Starting this past July 1, Colorado’s Medicaid program, Health First Colorado, began reimbursing primary care clinics for mental health services provided through the Collaborative Care Model, or CoCM.

The far-reaching impacts on Medicaid from President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" are coming into focus in Colorado, and health care advocates are calling the looming changes life-threatening. Why it ...

CMS has approved Colorado’s Medicaid eligibility expansion program that requires charging Colorado hospitals $600 million in fees to access matching federal Medicaid funds, according to a report by ...

Colorado health officials are beginning to map out a plan for how to deal with federal changes to Medicaid under congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump’s recently enacted “big, beautiful ...

Colorado lawmakers are facing their second budget cycle in a row in which they’re forecast to have about $1 billion less than they need to continue current levels of state programs and services. And ...

Congressional Republicans are demanding answers from Colorado about how much money they’ve spent on Medicaid programs since 2019 for people unauthorized to be in the country. In a letter sent ...

Colorado’s health officials on Tuesday unveiled a plan to tackle changes to Medicaid outlined in a congressional budget — with the goal of avoiding “draconian” cuts to the health program. Ultimately, ...

Colorado health officials are seeking at least $500 million in health care funding over five years for rural communities, as cuts to Medicaid and other safety-net services are set to take hold. The ...

Colorado’s spending on Medicaid — the federal-state program that covers more than 1 in 5 low-income Coloradans — is reaching ...