Thank you for serving Health First Colorado (Colorado's Medicaid program) and Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+) members.

The Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (the Department) knows providers, case managers, and county and eligibility partners have many questions about the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and its impact on our programs. We are sharing updates on emergency policies, COVID-19 specific billing codes and other important information on our website at colorado.gov/hcpf/covid and through this and other newsletters.

The information in this newsletter provides a weekly summary of COVID-19 guidance for Health First Colorado and CHP+ providers, Regional Accountable Entities, case managers, counties and other eligibility partners. Some audiences may receive audience specific guidance through other Department newsletters; this newsletter is a roundup of all of those communications in one place.

Providers: Please sign up for general updates, including COVID-19 information, on the Provider News webpage.

County and Eligibility Partners: Please sign up for County Connections and the HCPF Memo Series.

Statewide Resource: OnwardCO - One-stop resource for the people of Colorado impacted by job loss during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

For comprehensive public health information about COVID-19 in Colorado, refer to the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment (CDPHE) website. This website includes information for the general public and special resources for health care providers on patient evaluation, testing, personal protective equipment and many more topics.

Provider Leader Resource Center: A Provider Leader Resource Center has been added to the Department COVID-19 website. This page contains content from prior and upcoming webinars for Provider Association Leaders and their members, as well as information for providers about member and provider recruitment. The Department is asking associations partner with us to recruit more health care providers to serve our more than 1.3 million current members and the more than 500,000 new members we expect to enroll by the end of this year. More information can be found on the Here For You, Colorado page.

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government declared a public health emergency (PHE). No one knows yet when the PHE will end. It has currently been extended through Oct. 25 and could be extended again. To learn more about what will happen at the end of the PHE and what we are doing to prepare, see our Public Health Emergency Planning page.