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A company tasked with caring for some of Colorado’s sickest people failed to consistently provide basic services like insulin injections for more than a year before state and federal authorities intervened, as its profit-driven leaders recruited more clients than they could handle, former employees allege. The Denver Post spoke to seven former employees and board members of InnovAge, a Denver-based elder care provider, and reviewed hundreds of pages of lawsuits, federal inspection reports and whistleblower complaints. All painted a picture of an organization so focused on growth that it continued signing up new people — including some homeless Denver residents who didn’t qualify — while struggling to serve clients it already had. The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing announced in December that it would no longer pay for InnovAge to care for new clients covered by Medicaid in the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, or PACE, which offers services … [Read more...] about Denver’s InnovAge was struggling long before Medicare stopped paying

At 1:05 a.m. on a crisp February morning in Boulder, 52-year-old Sheila Luna laid her head back on the hospital bed in her moonlit living room, closed her eyes and took her last breath. Her death did not come without warning. Ever since the day 14 months earlier when doctors diagnosed her with late-stage colon cancer, Sheila and her husband Charles had been planning for what would happen next. A quiet and pragmatic scientist who shifted to medical herbalism late in her career, Sheila had always felt at peace forging through the wilderness with a backpack or sitting cross-legged on a rock by a stream. In death, the last thing she wanted was to pollute the ground with chemically treated casket wood or foul the air with toxic cremation emissions. Charles, a quick-witted marketing exec, had loved her desperately from the moment they met in college 27 years earlier, through their adventures across 19 countries and the raising of their two daughters. To him, the thought of handing her … [Read more...] about With water cremation, body composting and open-air pyres, Coloradans are pioneering a new kind of death care

In the earliest days of the United States, John Adams wrote to his wife, Abigail, about the celebration of independence: “It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires, and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more.” “Bonfires and illuminations” refer directly to what we know today as pyrotechnics and fireworks displays. advertisement advertisement I’m a chemist and also president of Pyrotechnics Guild International, an organization that promotes the safe use of fireworks and using them here in the U.S. to celebrate Independence Day and other festivals throughout the year. As a chemist, and someone who leads demonstrations for chemistry students, I consider fireworks a great example of combustion reactions that produce colored fire. But the invention of colored fireworks is relatively recent, and not all colors are easy to produce. Early history of … [Read more...] about The science of fireworks colors, explained

TikTok and other social media platforms are attempting to clamp down on posts highlighting certain toxic herbs that some say might stop a pregnancy, as doctors sound the alarm over their potentially fatal effects for the person taking them. The posts appear to be warnings on substances that pregnant people should avoid, while providing detailed information on how they could cause miscarriages when ingested. Medical professionals saw an uptick of such content after a draft Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade – a law that provided federal protection for abortion rights for five decades – was leaked in May, and even more after that decision was confirmed the following month. Rolling Stone reported that some hashtags and videos on TikTok especially have been viewed hundreds of thousands of times. They became so prevalent that Josh Trebach, an emergency physician and medical toxicologist, was compelled to tweet on the dangers of such posts. "There is no herbal or plant or … [Read more...] about Deadly abortion misinformation rings alarm bells for doctors, TikTok

The Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris. Airlines worked Saturday to deliver luggage to passengers around the world after a technical breakdown left at least 1,500 bags stuck at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, the latest of several tangles hitting travelers this summer. The airports baggage sorting system had a technical malfunction Friday that caused 15 flights to depart without luggage, leaving about 1,500 bags on the ground, according to the airport operating company. The airport handled about 1,300 flights overall Friday, the operator said. Union activists said many more passengers flew without their bags, apparently because of knock-on effects from the original breakdown. It came as airport workers are on strike at French airports to demand more hiring and more pay to keep up with high global inflation. Because of the strike, aviation authorities canceled 17% of flights out of the Paris airports Friday morning, and another 14% were canceled Saturday. Passengers on … [Read more...] about Nearly 1,500 bags stuck at Paris airport as glitch hits amid travel boom

