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County Incentives Program
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Reminder!
We have received 62 out of 64 Contract amendments for the FY 2017-18 County Incentives Program.
If you have not yet submitted your county's contract amendment, please contact the County Relations team as soon as possible.
Counties who have submitted their contracts should receive their signed contracts in the mail by the beginning of November.
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FY 2017-18 County Grant Program
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Reminder!
For counties that have projects that were approved through the FY 2017-18 County Grant Program, your Quarterly Check In Date for the second quarter of 2017-18 will be scheduled in early December.
If you have not submitted your Quarterly Check In Date for the second quarter of 2017-18 please send it to the County Relations team as soon as possible.
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Quick Links and Resources
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Medicaid and CHP+ Rules and Guidance
Volume 8 - Rules - direct link to Secretary of State
HCPF Forms and Rules
HCPF Agency and Directors Letters
HCPF FAQs and Training
HCPF County Relations
CBMS Enhancement Sheets - Governor's Office of Information Technology (OIT)
Staff Development Center (SDC)
Training Calendar
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Welcome to the October 2017 edition of County Connections!
The content in this newsletter is designed to inform county directors, management and staff in areas such as county performance, process improvement, collaboration, policy updates, upcoming due dates and more.
The content will continue to evolve. We encourage our county partners to give us your content suggestions. Feedback can be sent to the
HCPF County Relations team.
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Breaking News - Policy and Process Updates |
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Future of Child Health Plan
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CHP+ Program Updates
As you may know, Congress has not reauthorized federal funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program, known as Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+) in Colorado. Unless Congress acts to restore federal funding, CHP+ in Colorado will end January 31, 2018.
HCPF is working to make resources available to help you answer questions from CHP+ applicants and members. We are in the process of updating our CO.gov/HCPF/FutureCHP
page and will have a section dedicated to resources for Eligibility Partners and plan to post a recorded webinar in late November if Congress does not act by then.
We encourage you to bookmark CO.gov/HCPF/FutureCHP and check back often as we will regularly update the page.
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Co-Pay Limit for Health First Colorado Members
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Health First Colorado will notify members by mail when they have met their co-pay maximum for the month, beginning in October. The head of household will receive a letter showing the household has reached the monthly limit, and how the limit was calculated.
Once a member has paid 5% of their monthly household income on co-pays in a month, no one in the household has to pay anymore co-pays for the rest of that month. Health First Colorado members should make sure their information is up to date so they receive this and other important Department correspondence.
For more information, visit HealthFirstColorado.com/copay.
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New Eligibility Dispute Resolution Conference Process
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On September 1, 2016, House Bill 16-1277 was signed into law.
The bill requires that every county and eligibility site adopt procedures for the resolution of disputes arising between the county or eligibility site, and any applicant or recipient of Medicaid. The dispute resolution process must be consistent with rules set forth by the Medical Services Board (MSB).
In July 2016, the Department began collaborating with county and community partners to help formulate the rule for the dispute resolution conference. The final rule was approved by the Medical Services Board on August 11, 2017.
The Department implemented a new county and Medical Assistance Site dispute resolution conference rule effective October 1, 2017
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More Videos Now Available for Download!
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- Dental Benefits
- Pregnancy Benefits
- Physical Benefits
Thank you for helping us communicate these important messages to Health First Colorado members!
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Timeliness for September 2017
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Timeliness numbers for the month of September 2017 are in!
Timeliness for all Medical Assistance
applications for the month was measured at
98.61 percent.
The Department and its county partners have registered 39 consecutive months above 95 percent timeliness.
Timeliness for all Medical Assistance redeterminations for the month was measured at
99.39 percent.
The Department and its county partners have registered 20 consecutive months above 95 percent timeliness.
This could not have been accomplished without the hard work of our county partners. Many thanks!
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The following counties were
below the 95.00 percent benchmark for the month of September 2017.
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Applications
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Redeterminations
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| Kit Carson - 71.15% |
Saguache - 93.01% |
| Lincoln - 92.31% |
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| Mineral - 40.00% |
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| Updates on Waiver Programs |
From the Office of Community Living
Update on CDASS Implementation into HCBS-SLS
The Department of Health Care Policy and Financing is continuing work to implement CDASS into the HCBS-SLS waiver. Once implemented, CDASS will allow Personal Care, Homemaker, and Enhanced Homemaker services to be self-directed as well as a new service, Health Maintenance. Health Maintenance can be utilized by individuals choosing the CDASS delivery option and will not impact a participant's Service Plan Authorization Limit (SPAL)
If you have any questions or comments, please contact Katie McGuire, the Participant Directed Support Specialist, at
[email protected] or
(303) 866-6313.
Presentation and Report: Waitlist and Enrollment Managment of HCBS-DD
In the spring of 2017 the Department contracted with the LNuss Group to conduct research on other states pertaining to the management of waiting list and enrollments for waivers similar to the HCBS-DD waiver.
Upon completion of this research, the LNuss Group provided draft recommendations which were presented to stakeholders across the state in May 2017. Feedback was obtained from the meetings and taken into consideration for the final recommendations. The LNuss Group provided a final report with recommendations to the Department on June 30, 2017.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact Karli Cheatham, the Case Management Enrollment Coordinator, at
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From Connect for Health Colorado
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A Message from Connect for Health Colorado: Financial Help Still Available for 2018
Contrary to what you may have heard, financial help is still available for 2018. You may have heard that the current administration has decided to end Cost-Sharing Reduction payments. These payments are reimbursements to health insurance companies. It does NOT affect Cost-Sharing Reductions for our customers who receive them.
In fact, customers receiving financial help through Connect for Health Colorado will likely pay less in 2018 than in 2017. They will see the premium that they pay (full premium minus the Premium Tax Credit amount) go down by 20% on average in 2018.
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Practical Playbook rounds up Health Equity
If you are committed to advancing health equity, the Practical Playbook's August 2017 Resource Roundup has tools, infographics, case studies, reports and articles on best practices.
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The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing complies with applicable federal and state civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnic or national origin, ancestry, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, religion, creed, political beliefs, or disability. Learn more about our Nondiscrimination Policy.
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1-800-221-3943 (State Relay: 711).
For further information about this policy, to request free disability and/or language aids and services, or to file a discrimination complaint, contact:
504/ADA Coordinator
1570 Grant St
Denver, CO 80203
Phone: 303-866-6010, Fax: 303-866-2828, State Relay: 711
Civil rights complaints can also be filed with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights electronically through the
Office for Civil Rights Complaint Portal
or by mail, phone, or fax at:
1961 Stout Street Room 08-148
Denver, CO 80294
Telephone: 800-368-1019, Fax: 202-619-3818, TDD: 800-537-7697
Complaint forms are available online
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For more information, please visit our website at
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