CHES Partners
Practice Innovation Program Colorado coordinates the Colorado Health Extension System (CHES), which convenes numerous Practice Transformation Organizations and Regional Health Connectors across the state for the purpose of achieving better population health, lower costs, and an improved experience of care for patients, families and the healthcare team. Our CHES partner organizations match Practice Facilitators (PFs) and Clinical Health Information Technology Advisors (CHITAs) into practices to support practices in achieving their goals of better health for the population. Together, we guide learning networks that spread best practices and connect participants to local, state, and national transformation resources.
CHES Is informed and guided by the CHES Steering Committee that includes representation from the following organizations:
- American Academy of Pediatrics- Colorado Chapter
- Colorado Academy of Family Physicians
- Colorado Access
- Colorado Behavioral Health Administration
- Colorado Department of Healthcare Policy and Finance
- Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
- Colorado Division of Insurance
- Colorado State University: extension service
- Contexture/QHN
- HealthTeamWorks
- Patient Representative
- Practice Innovation Program at CU
- Purchasers Business Group on Health
- Rocky Mountain Health Plan
- Trailhead Institute
CHES is a successful collaboration of individuals and organizations that share a passion for helping practices and communities improve their health. You can find out more about CHES partners by clicking on their names below.
Partner Practice Transformation Organizations
Advocates for Human Potential is a national consulting firm that has a focus on improving behavioral health, expand it’s workforce, and help solve the vexing challenge of homelessness in America. Their work includes addressing the opioid crisis, homelessness and criminal justice.
Colorado Health Providers Alliance (CHPA) and Colorado Community Managed Care Network (CCMCN) are now one organization, uniting data, technology, coaching, and value-based care strategy to support healthcare providers and strengthen systems.
Children's Hospital Colorado Pediatric Mental Health Institute
The Pediatric Mental Health Institute (PMHI) at Children’s Hospital Colorado advocates for and trains on improved mental health management and works to expand preventative and evidence-based intervention efforts in Colorado. through advocacy, community education, prevention, clinical service development and implementation and research.
A local, nonprofit health plan that currently serves members in Region 4 of Colorado (Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, and Douglas counties). For 30 years, Colorado Access has been committed to improving health outcomes and supporting communities in the pursuit of equitable, accessible care for everyone.
Colorado Community Health Network
The Colorado Community Health Network (CCHN) is the unified voice for Colorado’s 19 Community – Health Centers (CHCs) and their patients. CHCs provide a healthcare home to more than 650,000 of their community members – one in eight people in Colorado – from 60 of the state’s 64 counties. Without CHCs, hundreds of thoughts of Colorado’s low-income families and individuals would have no regular source of healthcare. CCHN’s mission is to increase access to high-quality healthcare for people in need in Colorado.
Colorado Rural Health Center
The Colorado Rural Health Center (CRHC) is Colorado’s nonprofit Office of Rural Health. The CHRC works with federal, state and local partners to offer services and resources to rural healthcare providers, facilities and communicates. We have a diverse and inclusive statewide constituency of over 3,5000 people and organizations. Our mission is to enhance healthcare services in the state by providing information, education, linkages, tools and energy toward addressing rural health issues. Our vision is to improve healthcare services available in rural communication to ensure that all rural Coloradans have access to comprehensive, affordable, high-quality healthcare.
Comagine Health is a national, nonprofit, health care consulting firm that works collaboratively with patients, providers, payers and other stakeholders to reimagine, redesign and implement sustainable improvements in the health care system
The Community Care Alliance (CCA) is an affiliate of Western Healthcare Alliance and serves as a Clinically and Financially Integrated Network (CFIN) for value-based contracting. The CCA is dedicated to partnering with rural providers and hospitals to collaborate on keeping care local, shifting healthcare delivery from volume to value, and improving quality, patient outcomes, and lowering the cost of care.
CONTEXTURE
Contexture—formerly known as CORHIO and QHN in Colorado—is a regional nonprofit dedicated to transforming how healthcare providers access and use digital health records. Contexture's health information exchange (HIE) connects data from thousands of healthcare organizations across Colorado and Arizona to deliver real-time access to critical patient information. This enhances care coordination, improves both patient outcomes and provider experience, and reduces overall healthcare costs. Contexture’s Quality Improvement Team supports healthcare organizations with services like EHR vendor adoption and communication, value-based payment program guidance and clinical quality reporting. These services help reduce administrative burden and drive better patient care. Learn more at contexture.org
Denver Health and Hospital Authority
Denver Health and Hospital Authority (DHHA) is an integrated delivery services system serving the city and county of Denver since 1980. The DHHA community health system collaboration consists of a primary care network of “medical homes” situated with a larger “medical neighborhood” connected organizationally and virtually. Denver Health’s Community Health Services (CHS) is the second oldest and largest community health center program in the United States. CHS has expanded into a network of ten community health centers (PCMH certified), three urgent care centers and 20 school-based health clinics. Denver Health cares for 25% of Denver’s population annually.
