Colorado School Medicaid Consortium

“The 990 is presented to the audit and finance committee for review and then presented to the full board for approval prior to filing.”

“Potential conflicts of interest are disclosed at the start of every board meeting.”

“The board of directors used the colorado non-profit association compensation survey as their guideline in determining compensation.”

“Governing and financial information is available upon written request, with advance notification of no less than 30 days. The organization's 990 can be found at candid.org, and a link to it is on the organization's website.”

“The consortium provides comprehensive programming and services focused on administering the medicaid school health services (shs) program; supporting over 60 school districts and boards of cooperative educational services (boces) across colorado in their efforts to maximize resources and provide students with increased and equitable access to health services. Addressing the unmet health needs of over 737,550 colorado students by providing training and consultation for shs providers and administrators; assistance with navigating shs program requirements; and informing the expansion of health services in schools, including: systems change, student health advocacy, insurance outreach and enrollment programs, local service plan development, materials, communications, workshops and quarterly meetings for school district program administrators. The organization also provides streamlined medicaid claiming services: web-based software applications, templates, training and technical support for documentation; data entry; claims processing/submissions, quality assurance; data analysis and reporting. Major accomplishments during the 2024/2025 school year include: training over 11,991 health service providers and administrators; materials, training and support for increased medicaid provider registration requirements; improved digital accessibility for web-based platforms; new self-led trainings, videos, guides, and online tools; advocacy for the medicaid shs program resulting in a 6% statewide increase in reimbursements over the prior year; and targeted support to address the specific needs of rural and urban school districts. For the fiscal year ending june 30, 2025, the consortium processed over 6.850 million health services; provided over 8,807 hours of training; and responded to over 4,036 telephone/email support requests from school-based health providers, school medicaid coordinators, administrators, and community health providers.”