Colorado Releases RFPs To Strengthen Public Behavioral Health Services

Colorado Medicaid and the state’s Behavioral Health Administration (BHA) both recently released procurements that together are intended to strengthen and coordinate the state’s public behavioral health services. On May 10, the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF), which oversees the state Medicaid program, issued a request for proposals (RFP UHAA 2024-0332) for regional accountable entities (RAEs) for phase III of its Accountable Care Collaborative (ACC); the RAEs will manage physical health and mental health services. On May 14, the BHA issued RFP-IBEH-2024000335-4 for behavioral health administrative service organizations (BH-ASOs) for . . .