Colorado Medicaid Behavioral Health Prospective Payment System, Fact Sheet

In August 2024 the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF), which oversees the state Medicaid program, published this fact sheet regarding the state's Medicaid Behavioral Health Prospective Payment System. In the document, HCPF explained a new payment methodology for a new type of behavioral health entity, a Comprehensive Safety Net Provider that would be paid under a new prospective payment system (PPS) reimbursement methodology. The document explains the methodology and responded to questions submitted by provider organizations . . .