Complaints about safety and quality of care in West Springs Hospital's adolescent unit have prompted state regulators to shut part of the facility and withhold authorization for Medicaid patients until concerns are investigated. Itâs the only psychiatric hospital serving the West Slope. Photo courtesy Dean Humphrey/COLab
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State shuts down only West Slope psych hospital
By Susan Greene/COLab
Colorado’s new Behavioral Health Administration shut down part of the Western Slope’s only psychiatric hospital on Sept. 28 in response to complaints about the quality and safety of the care it gives teenagers and kids as young as seven.
The same day, the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing said it will withhold payment for any new Medicaid inpatients until investigators complete a review of safety concerns at West Springs Hospital in Grand Junction. That means...
