You can check if your Health First Colorado (Colorado’s Medicaid Program) coverage is active by going to the Colorado PEAK website and clicking on the Check My Benefits button or you can view your card from the Health First Colorado mobile app.
You can also call your local County Department of Social/Human Services or the Member Contact Center for assistance.
Not a Member Yet?
If you’re not currently a Health First Colorado member, see our Apply Now page.
For Current Members Who Need a Replacement Card
Option 1: Print a card from your home computer by logging in to your account at Colorado.gov/PEAK. For detailed help see: How can I print a Health First Colorado card through PEAK?
Option 2: View your Health First Colorado (Colorado’s Medicaid program) card from the Health First Colorado mobile app. The mobile app is for current Health First Colorado and Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+) members. You must have a Colorado.gov/PEAK account or create one to sign in. The Health First Colorado mobile app can be downloaded at the Apple iTunes Store or Android/Google Play App Store for free. The Health First Colorado mobile app is not for people who want to apply for benefits. With the mobile app and a PEAK Account you can:
Option 3: You can also call or go in person to your local County Department of Human Services to request a card be mailed. The card will take up to two weeks to arrive.
Option 4: Finally, you can call the Member Contact Center to request a card be mailed. When calling, choose option 5 to speak to a representative about ordering a replacement Health First Colorado card. Once you’ve completed the process the card will be mailed to the address on file and should arrive within two weeks.
The renewal packet may include some of your information that we have on file. Your PEAK account may include more information than your renewal packet.
You need to review the current information we have in the renewal packet for all members of your household.
After you make the updates to the packet, sign the Renewal Form Signature Page, and return the form to your local county human services department by your renewal deadline.
If you do not have changes to your information, sign and return the Renewal Form Signature page to your local county human services department by your renewal deadline.
Important: If you do not return the Renewal Form Signature Page by the deadline, you may lose your health care coverage.
Not all members will be renewed at the same time. Members will be renewed according to their renewal month. Each member’s renewal month is usually based on the date you enrolled with Health First Colorado. Members who live in the same household may share the same renewal date. Some members will be automatically renewed based on the most recent information already on file with the state. Other members will need to go through the renewal process and take action. Health First Colorado will send renewal packets to those members in advance of their renewal month with key information and their individual timelines to take action.
Yes. The renewal month will be 12 months after the pregnancy ends. For example, if you complete your renewal in July 2024 while pregnant and your pregnancy ends in September, your new renewal date will be September 2025, not July 2025.
Members must report their pregnancy in their PEAK account, on the Health First Colorado app, or to their county to qualify for the extended 12 months of coverage. Learn more about the expanded maternity benefit.
The renewal process checks to see if you still qualify for Health First Colorado or Child Health Plus (CHP+). Some members will be automatically renewed based on information we have. Other members will need to go through the renewal process.
You will get a packet in the mail or in your PEAK mailbox several weeks before your renewal date. If any information is incorrect or missing, you need to fix it. If the packet asks for proof of income and resources, you need to send copies or upload them.
After you finish filling out the packet, sign it and send it back to your local county human services department by your renewal deadline. You can also complete the renewal packet online at CO.gov/PEAK or on the Health First Colorado app.
Once a Health First Colorado (Colorado’s Medicaid program) member is entitled to receive Medicare, Medicare Part D will cover most of your prescriptions. Health First Colorado will only pay for a few medications that are excluded by your Part D plan. If you need assistance to find and enroll on a Part D plan, please call 1-888-696-7213 or 303-894-2946.
Beginning July 1, 2023 if your prescription is for a generic or brand name medication you will not have a co-pay.
Learn more about Health First Colorado Co-Pays.
Health First Colorado (Colorado’s Medicaid Program) will cover lost, stolen or damaged medications once per lifetime for each member. Pharmacies must call for overrides for lost, stolen, or damaged prescriptions. Please call your pharmacy and they will need to call Magellan (1-800-424-5725) to request the replacement prescriptions. The replacement request and verification must be within 60 days of the last refill of the medication.
Through scientific testing, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ensures that generic drugs are safe and effective, contain the same active ingredient and work the same way as the brand name. Health First Colorado (Colorado’s Medicaid Program) can pay for a name brand drug if a generic is not available, if your doctor considers the name brand to be medically necessary or if the medication is excluded from the generic mandate (e.g., medications for mental illness, cancer, epilepsy and HIV/AIDS).
In cases where your doctor would like you to have the brand name when a generic is available, a prior authorization will need to be completed by your doctor and the prior authorization must be approved by Health First Colorado before you will be allowed to receive the brand name.
