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Rate reductions force Jefferson Center to close key recovery program as Colorado reimbursement rates change
A second Front Range community mental health center is eliminating services due to new reimbursement rates set by the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing that will go into effect on Oct. 1. The Jefferson Center for Mental Health announced Tuesday it is closing its adult residential recovery program, which annually serves about…
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State mental health safety net is ‘failing’ Coloradans. Will planned reforms fix or further the problems?
This investigation is part of the ongoing “On Edge” series about Colorado’s mental health by the Colorado News Collaborative, the nonprofit that unites more than 160 communities and news outlets like ours to ensure quality news for all Coloradans. The series title reflects a state that has the nation’s highest rate of adult mental illness…