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The Hospital Provider Fee Oversight and Advisory Board will be responsible for working with the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing and the Medical Services Board to develop the hospital provider fee model, monitor the implementation of the bill, help with preparation of annual reports on this program, and ensure that the Medicaid and Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+) eligibility expansions are implemented as intended.

Description

On April 21, 2009, Gov. Bill Ritter signed House Bill 09-1293, the Colorado Health Care Affordability Act, which will provide health insurance coverage to more than 100,000 Coloradans and reduce uncompensated care and cost shifting.

By partnering with hospitals, the Colorado Health Care Affordability Act will allow the state to generate an additional $600 million in federal Medicaid matching funds.

The combined $1.2 billion will support Medicaid and CHP+ expansions and should be used to improve hospital reimbursement rates for service provided through Medicaid and the Colorado Indigent Care Program (CICP).

The plan will be submitted to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for final approval. Implementation is expected to begin in the spring of 2010.

Meetings
All meetings will be held at:

225 E. 16th Ave.,   6th Floor,  Conference Room A/B

Denver, CO  80203

In addition, a live broadcast of the meetings is available over the Internet. 

Click here to access the meeting over the Internet.   

The use of headphones is recommended in order to create the best environment for listening to the meeting.

NOTE:  The location for the December 15, 2009 meeting has been changed.  The meeting will be held at 1570 Grant Street, Denver, CO 80203, 4th Floor Conference Room.  The live broadcast is not available from this location.

Reasonable accommodations for the meetings will be provided upon request for persons with disabilities.  Please contact Nancy Dolson (nancy.dolson@state.co.us or 303-866-3698) at least one week prior to the scheduled meeting if you need special arrangements.

For information concerning the Hospital Provider Fee Oversight and Advisory Board, please contact:

 Nancy Dolson
 Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
 1570 Grant Street
 Denver, CO 80203
 303-866-3698 phone
 303-866-4411 fax
 e-mail: nancy.dolson@state.co.us