMS Hospital Compare measure groups

Mortality

7

measures reported

1 better than national

Safety

8

measures reported

3 better than national

Readmission

11

measures reported

1 better than national

Patient experience

8

HCAHPS dimensions

Timely & effective

12

measures reported

University Of Colorado Hospital Authority in context

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL AUTHORITY is an acute-care hospital in Aurora, Colorado, running as a hospital-district public facility. The facility is Medicare-certified under CMS Certification Number 060024, which is the join key across Hospital Compare, MACRA, and most state discharge scorecards.

CMS Hospital Compare assigns this facility an overall rating of 5 of 5 stars — the top tier on CMS's 1–5 scale. On measure groups versus the national rate, the facility is: 1 better of 7 mortality; 3 better of 8 safety; 1 better of 11 readmission. CMS's composite rating weights mortality, safety, readmission, patient experience, and timely & effective care across all reporting measures; it is not stratified by patient race.

Operationally: UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL AUTHORITY operates an emergency department (EMTALA-covered, which means it must screen and stabilize any patient regardless of ability to pay), and the CMS Birthing-Friendly designation, which requires attesting to the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM) obstetric safety bundles.

Statewide context: Denver Health is one of the nation's oldest public safety-net systems and operates both the Denver County trauma center and the city's federally qualified community clinic network.

For Black patients

If you are a Black patient being seen at UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL AUTHORITY in Aurora, Colorado, a few concrete steps:

  • Bring an advocate. National data from CDC's Black maternal mortality review show the single biggest reduction in missed-diagnosis rates comes from a second set of ears in the room — a partner, a doula, a family member. Ask in advance that they be credentialed as a visitor; the hospital cannot turn away a designated support person.
  • If you need ongoing primary care, our Colorado provider directory filters to physicians who accept Medicaid and speak Spanish / Haitian Creole / ASL where relevant. Filter to your insurance first.
  • If the hospital doesn't take your coverage, the closest Federally Qualified Health Center is listed under our FQHCs in this area. FQHCs serve every patient on a sliding-fee scale regardless of insurance status.
  • For help paying for care, the state Medicaid navigator at /medicaid/colorado/ explains eligibility, documents, and how to apply (same-day presumptive eligibility for pregnancy).
  • If you are treated dismissively or your pain is ignored, every Medicare-certified hospital is required by CMS Conditions of Participation (42 CFR 482.13) to have a grievance procedure; file in writing and request the CMS regional office contact if the hospital ombuds does not respond within seven days.

Alternatives & nearby care

Sliding-scale clinics

FQHCs near Aurora

Federally Qualified Health Centers — take Medicaid and uninsured on sliding scale.

Providers

Providers in CO

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State rollup

All hospitals in Colorado

Safety-net systems, state scorecard, rollups by CMS star rating.

References & primary sources

  • CMS Hospital Compare — Hospital General Information (the primary source for overall star rating, measure-group counts, ownership, ER, birthing-friendly flag): data.cms.gov/provider-data/dataset/xubh-q36u.
  • CMS Care Compare facility profile — this hospital's public page: Care Compare.gov search by CCN.
  • 42 CFR Part 482 — Medicare Conditions of Participation for Hospitals (source for grievance-procedure rights + EMTALA): ecfr.gov / Title 42 Part 482.
  • Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM) — the obstetric safety bundles underlying the CMS Birthing-Friendly designation: saferbirth.org.

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