The COVID-19 pandemic's impact on health care delivery in Colorado has been far-reaching. In response to these impacts, the Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (Department) made a series of changes to its telemedicine policies to ensure continued access to services or members enrolled in Health First Colorado (Colorado's Medicaid program). These changes, made through rule and federal disaster authority, expanded the permissible modes of telemedicine to include audio only and the providers eligible for reimbursement.
