Health care provider Centura Health, with the help of a federal grant, has expanded its outreach effort to enroll more children in health insurance across Colorado.
The nonprofit system’s community health advocates have assisted nearly 6,500 Coloradans in obtaining coverage in fiscal year 2016, and now have targeted children and families with the new initiative aimed at signing up an additional 7,500. As of December 2015, Colorado had an estimated 52,657 eligible children who aren’t enrolled in health insurance, ranking it 37th nationally, according to the Colorado Health Institute.
Centura Health launched its effort with help from a $944,000 grant from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The program has distributed $32 million to 38 organizations nationally aiming to enroll kids in both Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
Centura Health was the only health system in the nation to receive the funding.
