CCHAP Updates

“We are receiving many inquiries in regards to the future of the so-called supplemental Medicaid payments that bring reimbursement rates up to Medicare rates for primary care evaluation and management services and vaccine administration. There is good news for primary care providers in Colorado!

Lobbyists Ruth Aponte and Sara Odendahl and the Colorado Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics have released this information... "However after significant lobbying by Colorado’s physicians, members of Colorado’s Joint Budget Committee unanimously agreed to continue the enhanced primary care rates (approximately $18.4 million in FY 14/15).  Additionally, providers will no longer have to undergo the cumbersome self-attestation process.  Beginning July 1, 2014, primary care providers in the state Medicaid program will continue to receive increased reimbursement rates, equal to Medicare rates, as originally provided by the Affordable Care Act."

Click here to view the CCHAP Practice Manager Newsletter to see more on:

• CCHAP Practice Manager Meeting
• Billing, Coding and Claim Denial Issues
• Enhanced Primary Care Program
• CMS 1500 Claim Form Transition
• Prescription Stimulant Medication Guidance
• Colorado Access well-child visit IVR Campaign
• SDAC Dashboard Training” [Source: CCHAP]