CHI Identifies the Risks and Reach of Colorado’s Early Childhood Mental Health Investments

Parts of Colorado are more at risk when it comes to early childhood mental health (ECMH) needs. And some of those high-risk areas, which include southern Colorado and Adams County, are not getting a proportionally high level of services and funding compared with other parts of the state, according to new research from the Colorado Health Institute (CHI).

Colorado Health Institute Announces Funding from NextFifty Initiative

 

The Colorado Health Institute (CHI) has been chosen as one of the grant recipients from NextFifty Initiative, a Denver-based nonprofit foundation dedicated to funding innovative, mission-driven initiatives that improve the lives of older adults and their caregivers. The funded project is called Measuring and Addressing Community Capacity for Aging.

Busy Day in Health Policy: New Blogs by CHI

The health policy news is coming fast today.

Seema Verna, the Trump administration's head of Medicaid, released new guidance to allow states to require certain Medicaid recipients to prove they are working before they can get benefits.

And Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper delivered his eighth and final State of the State Address to the legislature.

CHI covers both developments in new blogs.

Click here for Teresa's Manocchio's look at the Medicaid change in Colorado.

Covering Colorado: One State, Two Days, a Team of Experts and the 2017 CHAS Results

Sign up now to be among the first to see the 2017 Colorado Health Access Survey.

How many of us have health insurance? How many of us can get health care when we need it? How many of us can afford that care?

The Colorado Health Access Survey — the CHAS — provides answers to these timely questions. And because the answers are so important for all Coloradans, the Colorado Health Institute for the first time is sending a team of experts to criss-cross the state and deliver the latest results.

Governor Appoints Michele Lueck to Colorado eHealth Commission

Feb. 17, 2017

Gov. John Hickenlooper has appointed Michele Lueck, CEO of the Colorado Health Institute, to the eHealth Commission, which supports implementation of the state's Health IT strategy.

The commission was created in late 2015 to provide guidance to the eHealth Innovation Office as it works to advance the secure and effective use of health information. The office also is charged with informing future health information technology initiatives.