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Surge in Medicaid Enrollment Expected to Reduce Colorado Hospital Revenue by $500 million Over Next Year
Colorado’s Eligible but Not Enrolled Population Grew for First Time Since 2015
Ethan Cerrato spent the first months of his life in intensive care. The trauma for his parents got even worse when they opened the bill.
As the 10th anniversary of the ACA’s passage approaches, the Colorado Health Institute (CHI) is examining what has been accomplished over the past decade and what work remains to realize the goals of the ACA.
This July brought a change that will affect the shape of Medicaid for years to come.
Regional Accountable Entities and Their Role in Colorado Medicaid’s Newest Chapter
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.
Enrollment in Colorado’s Medicaid program has fallen unexpectedly after years of rapid growth.