The Department of Health Care Policy and Financing released a position statement last month related to the Accountable Care Collaborative (Colorado’s version of an Accountable Care Organization for Medicaid clients, rather than Medicare). You can read the statement here, but to summarize, the Department states they remain committed to the ACC as the predominant program that will lead Colorado Medicaid into the future of better health care. The primary goals of the ACC Program are to improve the health of Medicaid clients and reduce costs.

Tricia McGinnis of the Commonwealth Fund wrote a blog post about the emergence of Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations in states and the opportunity these programs have to better serve the most vulnerable low-income populations. Read the blog post here.