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Colorado Child Fatality Prevention System Overview Presentation
Presented to the Joint Health Committees on January 9, 2017.
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Fiscal Year 2015: Colorado Child Fatality Prevention System Annual Legislative Report
Presented to the Joint Health Committee on January 9, 2017, as part of the SMART Act Presentation.
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2016 Joint Health SMART Act Presentation, Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
Presented to the Joint Health Committees.
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2016 Department of Health Care Policy & Financing, Legislative Agenda
Presented to the Joint Health Committee during the SMART Act hearings.
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Colorado Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Medicaid Waivers: Adult Waivers, 2016 SMART Act Materials, Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
Presented to the Joint Health Committee.
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Colorado Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Medicaid Waivers: Children Waivers, 2016 SMART Act Materials, Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
Presented to the Joint Health Committee.
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FY 2015 Legislative Request for Information (LRFI) #3: Office of Community Living – Summary, 2016 SMART Act Materials, Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
Presented to the Joint Health Committee.
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Supporting a Culture of Coverage, Accountable Care Collaborative:: 2015 Annual Report, 2016 SMART Act Materials, Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
Presented to the Joint Health Committee.
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Colorado Results First Initiative, 2016 SMART Act Materials, Office of State Planning and Budgeting
Presented to the Joint Health Committee.
01/11/2017
Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement
Human Services
Public Health
Staff Publications
Medical Aid-in-Dying
This memorandum provides an overview of Colorado’s Medical Aid-in-Dying law, which legalized the practice of prescribing medical aid-in-dying medication to eligible terminally ill patients in Colorado.
Final/Annual Reports
Health Insurance Exchange Oversight Committee, 2016 Final Report
Submitted herewith is the final report of the Colorado Health Insurance Exchange Oversight Committee. This committee was created pursuant to Article 22 of Title 10, Colorado Revised Statutes. The purpose of this committee is to guide Colorado's health insurance exchange, including reviewing the...
Final/Annual Reports
Interim Study Committee on Communication Between the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing and Medicaid Clients, 2016 Final Report
This is the final report for the 2016 Interim Committee
Staff Publications
Medicaid Trends and Cost Drivers (2016)
This memorandum provides information on recent trends in Medicaid caseload growth and drivers of state Medicaid expenditures. Included in this memorandum is a ten-year history and three years of projections for Colorado Medicaid caseloads, government expenditures, and expenditures per Medicaid...
Issue Briefs
Colorado's Efforts to Address Suicide (2016)
Colorado was tied for the fifth highest suicide rate in the nation in 2014, the most recent year of nationally available data. In 2015, there were 1,093 suicides among Colorado residents, which is the highest number of suicides in the state’s history. This issue brief outlines legislative...
Issue Briefs
Medicaid Waiver Programs Part II - Home-And Community-Based Services Medicaid Waivers for Adults (2016)
Colorado currently administers 11 Home-and Community-Based Services Medicaid (HCBS) Waivers. This issue brief discusses the six waivers available to adults. An issue brief entitled Medicaid Waiver Programs Part I – Home- and Community-Based Services Medicaid Waivers for Children discusses the...
Issue Briefs
Colorado Health Insurance Exchange (2016)
In March 2010, the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), was adopted by the U.S. Congress and signed by the President. PPACA expanded health care coverage by increasing access to private health insurance and expanding eligibility for Medicaid. The law also increased...
Issue Briefs
Colorado's Health Insurance Market (2016)
Health insurance is a method of paying for health care services that spreads the risk and costs across a group of covered persons. In exchange for premiums and other cost-sharing mechanisms, such as deductibles and co-payments, health insurance companies pay for the costs of covered services....
Issue Briefs
Respite Care in Colorado (2016)
Respite care provides temporary relief to a caregiver from the physical and emotional impacts of caring for a person with special needs who is unable or needs assistance to care for himself or herself. It can be provided for a few hours, overnight, or on an extended basis by a friend, family...
Issue Briefs
The Medicaid Appeals Process (2016)
Federal and state laws allow Medicaid applicants and clients who have their benefits denied, terminated, or reduced to appeal the decision. This issue brief provides an overview of the Medicaid appeals process in Colorado.
Staff Publications
Public Benefits and Services Resources Manual (2016)
The Public Benefits and Services Resource Manual is intended to serve as a reference guide for information on some of the state’s programs that provide direct benefits or services to members of the public. The manual is divided into four sections to make it easier for the reader to access...
09/22/2016
Human Services
Health Care & Health Insurance
Housing
Children & Domestic Matters
Issue Briefs
The Colorado Clean Indoor Air Act (2016)
Concern over the detrimental effects of secondhand tobacco smoke on nonsmokers has grown in recent years. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency classified secondhand tobacco smoke as a known cause of cancer in humans in a December 1992 report. In an effort to reduce the risk of tobacco smoke-...
Issue Briefs
Community-Centered Boards (2016)
This issue brief provides information about Community-Centered Boards (CCBs) and recent legislation enacted to promote CCB transparency.
Other
Colorado Commission On Affordable Health Care, 2016
Presented to the Joint Health Committee.
Staff Publications
Hospital Provider Fee (2015)
Pursuant to the Health Care Affordability Act of 2009, Colorado collects a provider fee from most hospitals. The hospital provider fee (HPF) is matched with federal Medicaid dollars and used to reimburse hospitals for uncompensated care costs, pay for expansion populations under Medicaid and the...
Issue Briefs
Medicaid Waiver Programs (Part I-Home-and Community-Based Services Medicaid Waivers for Children (2015)
Colorado currently administers 11 Home- and Community-Based Services Medicaid (HCBS) Waivers. This issue brief discusses the five waivers available to children. An issue brief entitled Medicaid Waiver Programs Part II – Home- and Community-Based Services Medicaid Waivers for Adults discusses the...