Health Management Associates, Inc.
Health Management Associates (HMA) is a leading national healthcare and human services consulting firm. We’re powered by consultants who are seasoned leaders in all aspects of health care. Our expert team includes clinicians and operational leaders, finance leaders, data and technology experts and researchers who can coach, train, design and implement complex topics and advance innovations to improve our clients’ systems and organizations.
HealthTeamWorks
HealthTeamWorks® is a nonprofit, multi- stakeholder collaborative working to redesign the healthcare delivery system and promote integrated communities of care, using evidence- based medicine and innovative systems. Our goals are to optimize health, improve quality and safety, reduce costs and improve the care experience for patients and their healthcare teams.
High Plains Research Network
The High Plains Research Network (HPRN) is a practice based research network that consists of rural primary care practices, hospitals, health care facilities, and communities located in eastern rural Colorado. HPRN is committed to providing excellent rural health care by translating the best scientific evidence into everyday clinical practice.
HPRN is part of the SNOCAP family of practice-based research networks. As such, we conduct research and quality improvement programs that reflect the social setting of primary care practice, including practice organization, patient population, and the community.
John Snow Inc. (JSI)
John Snow, Inc.(JSI)® combines an in depth knowledge of health care systems with extensive expertise in public health to improve the health of individuals and communities. JSI has more than 30 years of experience assisting organizations with all aspects of health care transformation from conducting and analyzing community, system, and practice assessments; developing tailored implementation plans; providing the training and technical assistance needed to make strategic and sustained change; to monitoring and evaluating outcomes. JSI consultants include physicians, strategists, coaches, practice leaders, researchers, evaluators, and quality and process improvement specialists. Our knowledge and experience of models for success include team-based care, behavioral and oral health integration into primary care, payment reform, medical and neighborhood homes, accountable care organizations, and Lean among others. We take pride in our ability to engage, mobilize, and build capacity in diverse stakeholder groups to achieve common goals.
Long Game Health is a boutique, niche consultancy comprised of real-life, ACTIVE, clinical operators with an interdisciplinary expertise in clinical, financial, operations and technology arenas. We have transformed many ambulatory, multispecialty, primary care, acute, post-acute, sub-acute provider centers ranging from very small clinics to large multi-site health systems. Our key differentiator is delivering tangible results in clinical outcomes (e.g., TCM compliance, LOS, VBC Quality) and financial measures (e.g., margin improvement by 12%, revenue increase by 10% in both VBC and FFS settings).
Northeast Health Partners is a non-profit organization based in Greeley, Colorado. Northeast Health Partners is contracted with Colorado Department of Healthcare Policy and Finance to serve as the Regional Accountable Entity (RAE) for Region 2 serving Medicaid members in the north east and eastern plains of Colorado.
Remedy HealthCare Consulting is a clinician-owned and operated small business specializing in project management, quality improvement, and data coordination services for public health and healthcare systems. From transformation with TransforMED, a subdivision of AAFP, to large state initiatives in Maryland, Delaware, and Nebraska, Remedy has worked with a multitude of practices, FQHCs, and Rural health clinics. In addition, we have two highly skilled team members who know EMR implementation from a small community to large health system. With over 15 years of experience supporting local, state, and federal agencies—including HHS-aligned initiatives and CDC-funded programs—Remedy offers data-driven, scalable solutions that enhance operational efficiency, stakeholder engagement, and care delivery outcomes.
Rocky Mountain Health Plans - Practice Transformation Team
The Practice Transformation Team at Rocky Mountain Health Plans (RMHP) partners with primary care practices located on the Western half of the State of Colorado to develop a community of advanced primary care practices by fostering quality improvement at the practice level between physicians and patients with a focus on team-based, patient-centered primary care. A state-of-the-art practice transformation approach is integrated into the medical neighborhood through the implementation of care management and care coordination processes and engagement of both primary and specialty practices
Trinsic is the Clinically Integrated Network owned by UCHealth and Intermountain Health. The CIN includes over 1000 primary care providers across Colorado. We are a network of health care professionals committed to achieving success in value-based programs by working closely with our practices to support each practice's individual journey towards our ultimate goal of high quality, cost efficient, patient centered care.