Program Summary
What is the Hospital Transformation Program (HTP)?
The goal of the HTP is to improve the quality of hospital care provided to Health First Colorado (Colorado's Medicaid program) members by tying provider fee-funded hospital payments to quality-based initiatives.
Over the course of the five-year program, provider fee-funded hospital payments will transition from pay-for-process and reporting to a pay-for-performance structure in an effort to improve quality, demonstrate meaningful community engagement and improve health outcomes over time.
Key activities and quality measures for HTP are consistent across the state, yet flexible enough to allow hospitals to work with their communities on the best interventions and approaches that serve them.
For more information and overview of the Hospital Transformation Program, please visit the link below for additional resources.
HTP Goals
- Improve patient outcomes through care redesign and integration of care across settings.
- Improve the performance of the delivery system by ensuring appropriate care in appropriate settings.
- Lower Health First Colorado costs through reductions in avoidable hospital utilization and increased effectiveness and efficiency in care delivery.
- Accelerate hospitals’ organizational, operational and systems readiness for value-based payment.
A combination of a State Plan Amendment and federal waiver under section 1115 of the Social Security Act will be utilized for the implementation and operations of HTP.
Tools and Resources
- HTP Quarterly Reporting Guide - Updated November 29, 2022
- HTP Hospital Index User's Guide - Updated June 28, 2022
- HTP Hospital Index Procedural Episode Definitions - Updated August 1, 2022
HTP Measures and Framework Documents
This section includes overview documents outlining priority areas, hospital participation, project development, quality measures approach, and program timeline.
- HTP Measures List
- HTP Measures List Overview
- HTP Measure Specification Details - Updated November 9, 2022
- Hospital Index Measure Milestone Reporting - Updated Dec 29, 2020
- HTP Scoring Framework - Updated May 19, 2022
- Diversity and Inclusion Measure Clarification
Community and Health Neighborhood Engagement (CHNE)
As part of participation in the HTP, hospitals are required to conduct CHNE throughout the duration of their participation in the program. Requiring continuing collaboration with local community organizations and other external stakeholders will ensure that hospitals and their interventions continue to be responsive to community needs throughout the life of the HTP. As part of ongoing CHNE, hospitals are required to have engagement each quarter and during each program year it will include engagement with key stakeholders, community advisory meetings, and public input. More details can be found at the links below.
Additional Data Resources
- CDPHE Community Level Estimates (small area estimates)
- Community health equity map
- CDPHE Open Data (GIS data)
- VISION: Visual Information System for Identifying Opportunities and Needs
- Colorado Public Health Indicators
- Colorado Data Source Fact Sheets
- Colorado Health Institute County Data Workbook
Training for Existing Participants
- HTP Performance Measures Training
- HTP Performance Measures Recording
- HTP Quarterly Reporting Training Presentation
- Quarterly Reporting Training Recording
- Quarterly Reporting Tool Training Recording
- HTP CHNE Midpoint Report Training Presentation
Links to other HTP related sites
- Colorado Hospital Affordability and Sustainability Enterprise (CHASE) Board
- HTP Newsletters and Communication Archive
- HTP Rural Support Program
- HTP Community Advisory Council
- Hospital Quality Incentive Payment Program
Program Contact Information
Matt Haynes
Special Finance Projects Manager
303-866-6305
COHTP@state.co.us