Tag: Colorado Department Of Health Care Policy And Financing
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Colorado’s Medicaid overspending contributes to $1 billion hole in state reserve
Colorado’s budget writers on Thursday examined a $1 billion hole in reserves for the next fiscal year, a deficit aggravated by overspending by the state agency that administers Medicaid. The Joint Budget Committee, which received revenue forecasts that will shape its decisions for the state’s 2025-26 spending plan, started its review by looking at the…
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Colorado purges 500,000 from Medicaid rolls with public health emergency ‘unwind’
A year into the COVID-19 pandemic — with the Medicaid rolls swollen with out-of-work and uninsured Coloradans — state decided to keep tabs on enrollees. It ended up being a fortuitous decision. As Medicaid is the nation’s health care safety net for the low income and the disabled, this cohort often share similar hurdles: frequent…
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Thousands of Colorado patients put in peril due to risky prescribing of psych medicine
Gene Estes implored his son, Shayn, to go to the emergency room that day, fearful he was having another reaction to his psychiatric medication. Shayn was forgetful, dropping things throughout the day, combative and disoriented during simple conversations. “I wanted him to see any doctor available,” Estes said. Gene was worried the dosage was off…
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Lawmakers seek audit of community mental health centers
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Legislative Audit Committee authorized the state auditor to draft a bill that would investigate 17 nonprofit community mental health centers that were granted “non-compete contracts and a privileged rate status for nearly 60 years, without meaningful oversight.” The audit was requested in January by…
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Colorado-based health care provider for seniors sanctioned over failure to deliver services
In twin actions, federal and state officials on Thursday suspended enrollment by elderly Coloradans with the state’s largest provider of community-based home health care after concluding the company failed to deliver medically necessary services to patients. Officials with the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) told the president and CEO of Denver-based InnovAge on Wednesday that the agency…
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Colorado Attorney General launches probe of Denver-based home health provider
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Attorney General is investigating a Denver-based company that is the nation’s largest provider in a federal community-based home health program for frail, elderly patients, initiating the probe after the company paid back $13.6 million this year to Colorado’s Medicaid program amid audits by…
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State looks for vendors to import prescription drugs from Canada as part of cost-saving plan
Colorado moved forward with its Canadian Drug Importation Program on Monday, releasing negotiation invitations for vendors that will import the foreign prescription drugs to help decrease health care costs for Coloradans. Importing prescription drugs from Canada would reduce drug costs for Coloradans by at least 60% and up to more than 90%, according to the…