Colorado Healthcare Consulting
Colorado behavioral health & SUD consulting.
Colorado-specific consulting for behavioral health and SUD providers — BHA licensure, Health First Colorado RAE contracting, commercial behavioral carve-outs, and the new Behavioral Health Administration framework.
Payers & networks
Where Colorado contracting actually happens.
Health First Colorado RAEs
Regional Accountable Entity contracting with Rocky Mountain Health Plans, Northeast Health Partners, Colorado Access, Health Colorado, and Colorado Community Health Alliance.
Commercial Behavioral
Optum, Carelon (Anthem BCBS Colorado), Aetna BH, Cigna/Evernorth, and Magellan for Colorado commercial behavioral and SUD.
BHA Licensure
Behavioral Health Administration unified licensure for SUD, mental health, and integrated programs under the new framework.
Kaiser Permanente CO
Kaiser Permanente Colorado contracting for the Denver/Boulder service area.
VA CCN Region 4
VA Community Care Network Region 4 (Optum) for Colorado veterans.
Tricare West
Tricare West Region (TriWest) contracting for Fort Carson and military communities.
What we deliver in Colorado
End-to-end Colorado consulting.
Licensure, accreditation, payer contracting, and revenue cycle — sequenced for the realities of operating in Colorado.
- BHA unified licensure
- RAE Medicaid contracting
- Commercial carve-out contracting
- Kaiser CO contracting
- CARF & Joint Commission
- Provider credentialing
- Telehealth contracting
- Revenue cycle management
- Compliance & UM prep
- BHE designation support
FAQ
Colorado contracting, answered.
- How does Colorado's BHA licensure work?
- The Behavioral Health Administration replaced OBH and parts of CDPHE oversight with a unified licensure framework for behavioral health entities (BHEs). Programs apply for endorsements per service type (SUD residential, withdrawal management, OBOT, MH outpatient, etc.) under a single BHE license.
- Which RAE do I contract with?
- Health First Colorado is administered through five Regional Accountable Entities by geography. We map your service area to the RAE(s) covering your patients and sequence applications, including dual contracting if you serve multiple regions.
- Are Colorado commercial behavioral networks open?
- Denver metro is tight for residential SUD and selectively open for PHP/IOP. Mountain communities and Western Slope have more capacity. Anthem/Carelon behavioral requires accreditation and a network-need justification in saturated markets.
- Does the BHE framework simplify accreditation?
- BHE licensure does not replace CARF or Joint Commission — commercial payers still require accreditation for residential and partial-day programs. BHA does accept accreditation for some quality reporting requirements.
Operating in Colorado
Operate confidently under Colorado's BHA framework.
BHE licensure, RAE contracting, and commercial carve-outs — sequenced for Colorado's behavioral health overhaul.