The Colorado State Innovation Model (SIM) touches nearly every aspect of our health system, setting the stage for a sweeping transformation that will help us accelerate our progress toward the Triple Aim of lower costs, better care and improved population health. Colorado’s plan, entitled “The Colorado Framework,” creates a system of clinic-based and public health supports to spur innovation. The state will improve the health of Coloradans by:

1. Providing access to integrated primary care and behavioral health services in coordinated community systems;

2. Applying value-based payment structures;

3. Expanding information technology efforts, including telehealth; and

4. Finalizing a state-wide plan to improve population health.

Colorado’s SIM is being executed by the State of Colorado and a broad range of stakeholders across the public and private sectors toward a common goal:

To improve the health of Coloradans by providing access to integrated physical & behavioral health services in coordinated systems, with value-based payment structures, for 80% of Colorado residents by 2019.

To join in this important goal, the Colorado Behavioral Healthcare Council (CBHC) is facilitating a subgrant program within the Colorado SIM initiative to pilot integrated health homes within four Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) settings. Through the Bi-directional Integration Demonstration & Practice-based Research Pilot Program, the four selected CMHCs will provide comprehensive behavioral and physical health care to children, adolescents, and adults to stabilize and manage their illness and support recovery.

To learn more about the Colorado SIM office, please visit their website.