Colorado Covering Kids and Families (CKF) is a statewide project that works to ensure all children and families eligible for Medicaid and Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+) are enrolled. Click here to learn more about CKF.

Presumptive Eligibility Fact Sheet - Updated August 2011

CHP+ Appeals Process Fact Sheet - Updated August 2011

NEW! Colorado Children's Medicaid and CHP+ Enrollment Report - 2011 Quarter Three
The purpose of this report is to illustrate children’s enrollment changes in Colorado’s Medicaid and CHP+ programs and if appropriate, identify corresponding legislation, rule changes, and other factors that may have contributed to an increase or decrease.

Colorado Children's Medicaid and CHP+ Enrollment - 2011 Quarter Three

Click here to see CKF's quarterly enrollment reports.

Three New Simplifications Streamline Eligibility Determination and Enrollment Processes
On August 29, 2011, the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) implemented three important new policies that will streamline the eligibility determination and enrollment processes for Medicaid and CHP+. These changes will make public health coverage programs easier for families to use and more efficient for the government to administer.

The three new policies are as follows:

• Income Verification - Most Coloradans can now choose to self-report employment income, eliminating the need to provide paper paystubs with their application, when reporting changes, and when renewing their benefits for Medicaid or CHP+. Using the Income Eligibility Verification System (IEVS), the state can extract wage information already reported by employers to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment to verify income. 
• Citizenship & Identity Verification - The state will now be able to use information verified electronically by the Social Security Administration (SSA) to verify U.S. citizenship and identity. This means that applicants will no longer need to provide a birth certificate or other proof of citizenship or identity documentation at the time of application. Applicants that cannot be verified through the SSA interface will be given the opportunity to submit original documents to their eligibility sites.
• Automatic Reenrollment – Eligible Coloradans who have had no change in their income or number of household members will be able to automatically re-enroll in Medicaid and CHP+ without having to return a renewal form.

For more information about these changes, see HCPF’s fact sheet, agency letter, and sample revised redetermination packet. More information can also be found by reading CKF’s August 26 Agency Partners Work Group meeting notes and listening to the meeting recording.