Colorado To Analyze Cost Information About Mental Health Safety Net Services In Preparation For Launching BHASOs In July 2025

The Colorado Department of Human Services, Behavioral Health Administration (BHA) is preparing to analyze information from safety net behavioral health provider organizations about their operational costs and funding needs to provide services and close gaps in the continuum of care. A request for information (RFI IBEH 2025000037) issued on January 31, 2025, requested cost data from provider organizations operating as Comprehensive Behavioral Health Providers (Comprehensive) and from those operating as Essential Safety Net Providers (Essential). The analysis will inform a new behavioral health safety net model in which behavioral health administrative organizations (BHASOs) will oversee and coordinate both Medicaid-funded . . .