The purpose of this operational memo is to advise eligibility sites of the increased

resource limits for Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries (QMB), Specified Low Income

Medicare Beneficiaries (SLMB), Qualified Individuals (QI-1), and Low-Income Subsidy

(LIS) resource limits.

The purpose of this Operational Memo is to inform Case Management Agencies (CMAs)

of changes regarding assessment and option counseling process for the functional

eligibility determination of potential members seeking enrollment into the Program of

All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) with InnovAge. The Operational Memo serves

to inform CMAs regarding the audit and enrollment sanctions placed on InnovAge PACE

Colorado operations.

The purpose of this Operational Memo is to update home and community-based

services (HCBS) providers and stakeholders of changes concerning oversight for Non-Medical Transportation (NMT).

The purpose of this Operational Memo is to inform stakeholders, members, providers,

and Case Management Agencies (CMAs) of a temporary rate increase or enhanced rate

using American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding for the home and community-based

services (HCBS) waiver respite benefits. This temporary enhanced rate is available to

respite services on the Elderly, Blind and Disabled (EBD), Community Mental Health Supports (CMHS), Brain Injury (BI), Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), Children’s Extensive Support (CES), Children with Life Limiting Illness (CLLI), Children’s Habilitation Residential Program (CHRP), and Supported Living Services (SLS) waivers, as indicated in the table below.

The funding for this temporary enhanced rate is provided by the federal ARPA funding

as part of the Department’s federally approved ARPA spending plan. The enhanced rate

is in direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to provide relief to

primary caregivers to help members and their families as well as increase provider

capacity for the HCBS waivers’ respite benefits.

The purpose of this Operational Memo is to notify Case Management Agencies (CMAs)

of upcoming training for the Children’s Home and Community-Based Services (CHCBS)

waiver and to remind CMAs of guidance for requirements for activities of daily living

(ADL) documentation in the 100.2 assessment.

This letter is meant to advise counties and eligibility sites of the 2022 Social Security

Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA). Please share this memo with all affected adult and

long-term care Medicaid eligibility staff, supervisors, and outside agencies, as

appropriate.

The purpose of this Operational Memo is to inform providers and case management

agencies (CMAs) of the new base wage for select home and community-based services

(HCBS) waiver services. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Joint

Budget Committee members approved a plan put forward by the Polis-Primavera

administration and the Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (the Department)

to institute a base wage for Direct Care Workers. Starting Jan. 1, 2022, Direct Care

Workers providing select HCBS will receive a base wage of $15 per hour or an increase

to per diem wages.

The purpose of this Operational Memo is to inform providers and service agencies

impacted by the wage pass-through requirements of Senate Bill 19-238 that reporting

for Year 2 has been extended to and must be completed by 11:59 p.m. on Jan. 31,

2022.

The purpose of this memo is to inform authorized individuals/entities, such as county

departments of social/human services, Medical Assistance (MA) sites, Eligibility

Application Partner (EAP) sites, and anyone who processes Medical Assistance eligibility

applications of the new rules regarding Afghan Humanitarian Parolees.

The purpose of this Operational Memo is to communicate additional guidance regarding

funding and staffing from the Budget Amendment 10 (BA-10). BA-10 provided

additional, term-limited funding to counties to manage the workload associated with the continuous coverage provisions relating to the federal Public Health Emergency (PHE).

The purpose of this Operational Memo is to inform options counseling contractors of

modifications to the temporary changes to options counseling activities for in-person

member contacts. These changes are specific to contracted options counseling

agencies.

The purpose of this Informational Memo is to provide county Department of Human

Service (DHS) agencies an update from the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy

& Financing (Department) regarding the transition of the Single Entry Point (SEP)

agency for Rio Grande and Mineral Counties and information regarding the new agency

that will be providing SEP services.