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We are in the home stretch of summer and I hope everyone is taking full advantage of the beautiful weather. As reported in our Hospital Transformation Program (HTP) timeline update, we are working diligently on Aug. 31 deliverables. It's been great to have so much meaningful engagement in our various workgroups to affect these finalizations. Please encourage your colleagues to sign-up for the HTP Newsletter as frequent program updates will be coming through that channel of communication going forward. Contact Courtney Ronner, Hospital Relations & Communication Manager, to be added to the distribution list.
Additionally, the revised version of the framework for scoring measures, titled Scoring Framework, has been posted to the HTP website. Please see the next section of this newsletter for a full explanation of the document.
Matt Haynes
Special Finance Projects Manager
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The Scoring Framework, the revised version of how measures will be scored, has been posted to the HTP website. Hospitals will be evaluated on both state and local measures, with local measures being chosen by hospitals to specifically reflect the needs in their community as identified through the Community and Health Neighborhood Engagement (CHNE) process. The document outlines the program pieces that have associated penalties and incentives, and at what levels.
The proposal for calculating the total required effort for measures is that each hospital will be required to work on a set of statewide and local measures equal to 100 points. The number, mix and points per measure will vary according to hospital size, defined by bed count or specialty type. As it has been throughout the development of the HTP, the development process has been open, transparent and inclusive of stakeholder and community input and feedback.
We'd like to recognize the work of the Colorado Hospital Association (CHA) and the various workgroups who participated in this important collaboration. Please feel free to reach out to the HTP team with any questions or comments.
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Update on
HTP Stakeholder Engagement Forum
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The Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (the Department) continues to work on confirming details of multiple HTP Stakeholder Engagement Forums. The aim of these forums is to give all those involved in the program an opportunity to provide feedback to the Colorado Healthcare Affordability and Sustainability Enterprise (CHASE) Board and Department staff. We have identified and secured an independent facilitator to host forums and anticipate they will begin in the fall. Updates about future forums can be found in future HTP newsletters. Stay tuned!
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Recent and upcoming CHNE meetings
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 July 27- Montrose Memorial Hospital, Montrose.
- July 30- Western Healthcare Alliance, Grand Junction.
- August 13-Center for Health Progress, Denver.
- August 13- iCare, Colorado Springs.
- August 19 - SCL Health, Broomfield.
- August 21- Rio Blanco Navigation Network, Meeker.
- August 23- The Colorado Association of Healthcare Access Management, Colorado Springs.
- August 27- Community Care Alliance, Grand Junction.
- August 27- Montrose Memorial Hospital, Montrose.
- September 19- CHA Annual Conference.
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The Department is monitoring the
Prometheus email address throughout the week to determine if there is a high enough volume of questions to merit the continuation of the biweekly meeting. Questions should be submitted to the Prometheus email address and we will send out a message confirming if we are carrying on with our normal meeting time two days prior to the next tentative call. If you have questions about office hours, please contact
Joe Sekiya, HTP Coordinator.
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