Colorado Community Health Network Inc

What it reported doing in 2025

Group purchasing program: the organization has entered into agreements with suppliers of goods and services for chcs and other health care safety net clinics. The organization receives a fee from the suppliers to cover expenses associated with administering these contracts. Community health association of mountain/plains states (champs): cchn provides administrative and accounting services to champs under a professional services agreement. Emergency preparedness: to provide training, technical assistance, other education and equipment to Colorado chcs. Covering kids and families (ckf): to support community-based health coverage assisters who help coloradans enroll in and renew health coverage and to advocate for state-level improvements to the eligibility and enrollment process leading to increased enrollment and decreased administrative barriers. Oral health: to improve the dental health of vulnerable populations by increasing integration of oral health preventive services in primary care delivery systems. Workforce development: to develop and deliver workforce training opportunities for Colorado chcs and to grow and maintain relationships with key workforce partners in order to provide programs and resources which sustain and grow the existing chc workforce. Health care access: to develop goals and a roadmap that will serve as a guide to begin or strengthen health centers- and cchn's efforts to increase access to high quality health care for communities across Colorado. Cancer, chronic disease, and diabetes prevention and early detection: to implement strategies to address cancer prevention and early detection at one or more levels of the socioecological framework, depending on the needs of the underserved population served by and living within the service area. Payment reform: to work with Colorado chcs and the state medicaid agency to develop a new population-based payment methodology for chc medicaid reimbursement and to support chcs in system and care changes. Colorado health service corps: to review loan repayment applications from health care providers employed by facilities serving medically underserved populations. Data initiative: continue building capacity around improving data collection processes, assessing needs, and developing an implementation plan. Pathways: develop and strengthen pathways for underrepresented individuals into health care careers in community health centers by directly assisting small cohorts of chcs in meaningful outreach to high school and early career individuals, exploring avenues for staff to leverage experience and education for career development, and promoting long-term leadership development and career advancement. This will also inform resources and peer discussions shared with all chcs. Enhancing clinical support staff sustainability: provide technical assistance and resources to chcs that are exploring and testing our new models of using clinical support staff to assist in health care delivery. This project is focused on supporting chcs in both the recruitment and retention of staff under these new models, as well as assisting with incorporating these new approaches into the team-based care model and tackling any compliance or policy issues that arise to remove barriers to sustainability. Colorado health policy forum: to analyze federal policy changes affecting health care access, coverage, affordability, and quality in Colorado, and to support a diverse table of Colorado health care stakeholders in their collective efforts to improve collaboration around health care policymaking to create stronger more sustainable state-level health policy. Public health interventions: to support strategies that allow chcs across the metro area to maintain and increase essential public health interventions.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 81.2%; rating input score 81
• Program expense ratio: 77.9%; rating input score 78
• Fundraising efficiency: $54.42 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 21st percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Pass
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 88.8%; rating input score 89; 31st percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -3.1%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.3; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 29.4%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -1.7% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 9th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings