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 on board with new health care reform changes

June 6, 2011May 15, 2013

Colorado is taking steps to create a health insurance exchange as Governor John Hickenlooper signs a bill that would make the effort possible. Colorado is the eighth state to voluntarily adhere to the health care reform law championed by President Obama. The bill will also set up a regulatory group to oversee the exchange. The group will be comprised of nine members, four of which coming from the insurance industry. The Governor is tasked with finding these members, a search he has already been doing nearly a month before he…