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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.
A Report for the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing Conducted by CHI
Medicaid. Work requirements. Two things that have never been combined. Until now. The trump administration's had of Medicaid, Seema Verma, changed all that today.
What’s old is new again. But Twin Peaks and neon accents aren’t the only ‘90s trends enjoying a revival.
Medicaid departments across the country are revisiting managed care as they search for a way to control costs.
Here in Colorado, record-high Medicaid enrollment has some people wondering if this old concept could work for our state, too.
It’s an idea that Colorado has tried in the past and largely abandoned in the wake of legal wrangles.
Most states have turned to managed care to get their Medicaid costs under control — with varying levels of success. Colorado has a handful of programs that use elements of managed care. This report serves as an introduction to the issue.
Colorado’s Medicaid program — called Health First Colorado — provides health coverage for upwards of one fourth of Colorado’s population. And it’s about to undergo some major changes.
The evolution of the ACC. Since 2011, Colorado has been grappling with a seemingly paradoxical question: How do you improve the health of Medicaid members while reducing costs? Colorado’s response is called the Accountable Care Collaborative (ACC).
Analyzing the Next Phase of Medicaid’s Accountable Care Collaborative in Colorado
While the Trump Administration aims to make large Medicaid cuts, Colorado lawmakers are taking a different approach.
The National League West-leading Rockies are off to a great start this season, and a new analysis by the Colorado Health Institute shows they aren’t the state’s only recent success story.