Cover title., "March 2008.", The Balanced Budget Act (BBA) of 1997 (Public Law 105-33) requires that states conduct an annual evaluation of their managed care organizations and prepaid inpatient health plans to determine compliance with federal regulations and quality improvement standards. As one of the mandatory external quality review activities under the BBA, the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing is required to validate the performance improvement projects (PIP). To meet this validation requirement, the Department contracted with Health Services Advisory Group, Inc. (HSAG) as an external quality review organization.
Cover title., "May 2009 for Validation Year 4.", The Balanced Budget Act (BBA) of 1997 (Public Law 105-33) requires that states conduct an annual evaluation of their managed care organizations and prepaid inpatient health plans to determine compliance with federal regulations and quality improvement standards. As one of the mandatory external quality review activities under the BBA, the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing is required to validate the performance improvement projects (PIP). To meet this validation requirement, the Department contracted with Health Services Advisory Group, Inc. (HSAG) as an external quality review organization.
submitted by the CBHP Policy Board., text file, Began with State fiscal year 2000; last issue published state fiscal year 2010., Cover title., Submitted by: Medical Services Board, state fiscal year 2003-2010.
Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) is a specific health care program within Medicaid for persons from birth through 20 years of age. EPSDT provides a comprehensive child health program to help ensure that health problems are identified, diagnosed, and treated early, before they become more complex and before their treatment becomes more costly., Cover of PDF title., "September 2005.", Includes bibliographical references (p. 18), Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Adults with various types of disabilities in the United States have reduced access to routine screening and experience lower utilization of preventive health care services than recommended. CDHCPF wants to eliminate health disparities among persons with disabilities and to ensure that Medicaid members have access to preventive health care., Title from PDF cover., "August 2005.", Includes bibliographical references., Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Drug Utilization Review Board is responsible for making recommendations in four areas: application of standards (as described in Section 8.838); retrospective drug utilization review (DUR); ongoing intervention with pharmacists and physicians concerning therapy problems identified in the course of the DUR program; and recommendations regarding prior authorization criteria., Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover; (viewed January 2015)
The Act authorized the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing to collect a hospital provider fee to increase Medicaid and Colorado Indigent Care Program (CICP) payments to hospitals., "December 2012."--Footer., Online resource; title from PDF caption (viewed October 2018)
Hospital Transformation Program will engage the state's acute care and critical access hospitals by pairing the flexibility to implement innovative interventions with financial incentives designed to encourage regional collaboration and improve access, quality and appropriateness of service delivery, and patient outcomes across vital areas of care. The HTP will be the state's first major effort to significantly redirect hospital supplemental payments toward major delivery model growth, maturity, and evolution., Colorado Hospital Transformation Program., text file, "January 2019.", Online resource; title from PDF cover (viewed December 2022)
The State of Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing will seek approval from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for Section 1115 waiver authority to embark on a five year demonstration to implement hospital-led strategic initiatives through the establishment of a delivery system reform incentive payment (DSRIP) program. The state will leverage hospital supplemental payment funding generated through existing hospital provider fees authorized under the Colorado Health Care Affordability Act of 2009. These payments will be used as incentives in a statewide hospital transformation program designed to improve patient outcomes through care redesign and integration with community- based providers, lower Medicaid costs through reductions in avoidable care, and prepare the state's hospitals for future value-based payment environments., Colorado Hospital Transformation Program., text file, "September 2006.", Colorado Hospital Transformation Program is administered by Colorado Healthcare Affordability and Sustainability Enterprise., Online resource; title from PDF cover (viewed December 2022)
