In the News
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A family in Englewood hopes Colorado’s Joint Budget Committee considers their testimony for a big decision this month.
The parents, Rod Schiller and Amy Wiedeman, want to see more money for private duty nurses, to care for kids like their son, Luke, with cerebral palsy.
The Joint Budget Committee is considering the request for $15 million in state money that the federal government would match. That $30 million combined would boost the Medicaid reimbursement rate, so providers can hire more nurses for families.
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Low Medicaid reimbursement rates are causing nurses in Colorado to seek higher-paying jobs, leaving families in vulnerable positions, according to a new report.
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Colorado’s Medicaid reimbursement rates for price duty nurses who provide in-home care for children and adults are about $9 per hour less than the national median. Parents want the state to step in.
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Don Knox, executive director of the Home Care and Hospice Association of Colorado, explains why the state must act now.