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2014 Health Care Day of Action

Thursday, February 27, 7:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Colorado Consumer Health Initiative’s Health Care Day of Action is an opportunity for consumers and advocates from all over Colorado to discuss important health policy issues and engage with their legislators on current health policy. There’s a lot going on in Colorado to improve our health systems so that all Coloradans can get the care they need, when they need it. Come join us for a fun and exciting day! This event is free, breakfast and lunch will be provided. Email Tiffany Carlyon at tcarlyon@cohealthinitiative.org with any questions. Register here.

Health Care Advocacy Program News
Happening this February!
2014 Health Care Day of Action
Thursday, February 27, 7:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Colorado Consumer Health Initiative’s Health Care Day of Action is an opportunity for consumers and advocates from all over Colorado to discuss important health policy issues and engage with their legislators on current health policy. There’s a lot going on in Colorado to improve our health systems so that all Coloradans can get the care they need, when they need it. Come join us for a fun and exciting day! This event is free, breakfast and lunch will be provided. Email Tiffany Carlyon at tcarlyon@cohealthinitiative.org with any questions. Register here.
New Health Education
We are proud to present a brand new exercise and nutrition program called Health Matters! It is evidence-based and specifically designed for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The curriculum lasts for 12 weeks, which includes 36 lessons that are each 1 hour long. The length of this program is designed to enhance people’s health and encourage life-long changes! Please contact Alexandra Andrews or Cecilia Gutierrez for more information or if you are interested in joining one of these classes! 303-831-7733.
Department of Health Care Policy and Finance and the Division of Developmental Disabilities Community Engagement Meetings
HCPF and DDD will be hosting community engagement meetings across the state in order to gather feedback from Long-Term Services and Support (LTSS) Stakeholders and Community Living Advisory Group members about the merger of DDD into HCPF. In-person meetings will be held in late February in Grand Junction, Pueblo, and Fort Collins. A conference call meeting will be held on Thursday, March 6, from 1 to 3 p.m. For more on these meetings including locations, dates, and contact information click here.
Senate Bill 14-050: Financial Assistance in Colorado Hospitals
The Health Care Advocacy Program supports bill SB14-050 – Financial Assistance in Colorado Hospitals. This bill was introduced last year, but needs continued revisions and oversight to ensure that hospitals are complying.
Summary – Current law requires a hospital to make information regarding financial assistance available to patients. The bill specifies the information that must be included.
Current law requires hospitals to limit the amounts charged to uninsured qualified patients to the lowest negotiated rate from a private health plan. The bill changes that limit for patients who fall below 400% of the federal poverty line to the Medicare reimbursement rate plus 20%.
On February 3, 2014 a Fiscal Note was added for SB14-050 stating that “the bill increases state expenditures in the DPHE by an estimated $57,085 and 0.8 FTE in FY 2014-15 and $70,256 and 1.0 FTE in FY 2015-16.”
Read SB14-050 and its fiscal note
Health Headlines
The Future of Long-Term Care Policy: Continuing the Conversation: Testimony Before Special Committee on Aging, U.S. Senate
Urban Institute
“In testimony before the US Senate Special Committee on Aging, Judy Feder speaks about a path forward for long-term services and supports. She establishes that there is much work to be done. Although policymakers are grappling with the challenges of assuring Americans affordable access to quality health care, they have yet to seriously tackle the equally important issue of long-term services and supports.”
National Disability Navigator Resource Collaborative Helps People with Disabilities Find Health Insurance
American Association on Health and Disability
“Navigators and other enrollment specialists can now access better information to help people with disabilities find health care coverage in the federal and state exchanges.”
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    Congratulations, Catherine!
All of the staff at AdvocacyDenver would like to congratulate Catherine Strode, former Coordinator for the Health Care Advocacy Program, on her new position at the Independence Center in Colorado Springs as Director of Marketing. She will be greatly missed in our office!
Medicaid Expansion in Colorado:
101,730
enrolled between October 1st and January 15th

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