Colorado BHA Selects Two Organizations For Regional BHASO Contracts

On October 2, 2024, the Colorado Behavioral Health Administration (BHA) announced plans to award contracts as behavioral health administrative services organizations (BHASOs) to Signal Behavioral Health Network and Rocky Mountain Health Plans. The BHASOs will manage regional Medicaid and non-Medicaid public behavioral health services. The BHASO model, which goes live in July of 2025, is new for Colorado.

The BHASOs will be responsible for the rules, access, and coordination of both Medicaid funded and non-Medicaid funded behavioral health services. They will establish and manage regional networks of safety net behavioral health provider organizations certified by the BHA as . . .