Important Updates for Providers

CARE Network News & Updates

July 2025

Returning Providers: Reimbursement Updates and Reminders

Please ensure timely completion of any requests we or the university make to process your financial or other requirements.
For those of you who have completed all the requirements, you will receive a link on or about July 1, 2025, to enter your first evaluation. Others will receive a link shortly after completing all requirements. You cannot submit evaluations conducted before that date.
There will be instructions once you submit your first evaluation to upload subsequent ones, as you cannot use the initial link more than once, or you’ll overwrite previous evaluations. As soon as we have received all your requirements, we’ll send out a link so you can begin doing evaluations.
Additional information about submitting invoices will be sent via email in the near future.
CURRENT PROVIDERS: Please submit evaluations in the REDCap database that correspond to the state fiscal year. All evaluations conducted from 7/1/24 through 6/30/25 must be made in the current system, and those conducted beginning 7/1/25 must be entered into the new system. This is very important in order to be paid, as the system will “screen out” entries outside the allowable timeframes.

Announcing a New Clinical Pathway for Physical Abuse Evaluation

We're excited to announce the development of a new Physical Abuse Evaluation Clinical Pathway, a resource designed to standardize and enhance the assessment of child physical abuse across our network. This pathway provides clear guidance for clinicians evaluating patients with concerning histories or physical exam findings, such as unexplained bruising in nonmobile infants, head trauma, burns, or fractures. By focusing on high-risk clinical presentations and screening for clinically unsuspected injuries, the pathway aims to improve diagnostic accuracy and reduce the risk of missed diagnoses, especially in vulnerable populations like infants under six months of age.

This new pathway is designed to support you in delivering equitable and standardized care. It offers essential resources and recommendations to help you navigate sensitive conversations with families and fulfill mandatory reporting requirements with confidence. By adopting this standardized approach, we can collectively work to minimize variations in practice, reduce the impact of implicit biases, and ultimately improve outcomes for our most vulnerable patients. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with this valuable new tool, which is now available for your use.

Children’s Hospital Colorado pathway website:

https://www.childrenscolorado.org/health-professionals/clinical-resources/clinical-pathways/physical-abuse-evaluation-pathways/

Direct link to pathway: https://www.agilemd.com/flowcharts/viewer/modules/mo_101653b66ec031b8/files/fi_18d1b57dc4802185

July ECHO:

Combined Medical & Behavioral Health:

Tuesday, July 8 at 12 pm

Topic – TBD
Presenters: Lauren McCarthy & Ron Mitchell
Case Presentation: Elizabeth Gutierrez & Deb Crawford
Zoom link: https://ucdenver.zoom.us/j/99399313161

Behavioral Health:

Monday, August 4 at 12 pm

Topic: Fostering Healthy Futures
Presenter: Michel Holien
Case Presentation: Lauren Ferguson
Zoom link: https://ucdenver.zoom.us/j/99444134853

Medical:

Tuesday, August 26 at 12 pm

Topic: TBD
Presenter: TBD
Case Presentation: TBD
Zoom link: TBD

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