If you are already enrolled in Health First Colorado (Colorado’s Medicaid Program), contact your case worker or local Single Entry Point (SEP) agency to start the waiver application process.
Call or email the Center for more information and to make an appointment.
1-800-766-4255 ext. 1
Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) waiver reimbursement through Medicaid
To qualify for the SCI waiver, you must meet the following requirements:
(Click here for A comprehensive list of diagnoses is available here )
Live in Denver, Adams, Arapahoe, Douglas or Jefferson County
For more detailed information about SCI waiver including qualifications, benefits and how to apply, please visit the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing website at colorado.gov/pacific/hcpf/spinal-cord-injury-waiver.
Your SEP agency is based on the county where you live.
1-844-790-RMHS (7647)
303-271-1388
Your case worker or SEP will help you with the application process.
The care coordination team at the Chanda Center for Health is also available to answer your questions. You can reach the team via email at Carrie@chandacenter.org.
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The Chanda Center for Health provides access to integrative treatments on-site at its Lakewood facility as well as at off-site facilities along the front range and across the nation through participant-selected providers.
To qualify for discounted or donated services you must meet the following requirements:
Apply for On-Site Financial Assistance
Apply for Off-Site Financial Assistance
*Due to COVID-19, we no longer have funding available for off-site services in 2021.
If you have questions about applying for on-site or off-site services, please call the Center at 1-800-766-4255.
Apply for Intensive Fund Services
The intensive fund provides off-site services funding for individuals who are newly injured to access adaptive exercise. Applications will be accepted for this program in 2021.
The Chanda Center for Health strives to make all services available and financially accessible for those on Medicaid.
The Center is recognized as a behavioral health and physical therapy provider through Medicaid.
We also provide massage under other Medicaid waivers including the Children with Life Limiting Illness (CLLI) waiver, the Children’s Extensive Support (CES) waiver and the Supported Living Services (SLS) waiver. For more detailed information about available Medicaid waivers, please visit colorado.gov/pacific/hcpf/long-term-services-and-supports-programs.
The Chanda Center for Health is a provider of workers’ compensation under Pinnacol. However, if you have worker’s compensation with another provider, please talk with your worker’s comp case manager to determine possible coverage of care.
We are an approved physical therapy and acupuncture provider through the Department of Veterans Affairs (link to https://www.tricare-west.com/).
The Chanda Center for Health provides self-pay services for able-bodied individuals and those with long-term disabilities who have the resources to pay.
Chanda Center for Health rates:
“Medicaid should cover massage and acupuncture because there is very minimal risk and a high reward without expensive means of hospitalization; wellness can be more economic.”
“I feel a ray of hope upon entering the Chanda Center for Health, and my mood greatly improves after therapy. I struggled for two years to find such a warm and welcoming place where people understand the difficulties of life in a wheelchair. I can now work efficiently and enjoy a greater sense of myself in the community.”
“Too often, I feel as if my body is dead, devoid of sensation, but with the massage therapy I receive through The Chanda Plan, I have the opportunity to bring some sensation back to my body and the sense that I am functioning once again.”
“The Chanda Plan makes the world seem bigger and more possible while giving me the energy to explore it.”
1630 Carr Street
Lakewood, CO 80214
Phone: 1-800-766-4255
Fax 1-800-533-4684
info@chandacenter.org
