Sept. 15, 2023

Hospital Discounted Care Newsletter

This newsletter provides information and updates on the implementation of House Bill (HB) 21-1198, Health Care Billing Requirements for Indigent Patients, otherwise known as Hospital Discounted Care. Low-income patients who aren't enrolled in Health First Colorado or Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+) will have the opportunity to apply for financial assistance or charity care programs at the health care facility where they receive care.


Please visit our Hospital Discounted Care webpage for more information.

Hospital Discounted Care Updates

Data Reporting:


Inzata has informed HCPF that they are correcting the error emails that are going to the hospitals due to multiple emails being sent out which are causing confusion. Inzata will be changing their coding so only one email is sent to each hospital for each data template submittal. Also, Inzata is looking at their internal coding to ensure max submission with minimal errors in their system. Their targeted date for the system update is Wednesday, Sept. 20. Once this is completed, Inzata will rerun all the hospital's data submissions. If there are still errors in your data submissions, your facility will receive one email containing all the errors with details.


As a reminder, The Data Dictionary (HDC Hospital Data Template - Required and Optional Elements) that is posted on the HDC website under the Data Reporting section may be helpful with your submission and any errors you are notified about from Inzata.


The Inzata support team can be reached at Help@inzata.com.


Office Hours:


There will be no office hours held on Oct. 18, 2023. Office hours will resume the following week as scheduled.

Office Hours


HCPF is holding office hours every Wednesday at 9 a.m. No registration is required. The Zoom link and call in information are available on the Hospital Discounted Care website.

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