AdvocacyDenver

Health Care Advocacy and Education | Providing active voice and supporting civil rights for people with disabilities

HCPF Bids Farewell to Medicaid Director Gretchen Hammer

Gretchen Hammer, Former Medicaid Director, Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF)
Gretchen Hammer, Former Medicaid Director, Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF)

An Interview with Catherine Strode

Gretchen Hammer is recognized as one of the state’s most respected leaders in healthcare. Formerly the State’s Director of Medicaid, she recently left the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing. For the past four years, Gretchen has overseen the Department’s Health Programs Office which administers the state’s public health insurance programs for low-income Coloradans including Medicaid and Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+). Prior to HCPF, she served as the Executive Director of the Colorado Coalition for the Medically Underserved (CCMU). As she looks back over the years of her tenure, Gretchen Hammer cites progress for the state’s Medicaid members in that they have reported satisfaction with the delivery and quality of their care.

[Read more…] about HCPF Bids Farewell to Medicaid Director Gretchen Hammer

Needs Assessment Validates Services Offered By RMHS

Shari Repinski, Executive Director, Rocky Mountain Human Services
Shari Repinski
Executive Director, Rocky Mountain Human Services

An Interview with Catherine Strode

When Denver Human Services (DHS) released the findings of a needs assessment for individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities, one Denver nonprofit organization took it as validation of its work. As part of the needs assessment, Denver Human Services surveyed recipients, providers and others and asked how supportive people are of the current mill levy services being provided by Rocky Mountain Human Services. On a scale of one to ten, where 1 is the lowest level of support and 10 is the highest level of support, across the different types of respondents to the survey, the scores were just over seven and just under nine in terms of how satisfied people were with those current services. Executive Director Sheri Repinski says the results of the needs assessment reflect that RMHS is on the right track and doing work that people value with Denver property tax mill levy dollars.

[Read more…] about Needs Assessment Validates Services Offered By RMHS

Affordable Housing Tops List In Needs Assessment for Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities

An Interview with Catherine Strode

The results of a needs assessment on services available to Denver residents with intellectual or developmental disabilities have been completed. Denver Human Services (DHS) has released the findings and is now in the process of seating an Advisory Council to recommend solutions. The assessment rated support for the use of Mill Levy funds for enhanced services was high, but cited key gaps in unmet needs. Denver Human Services Mill Levy Program Manager, Justin Sykes, explains the systemic challenges revealed in the needs assessment and discusses the next steps.

[Read more…] about Affordable Housing Tops List In Needs Assessment for Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities