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Health insurance exchange in Colorado is after a Medicaid reimbursement

May 19, 2015May 16, 2015 H. Cutner

The financial survival of the state’s marketplace depends on being able to recover millions of dollars. The Colorado health insurance exchange is scrambling to be able to recover millions of dollars that were racked up in the expansion of the state’s Medicaid program in order to make sure that the marketplace will be able to remain financially viable. That said, the Connect for Health Colorado marketplace was not designed for the collection or counting of reimbursements. According to the new interim CEO of Connect for Health Colorado, Kevin Patterson, “We…

Colorado continues to improve its health insurance exchange

May 7, 2015May 5, 2015 S.Vagus

State is working to address the issues with the enrollment system of its health insurance exchange Colorado has been working to fix its health insurance exchange, with efforts to do so going well, according to exchange officials. The exchange’s online enrollment system has struggled to serve consumers in the state for some time, making it difficult for people to sign up for the insurance coverage they are interested in. Fixes to the exchange could be delayed, however, as the exchange’s technology chief, Proteus Duxbury, recently departed for another position. Adele…

Colorado health insurance exchange will receive more oversight

April 17, 2015April 16, 2015 Marc

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Committee will place the state’s insurance exchange under greater scrutiny Colorado’s health insurance exchange, called Connect for Health Colorado, may receive more oversight from its regulatory committee. The state Senate has passed legislation that will change the oversight committee’s name and will expand its ability to review the state’s insurance exchange during the legislative sessions. The committee’s new name will be the Colorado Health Insurance Exchange Oversight Committee, and the group will be able to meet as many times as it wants during the legislative session. There is a need…

Colorado lawmakers look to increase oversight of state’s health insurance exchange

January 29, 2015January 27, 2015 Logan B.

New legislations aim to introduce more oversight on insurance exchange Colorado may be placing its health insurance exchange under more scrutiny. The state’s Senate had granted approval for two bills that are designed to increase oversight of the exchanged, called Connect For Health Colorado. The exchange has managed to attract a large number of enrollees, all of whom are looking for affordable health insurance coverage. The recent success of the exchange has been praised by lawmakers, but past failures have also called into question how the exchange is operated. First…

Colorado’s health insurance exchange finds some success

January 23, 2015January 22, 2015 S.Vagus

Report shows that the state’s insurance exchange is performing well Colorado’s health insurance exchange officials have released a report concerning the exchange’s operations in 2014. This report is meant to be released every year, tracking the performance issues of the exchange and its ability to serve consumers. The report suggests that the Colorado health insurance exchange had a very successful first year of operations. The report also predicts that 2015 will be a good year for the exchange, thanks to healthy enrollment activity. Exchange succeeds in making insurance coverage more…