The Colorado legislature has requested information from both the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing along with the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs to determine the costs and benefits associated with identifying veterans with Medicaid and assisting or encouraging them to access specific additional Veterans Affairs (VA) services in Colorado. Colorado may have an opportunity to save state general fund dollars for Medicaid recipients by identifying individuals eligible for and assisting with enrolling them to receive benefits from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. This report specifically addresses questions outlined in the Legislative Requests for Information for FY 2018-19 ("Multiple-Departments LRFI#4").
The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) has been working toward improving services and supports provided to children in the state with both an intellectual or developmental disability (IDD) and a mental health condition. Meeting the unique needs of these children can be particularly challenging because services, programs, providers and the entities responsible for the coordination of supports are typically determined by an individual's disability type or diagnosis. However, determining whether an individual's behavioral or emotional symptoms derive from an intellectual or developmental disability, organic brain pathology, or a mental illness, is complicated.
Medicaid buy-in offers health care coverage for children with disabilities whose family earnings and resources might otherwise make them ineligible for Medicaid.
The Medicaid Buy-In Program for Working Adults with Disabilities (Adult Buy-In) is a Medical Assistance program that provides Medicaid benefits for working individuals with disabilities, ages 16 through 64, whose adjusted individual income is at or below 450% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL).
Health First Colorado buy-in offers health care coverage for children with disabilities whose family earnings and resources might otherwise make them ineligible for Medicaid.
Health First Colorado buy-in offers health care coverage for children with disabilities whose family earnings and resources might otherwise make them ineligible for Medicaid.
Medicaid buy-in offers health care coverage for children with disabilities whose family earnings and resources might otherwise make them ineligible for Medicaid.
Medicaid buy-in offers health care coverage for children with disabilities whose family earnings and resources might otherwise make them ineligible for Medicaid.
