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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.
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 head of Medicaid, Seema Verma, changed all that today.
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.
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.