The economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is having a significant impact on many Coloradans. Many have lost their jobs, and along with that, their employer-sponsored health benefits. The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing offers Health First Colorado and Child Health Plan Plus. Both are public health insurance programs available to Coloradans who qualify.
This document is in response to House Bill 1294 enacted by the General Assembly during the 2012 legislative session. By December 31, 2012, the Department of Public Health and Environment, the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, and the Department of Human Services shall develop an implementation plan, in consultation with industry representatives, to resolve differing requirements and to eliminate obsolete, redundant rules and reporting, monitoring, compliance, auditing certification, licensing, and work processes pertaining to the regulation of community residential homes.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center awarded the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (the Department) a contract and initial funding to develop a State Health Care Policy and Financing (the Department) a contract and initial funding to develop a State Demonstration outlines a plan to better coordinate care for full benefit Medicare-Medicaid enrollees. Colorado was one of only 15 states to receive a planning contract.
The Colorado SIM Operational Plan charts a path to achieving Colorado SIM's overarching goal: to improve the health of Coloradans by providing access to integrated physical and behavioral health care services in coordinated community systems, with value-based payment structures, for 80 percent of Colorado residents by 2019. The SIM Operational Plan outlines Colorado's four-pillar approach to innovation: 1) providing access to integrated primary care and behavioral health services in coordinated community systems; 2) applying value-based payment structures; 3) expanding information technology efforts, including telehealth; and 4) finalizing a statewide plan to improve population health. The plan leverages practice transformation, payment reform, health information technology (HIT), and public health efforts to build upon the success of existing initiatives like the Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative (CPCI) and the Medicaid Accountable Care Collaborative (ACC).
A deduction is an amount that an applicant or client can subtract from their gross income to get their adjusted gross income. A deduction is based off of the U.S. Tax Code, and the adjusted gross income is used to help determine whether they qualify for Modified Adjusted Gross Income-based Medical Assistance (Medicaid and Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+)), tax credits, or other help purchasing health insurance.
The 2017 Colorado Health Access Survey (CHAS) finds that the state's insurance rate is 93.5 percent, essentially unchanged from the all-time high of 93.3 percent set in 2015. The uninsurance rate is 6.5 percent, basically unchanged from 2015's all-time low of 6.7 percent.