Absurdly Driven looks at the world of business with a skeptical eye and a firmly rooted tongue in cheek. Can pizza really make a significant difference in our lives? Other than to make us bigger, that is? Domino's believes it can. The company's marketing department has taken a look at America's infrastructure and said to itself: "Who can do something about this? Why, we're used to filling holes in our customers' entrails. It should clearly be us." And so it's launched something called Paving for Pizza . No, the idea isn't to get prisoners to pave roads and pay them in pizza. Thankfully. Instead, Domino's insists that imperfect infrastructure is affecting its business, and it has a solution: Potholes, cracks, and bumps in the road can cause irreversible damage to your pizza during the drive home from Domino's. We can't stand by and let your cheese slide to one side, your toppings get un-topped, or your boxes get flipped. So we're … [Read more...] about Want the Potholes on Your Street Fixed? Call Domino’s

Many expected that the appearance of Colin Kaepernick in Nike ads could bring sales down and turn the brand's slogan from "Just Do It" to "Really Did It This Time." But a new report that came out today suggests the sportswear company had a big boost, with online sales up 31 percent between the Sunday of Labor Day weekend to Tuesday. That compares to last year's 17 percent for the same period, according to Edison Trends. Yup, really did it, and it was a hit. Politics traditionally has been a difficult subject for companies. Recently, with increased polarization across the political spectrum, which now seems to have a great big ditch in the middle, some businesses have temporarily killed their brand , used politics for some witty self-promotion , or stretched their brands beyond breaking . The Kaepernick-led new Nike campaign has shown that the old rule-of-thumb -- Just Don't Do It -- is, for at least the time being, dead as bygone advice to assume all women … [Read more...] about Why Nike and Colin Kaepernick Just Changed the Game for Marketing in the Age of Trump

Absurdly Driven looks at the world of business with a skeptical eye and a firmly rooted tongue in cheek. Several industries have already been devastated by the uncontrolled onrush of the coronavirus Covid-19 . The restaurant industry has been decimated. Many restaurants will never reopen. I've spoken to several long-time servers in restaurants who simply don't know what they'll do if something doesn't change in a matter of weeks. Some restaurants are focusing on takeout, in order to at least pay a couple of salaries and at least give customers some ready-made food. That seems to be the sole focus of many. But, despite the disaster, is there something more a small restaurant can do? Many restaurants email customers, display their new takeout menus, and describe how the system works. One such restaurant is Valenti and Co . It's a small Italian place in San Anselmo, California. I've been there quite a few times for carefully prepared, … [Read more...] about A Small Italian Restaurant Decided to Offer Takeout. Then It Did Something Truly, Unexpectedly Thoughtful

It may not be on your radar, but even small business owners should consider the positive impact of a fully diversified team. Gender diversity, in particular, is not only a pressing moral and social issue, it also addresses a critical economic challenge. With women accounting for 50 percent of the population, they must be equally employed to balance the global economy. And, according to a 2018 McKinsey study on diversity in the workplace , any company lacking in gender and ethnic diversity may be statistically less likely to achieve above average returns, compared to other companies in the same industry. The McKinsey researchers discovered that in the UK, greater gender diversity on the senior-executive team corresponded to the highest performance uplift. For every 10 percent increase in gender, diversity earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) rose by 3.5 percent. This week I came across a LinkedIn article on this very topic, written by Marc Lore, President and CEO at … [Read more...] about No Women on Your Team? You May be Missing Some of the Best Talent, According to Walmart.com CEO

When given the option, I don't tell anyone I'm a CEO. Half the time, being a company leader is like being one giant magnet. People get envious and start praising me, usually wanting to know if I'm hiring. They think that, if they can just get close enough, they'll get what I've got. The other half of the time, people get jealous. They lash out and imply that everything I've earned is evidence that I'm a pampered executive. Then, when people actually interact with me, they're surprised. They email me and tell me how nice I am, or they'll say they didn't think they could talk to a CEO so easily. There are times when I sit with employees in the office just being myself, laughing over sodas, and someone will say they didn't expect me to be funny. Those three little letters can feel like there's a huge, artificial barrier between other people and me. These reactions aren't limited to me or even CEOs in general. People pull them out for celebrities, athletes, and others in the … [Read more...] about How ‘Healthy Envy’ Can Help You Succeed