Potential Medicaid cuts could gut services for Coloradans served by small community health centers, providers and patients say.

The state paid insurers at least $7.3 million, consisting of approximately $3.8 million in federal funds, for services for deceased Colorado residents.

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Diana DeGette, a Denver Democrat, Colorado health care providers said Wednesday that federal cuts to Medicaid being weighed by Republicans in Congress would drastically impair their ability to provide services to patients and keep their doors open.

The rise in Medicaid costs, which have continued unabated since last spring, remain the single biggest driver of the state’s budget woes

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The state cut ties with the company last week, citing compliance failures, improper billing, and an incomplete revalidation process for drivers and vehicles

Colorado health care providers said Wednesday that federal cuts to Medicaid being weighed by Republicans in Congress would drastically impair their ability to provide services to patients and keep their doors open.

Colorado is the latest state found to have paid insurance companies to handle care for Medicaid recipients who had died, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General.

As MedRide faces termination of their Medicaid contract, the non-emergency medical transport company (NEMT) told 11 News they are filing an appeal.