The Office of Community Living (OCL) within the Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF) has the following information to share below:

Announcements:

• REMINDER: Expanding Health-Related Social Needs Services in Colorado Stakeholder Kickoff Meeting - Monday, March 11, 2024

• Apply Now for the HCPF/Behavioral Health Administration (BHA) Auditing and Accounting (A&A) Guidelines Committee

General OCL Meetings:

• Participant-Directed Programs Policy Collaborative (PDPPC)

American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)-Related Meetings:

• Direct Care Workforce Collaborative (DCWC) Training & Career Advancement Action Group

Announcements

REMINDER: Expanding Health-Related Social Needs Services in Colorado Stakeholder Kickoff Meeting - Monday, March 11, 2024

HCPF is beginning our work to engage stakeholders about how Health First Colorado (Colorado's Medicaid program) and Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+) can better support the health related social needs (HRSN) of our members. A kick-off meeting will be hosted to present on HRSN initiatives underway at HCPF, national opportunities, collaborations across the state, and to collect input from attendees on their priorities.

All stakeholders are welcome, including those who perform social needs assessments and referrals or those who provide or receive those services.

The meeting will be held:

Monday, March 11, 2024

2:30 to 4 p.m. MT

Register Here via Zoom

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Apply Now for the HCPF/Behavioral Health Administration (BHA) Auditing and Accounting (A&A) Guidelines Committee

HCPF and the Behavioral Health Administration (BHA) are accepting applications for the Auditing and Accounting (A&A) Guidelines Committee. A&A Committee members will be from a variety of interested parties and will provide crucial feedback relating to what is and is not allowed in the cost reporting process, which effects rate setting.

The A&A Committee meets to provide feedback to HCPF and the BHA relating to what can and cannot be included in cost reports for safety net providers. These cost reports factor into rate setting so affect the ways that managed care providers are paid. We are unsure of the exact time commitment right now, but the committee will meet no more frequently than monthly. A qualified applicant would:

• Have knowledge of how their organization's services are coded

• Understand how cost reports interact with their systems

• Be interested in contributing feedback on the contents of the codes which are and are not allowed on the cost report

• Have the ability to attend committee meetings

If you have questions, please email Spencer Green.

General OCL Meetings

Please find a general OCL meeting announcement listed below. Information about these and other OCL meetings is on the OCL Stakeholder Engagement and Calendar webpage.

Participant-Directed Programs Policy Collaborative (PDPPC)

The PDPPC is a collaboration between stakeholders and HCPF, focusing on issues related to Participant-Directed Programs, which include Consumer-Directed Attendant Support Services (CDASS) and In-Home Support Services (IHSS). All interested stakeholders are welcome to attend.

PDPPC information, including meeting documents and recordings, can be found on the PDPPC webpage. This webpage also contains contact information for the PDPPC stakeholder co-chairs (who are not HCPF staff) and HCPF staff.

The meeting will be held:

Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024

1 to 4 p.m. MT

Join via Zoom

Join via Phone:

(Toll-free) 1-877-853-5257

Meeting ID: 969 4053 6000, Passcode: 115140

ARPA-Related Meetings

Please find an ARPA-related meeting announcement listed below. Other ARPA-related meeting information is on the ARPA Stakeholder Engagement and Calendar webpage.

Direct Care Workforce Collaborative (DCWC) Training & Career Advancement Action Group

This action group works collaboratively with stakeholders to identify and move forward strategies to support the recruitment and retention of Colorado's direct care workforce. This group intends to meet every other month on the first Friday of the month from 9 to 10 a.m. MT.

For more information, please see the Direct Care Workforce Collaborative webpage, or email HCPF_DCWorkforce@state.co.us.

The meeting will be held:

Friday, March 1, 2024

9 to 10 a.m. MT

Join via Zoom

Join via Phone:

(Toll-free) 1-877-853-5257

Meeting ID: 969 4053 6000, Passcode: 115140

Need to Make an Accommodation Request for One of Our General OCL or ARPA-Related Stakeholder Meetings?

Reasonable accommodations for all OCL and ARPA-related stakeholder meetings will be provided upon request for persons with disabilities. Auxiliary aids and services for individuals with disabilities and language services for individuals whose first language is not English may be provided upon request. Please notify John Barry at 303-866-3173 or John.R.Barry@state.co.us or the 504/ADA Coordinator at hcpf504ada@state.co.us at least one week prior to the meeting to make arrangements.

General OCL Meetings are on the OCL Stakeholder Engagement and Calendar webpage.

ARPA-Related Meetings are on the ARPA Stakeholder Engagement and Calendar webpage.

Looking for Prior OCL Communications?

Do you know about the OCL LTSS Newsletter Archive? On this page, you can:

• Search OCL newsletters back to January 2022

• Subscribe to the newsletter

• Keep track of OCL announcements, meeting reminders, and memos