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CHI research puts spotlight on Colorado for national report comparing states’ marketplaces
But it’s still not easy to figure out what you’ll pay for care.
Preliminary rates show a relatively stable individual market
Survey Shows Less Than Half Insured Through Work
Chef Boyardee would be proud.
Colorado’s Medicaid program — known as Health First Colorado — is an alphabet soup of acronyms: HCPF, ACC, PMPM, RCCO, BHO, FFS, CMHCs, APM, PIAC. And that’s just Medicaid. Don’t forget CHP+, LTSS and CICP.*
Yesterday, July 1, 2018, a new acronym officially entered our lexicon. Health First Colorado launched the Regional Accountable Entities, or RAEs, as part of the next chapter in Colorado’s Medicaid program.
Colorado is an enthusiastic adopter of Direct Primary Care. What does that mean for providers and patients?
One of the most important health care decisions we make in our lifetimes is our last. We can choose to live out our final days at home or in a hospital. We can prioritize medical interventions that ease suffering rather than more aggressive forms of care.
It’s our choice, and a very personal one. But too often, end-of-life medical wishes go unheeded because people don’t make a plan.
This plan is called an advance directive. Advance directives convey health care preferences in case a patient is cognitively or physically unable to make decisions.