Introducing HCPF's Crisis Services Newsletter

October 2023

Crisis Services Newsletter

Welcome to the first issue of HCPF’s Crisis Services Newsletter. This is delivered monthly to those interested in HCPF behavioral health crisis services.

HCPF partners with several state agencies to support the behavioral health continuum of care in Colorado. Learn more about the crisis continuum.

A behavioral health crisis can happen anywhere, anytime, to anyone. HCPF covers services so that Health First Colorado members have someone to talk to, someone to meet with in-person, a place to go, and transportation to get there.

Health First Colorado (Colorado’s Medicaid program) benefits cover a range of services when members are experiencing a behavioral health crisis. Members get support and care from the time they make a call for help to their return trip home from a facility.

What’s Happening

Read the press release the Governor’s Office recently issued about Mobile Crisis Response (MCR) and Behavioral Health Secure Transportation (BHST) benefits. It highlights the collaboration between HCPF and its partners to expand access to mobile behavioral health services.

What's New

Congratulations to the following providers who have successfully completed a HCPF MCR Provider Type 95 enrollment:

Axis Health System
Centennial Mental Health Center
Health Solutions
Integrated Insight Therapy
Jefferson Center for Mental Health
North Range Behavioral Health
San Luis Valley Behavioral Health
Solvista
SummitStone Health Partners
Valley-Wide Health Systems
Your Hope Center

Congratulations to the following providers who have successfully completed a HCPF BHST Provider Type 97 enrollment:

Centennial Mental Health Center
Diversus Health, Inc.
First Response K-9 Security Services LLC
North Range Behavioral Health
Poudre Valley Health Care, Inc.

Update on BHST

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment created a webpage for BHST provider profiles. Check it out here. Providers are required to keep an up-to-date CDPHE profile.

Stay Connected

Are you curious about how to engage as a provider within the behavioral health crisis continuum? Check out the following opportunities:

HCPF Crisis Services Monthly Open Office Hours is an informal, unrecorded meeting where stakeholders can ask questions and troubleshoot issues about Health First Colorado benefits. The meetings occur on the second Tuesday of each month from 11 a.m. to noon. Register in advance for this meeting.

Crisis Services Bi-Monthly Technical Assistance Collaborative Meeting is a formal, recorded session where HCPF, the Behavioral Health Administration (BHA) and the CDPHE can provide updates and engage with stakeholders. The first of these sessions will be held on Oct. 26 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. These meetings will occur every other month on the fourth Thursday. Register in advance for this meeting.

Stay in Touch

If this was forwarded to you, sign up for the monthly Crisis Services Newsletter. Contact hcpf_crisisservices@state.co.us for more information.