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Redesigning care delivery for better outcomes
The Accountable Care Collaborative (ACC) is the Health First Colorado (Colorado’s Medicaid program) care delivery model, designed to cost-effectively provide access to quality health care services while improving member health. The model in place today, referred to as ACC Phase II, has been in effect since July 1, 2018, and was developed based on substantial stakeholder engagement. HCPF is now in the process of soliciting feedback from stakeholders to help frame the next generation of the ACC, Phase III, which will build on what works well today while making improvements to both modernize and address opportunities. The goals of Phase III, which will go into effect July 1, 2025, are to:
- Improve quality care for members
- Close health disparities and promote health equity
- Improve care access
- Improve the member and provider service experience
- Manage costs to protect member coverage and benefits, and provider reimbursements
We invite you to actively engage in the ACC Phase III stakeholder process by signing up for the newsletter, joining upcoming meetings and viewing our fact sheet as well as additional information on our website. HCPF will also leverage the opportunity to better collaborate with the Behavioral Health Administration (BHA) and stakeholders to more thoughtfully align where appropriate the ACC Phase III and the emerging BHA’s Behavioral Health Administrative Service Organizations (BHASO) model, now that the BHASO’s implementation date is being moved from July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2025. This updated timeline, reflected in the revised House Bill 23-1236 Implementation Updates To Behavioral Health Administration as amended on April 26, amendment number L.028, which exactly aligns with Health First Colorado’s ACC Phase III timing.
To further advance our quest for better member health outcomes while reducing health disparities, last month, HCPF released our latest Maternal Health Equity Report. The report looks at maternal health during the pandemic, provides a window into the lived experience of members, and lays out HCPF’s roadmap to improve maternal health care and equity. In tandem with the release of this report, HCPF held an Advancing Maternal Health Equity for All Coloradans event, which included about 200 attendees. We invite you to review the report and watch the webinar recording by visiting our website.
Thank you for your continued partnership in helping Keep Coloradans Covered as the COVID-19 public health emergency and the continuous coverage provision end. This month is the first renewal anniversary month in three years that may result in membership disenrollment from the Medicaid and CHP+ safety net coverage programs, as federally required. Partners and providers, please help us Keep Coloradans Covered by educating staff and patients about the renewal process. Resources are available to help you achieve this shared goal, at the PHE Planning Resource Center and KeepCOCovered.com. Also, HealthFirstColorado.com/renewals has plain language resources in English and Spanish with links to help members with what they need to know about their renewals. Members need to take action when they receive their renewal notice electronically or through the mail in an envelope with red lettering reading - “URGENT - PLEASE REPLY”. They can complete their renewal, including signing and returning their paperwork by the deadline listed on their renewal, in three ways: online at co.gov/PEAK, in the Health First Colorado app, or by mail.
Thank you for your partnership through this legislative session. We will include a summary of the key bills impacting HCPF and affordability in our June message as well as our final fiscal year 2023-24 budget. In the interim, we thank the General Assembly and our stakeholders for your valued input and collaboration on so many impactful legislative items, which are on our Legislator Resource Center.
Thank you for your collaborative efforts to improve our delivery system, better align our Phase III work with the BHA’s emerging BHASO work, reduce maternal health disparities, Keep Coloradans Covered, and drive meaningful legislation impacting Health First Colorado, CHP+ and health care outcomes and affordability for all Coloradans.
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