Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Of Colorado

Programs: Member health care services and medical training for care improvement kaiser foundation health plan of colorado (kfhp of colorado) provides medical and surgical care, including urgent care services, extended care and home health care, for its members without regards to age, sex, race, religion or national origin or the ability to pay. Kfhp of colorado educates and trains medical students and other health care professionals and promotes scientific and nursing education in order to improve care.

medicaid and other government sponsored programs kaiser foundation health plan of colorado (kfhp-co) is committed to improving medical care for beneficiaries of medicaid and other government sponsored programs, not only for kfhp-co members, but also within the communities we serve. At the end of 2017, approximately 51,000 individuals were receiving the benefits of full membership in kfhp-cos medicaid managed care program. Approximately 11,000 more individuals were members of the childrens health insurance program (chip). In addition, kfhp-co provided health care on a fee-for-service basis for medicaid beneficiaries who were not enrolled as kfhp-co members.

charity care (medical financial assistance and charitable health coverage) kaiser foundation health plan of colorado (kfhp-co) provides charity care to low-income vulnerable patients through the medical financial assistance (mfa) and charitable health coverage (chc) programs. Kfhp-co offers financial assistance through the mfa program to help families and individuals with a demonstrated financial need pay for all or part of the cost of emergency or medically necessary care provided in kaiser permanente facilities and/or by kaiser permanente providers. In 2017, this program assisted more than 14,000 qualifying applicants, including more than 2,800 patients who were not covered by a kfhp-co product. The chc program offers regular kaiser foundation health plan membership at minimal cost to low income families who are not eligible for other public or privately sponsored coverage. Over 500 individuals were receiving comprehensive health care through this program at the end of 2017.

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