Health Management Associates.
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Pub. Date
2018.
Description
Since 2009, Colorado has seen an almost yearly increase in the number of suicide deaths. Between 2015 and 2017 in Colorado, there were 222 suicide deaths of young people between the ages of 10 and 18. Of those deaths, 67.6 percent were male (150 deaths) and 32.4 percent were female (72 deaths). Interviews gathered information about youth suicide in each community, such as activities and efforts related to prevention, the current impact of suicide...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) has been working toward improving services and supports provided to children in the state with both an intellectual or developmental disability (IDD) and a mental health condition. Meeting the unique needs of these children can be particularly challenging because services, programs, providers and the entities responsible for the coordination of supports are typically determined by...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
The Colorado legislature has requested information from both the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing along with the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs to determine the costs and benefits associated with identifying veterans with Medicaid and assisting or encouraging them to access specific additional Veterans Affairs (VA) services in Colorado. Colorado may have an opportunity to save state general fund dollars for Medicaid recipients...