Colorado receives $65 million health-care grant

DENVER – The state of Colorado has been awarded $65 million in federal funding to create a system that gives Coloradans access to integrated primary-care and behavioral-health services, Gov. John Hickenlooper’s office said Tuesday.

Colorado will use the State Innovation Model funding over the next four years to further develop a State Health Care Innovation Plan with a focus on improved integration of physical and behavioral health services.

The State Innovation Model initiative provides federal funding for states to develop and test their own state-based models for multipayer payment and health-care delivery system transformation. The initiative’s goal is to improve health-system performance for residents of states participating in the project.

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Nearly $300 million has been awarded to 25 states to design or test improvements to their public and private health-payment and delivery systems. The projects will focus on people enrolled in private insurance, Medicare, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program.

The $65 million grant award builds on a $2 million grant Colorado received last year. The grant proposal was led by the governor’s office and state agencies. The Department of Health Care Policy & Financing will carry out the proposal.