Colorado's CoBHRM and RAE billing, from one operating record.
Colorado now reports behavioral health through CoBHRM, submitted via TMS, while Medicaid runs through HCPF-enrolled RAE contracts and the non-Medicaid safety net runs through BHASOs. Navix is the operating record designed to make CoBHRM reporting a byproduct of clinical work, and CollaborateMD, our RCM partner, processes the claims across payers.
Last verified: August 19, 2026 · sources belowCoBHRM, the RAEs, and the BHASOs.
CoBHRM launched July 1, 2026, unifying CCAR, DACODS, ACT, FEP, and the Special Connections screening into a single client-centric reporting model submitted through the Treatment Management System (TMS). BHASO-contracted providers get submission specifications from their BHASO.
Two parallel tracks
Medicaid behavioral health runs through HCPF's Accountable Care Collaborative Phase III: providers enroll with HCPF and contract and credential with their Regional Accountable Entity (RAE), which administers the capitated benefit. Non-Medicaid safety-net services run through the four regional BHASOs (Rocky Mountain Health Plans in Region 1, Signal Behavioral Health Network in Regions 2 through 4), both live since July 1, 2025.
The billing manual is a living document
Billing follows the State Behavioral Health Services Billing Manual, updated through the year, alongside the Universal Contracting Provisions that standardize provider contract obligations. Confirm the current edition when you bill.
A new reporting model, and two payers.
- CoBHRM reporting through TMS, now unifying five legacy data sets into one client-centric model
- Two parallel tracks: Medicaid through your RAE, non-Medicaid safety net through your BHASO
- A living State Behavioral Health Services Billing Manual and Universal Contracting Provisions that change through the year
CoBHRM is brand new, and the reporting and billing tracks run in parallel. The goal is one clinical record that produces the CoBHRM submission and the right claim without a second pass.
Report and bill from the same record.
Navix is the EMR your team works in, designed to structure documentation to support CoBHRM reporting through TMS and clean claims to your RAE and other payers, so state reporting is a byproduct of clinical work. CollaborateMD, our RCM partner, processes the claims across Medicaid RAE and commercial payers.
Because CoBHRM is client-centric across mental health and SUD, keeping one unified record reduces the duplicate data entry the old CCAR and DACODS split created. Confirm current CoBHRM and RAE specifications against Colorado's own materials, which are changing this year.
Straight answers.
What is CoBHRM?
The Colorado Behavioral Health Reporting Model is the state's unified behavioral health data-reporting model, launched July 1, 2026. It consolidates five legacy data sets — CCAR, DACODS, ACT, FEP, and the Special Connections pregnancy and postpartum screening — into one client-centric framework submitted through the Treatment Management System (TMS), so providers no longer file duplicative mental health and SUD data.
What is a BHASO?
A Behavioral Health Administrative Service Organization is a BHA-contracted regional entity that builds and manages the provider network for non-Medicaid, safety-net behavioral health. There are four regions: Rocky Mountain Health Plans serves Region 1 and Signal Behavioral Health Network serves Regions 2 through 4, live since July 1, 2025.
How do I bill Medicaid behavioral health in Colorado?
Enroll as a Health First Colorado provider with HCPF, then contract and credential directly with the Regional Accountable Entity (RAE) for your Accountable Care Collaborative Phase III region, and bill covered codes per the State Behavioral Health Services Billing Manual. The RAE administers the capitated behavioral health benefit; ACC Phase III began July 1, 2025.
What is the difference between a RAE and a BHASO?
RAEs are HCPF's Medicaid entities that administer the capitated behavioral health benefit for Health First Colorado members; BHASOs are BHA's entities that administer non-Medicaid, safety-net funding and networks. They share the same four-region map to reduce administrative burden, but they are separate payers with separate contracts.
How does Navix fit Colorado's requirements?
Navix is your operating EMR, designed to structure documentation to support CoBHRM reporting through TMS and clean claims to your RAE and other payers. CollaborateMD, our RCM partner, processes those claims. Confirm current specs with your BHASO or RAE, since Colorado's systems and billing manual are actively changing.
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