HHAC's Appeal For Higher Medicaid Rates Published In 'Colorado Politics'

Posted: April 6, 2020

The Home Care & Hospice Association of Colorado's appeal for higher Medicaid reimbursement was published at ColoradoPolitics.com, Colorado's leading news site dedicated to political news and analysis 

"Even before the coronavirus outbreak, home-based care providers faced big challenges," wrote Don Knox, HHAC's executive director. "Medicaid reimbursement rates have not kept pace with the cost of recruiting and retaining care providers, making it difficult for many home health and personal care agencies to continue to offer services to Medicaid patients. If these providers are no longer able to serve Colorado’s Medicaid population, the cost of health care goes up as people are forced to seek care in more expensive settings that are nearing a breaking point."

Knox added that to prevent the state’s vulnerable Medicaid population from being locked out of access to safe, cost-effective home health and personal care, reimbursement rates must be updated to keep pace with the rising costs that all health care sectors have experienced.

"More than ever, the time to act is now," he wrote. 

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