General Information

Where to find Prior Authorization Request forms, State rules and current Medicaid reference bulletins. (Links open new windows.)

Home Page for the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (CDHCPF):
http://www.chcpf.state.co.us/default.asp

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing website:
http://www.chcpf.state.co.us/HCPF/elig/faq.asp

Colorado Medicaid Reference Bulletins:
http://www.chcpf.state.co.us/ACS/Provider_Services/Bulletins/Bulletins.asp

Colorado Medicaid Billing Manuals:
http://www.chcpf.state.co.us/ACS/Provider_Services/Billing_Manuals/Billing_Manuals.asp

Blank Prior Authorization Request (PAR) form:
http://www.chcpf.state.co.us/HCPF/Pdf_Bin/PARform.pdf

Directions on how to complete the PAR form:
http://www.chcpf.state.co.us/ACS/Pdf_Bin/Specialty_Manuals_1104.pdf

Blank PAR form for the Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) program:
http://www.chcpf.state.co.us/HCPF/Pdf_Bin/LTHHPARform.pdf

Directions on how to complete the EPSDT PAR form:
http://www.chcpf.state.co.us/HCPF/Pdf_Bin/B0300164rev.pdf

Medicaid fiscal agent, Affiliated Computer Services (ACS):
http://www.chcpf.state.co.us/ACS/Provider_Services/provider_services.asp

ACS Frequently Asked Questions:
http://www.chcpf.state.co.us/ACS/FAQ/Faq.asp

Colorado Medicaid Volume 8 Regulations:
http://www.chcpf.state.co.us/HCPF/StateRules/index.asp

Example of a blank PT/OT PAR:
http://www.chcpf.state.co.us/HCPF/Pdf_Bin/PARformPTOT.pdf

Information about PT/OT PARs:
1/2002 Medicaid bulletin: http://www.chcpf.state.co.us/HCPF/Pdf_Bin/B0200119.pdf, as well as Medicaid bulletins B0400177, B0400180, and B0400183, among others.