Updated September 1, 2026
Verify Health First Colorado eligibility in real time.
Health First Colorado supports electronic real-time eligibility. Send the check to payer ID COTXIX and the full benefits picture comes back in under a second, before the patient sits down.
Also billed as: Colorado Department of Healthcare Policy & Financing · Colorado Medicaid · Colorado Medical Assistance Program · Medicaid Colorado
Under 1 second
The same Health First Colorado check that takes 15 to 25 minutes on the phone. Ten patients tomorrow: ten checks, or three hours on hold.
5 billing names
Health First Colorado shows up on cards under 5 names. Every one routes to payer ID COTXIX, and so do 11 older payer IDs still printed on cards. No guessing which card this is.
29 Health plans
verify in real time through Valian. One setup covers the whole Health family, Health First Colorado included.
First month free
On day 30 your card on file is charged $500 unless you cancel. Then $2.50 a check. No seat fees, no platform fee, no contract.
The phone way
Call, hold, transcribe, repeat.
Verifying Health First Colorado by phone means a menu, a hold queue, and 15 to 25 minutes per patient while someone at the desk reads benefits back by hand. Ten patients on tomorrow's schedule is half a workday on hold.
The real-time way
Payer ID COTXIX, under a second.
The same check, sent electronically. Sign in and run it for any patient in one click, and Valian flags the ones that need a human look.
| By phone | In Valian | |
|---|---|---|
| Time per patient | 15 to 25 minutes on hold | Under a second |
| When it happens | Day of, squeezed between patients | Any time before the visit, in one click |
| What you get | Notes scribbled while someone reads benefits aloud | The full breakdown, saved to the patient |
What a Health First Colorado eligibility check returns
- Whether coverage is active, with plan and group details
- Deductible, and how much of it is already met this year
- Annual maximum, and how much of it is left to work with
- Coverage percentages by category: preventive, basic, major
- Frequency limits on cleanings, exams, and X-rays
- Waiting periods, where Health First Colorado reports them electronically
Eligibility result
Sample data- Status
- Active
- Plan
- PPO · Group 8823
- Deductible
- $50 · $0 met
- Annual max
- $1,500 remaining
- Preventive
- 100%
- Basic
- 80%
- Major
- 50%
- Cleanings
- 2 / year
Returned in under a second · payer ID COTXIX
How practices handle this today, in their own words
Verbatim from recorded calls to dental offices. Names withheld.
We call the insurance, or I go on their website and do it. Yeah, we manually do it.
We have a third party insurance verification team that does it for us. I’m not too sure, maybe like seven, ten minutes.
Our system does it, and the ones that are not set up for electronic, we do ourselves.
How getting set up works
Sign up
About ten minutes: create the account, sign the agreement, and your free first month starts. On day 30 your card on file is charged $500 unless you cancel.
Connect your system
We connect your practice management software with your office manager. Open Dental, Dentrix, Eaglesoft, and more.
Run a check in one click
Sign in, pick a patient and see their coverage in under a second before the visit, Health First Colorado included. No hold music, no portal logins.
Under half an hour of your time all in. See the full walkthrough on the insurance verification page.
What Health First CO supports electronically
- Real-time eligibility (270/271)
- Yes, under a second
- Enrollment for eligibility
- None, checks work day one
- Dental claims (837D)
- Not offered electronically
- Claim status (276/277)
- Yes
- Electronic remittance (835)
- Yes, after a multi-step enrollment, typically a few weeks
- Electronic funds transfer
- Not offered electronically
- Claim attachments
- Not offered electronically
Names and IDs this payer goes by
Health First Colorado · Colorado Department of Healthcare Policy & Financing · Colorado Medicaid · Colorado Medical Assistance Program · Medicaid Colorado. Older cards may show payer ID 100083, 10065, 1496, 1548I and 166. All of them route to payer ID COTXIX.
Payer site: www.healthfirstcolorado.com
How to verify Health First Colorado, step by step
Get the member ID and date of birth from the card or the patient.
Send the electronic eligibility request (a 270) to payer ID COTXIX.
Read the response (the 271): status, deductible, max, percentages, frequencies.
Save the breakdown to the patient. With Valian, all four take one click and under a second.
Health First Colorado runs Medicaid plans across Colorado. Medicaid dental benefits change by state and by age, which is exactly what the check reads off the plan.
Health First Colorado, quick answers
Does Health First Colorado support real-time eligibility?
Yes. Eligibility checks to Health First Colorado clear electronically in under a second through payer ID COTXIX.
What payer ID do I use for Health First Colorado?
COTXIX for eligibility transactions. The same payer also appears on cards as Colorado Department of Healthcare Policy & Financing, Colorado Medicaid, Colorado Medical Assistance Program.
What does a check cost with Valian?
$2.50 per verification. Sign in and run each check in one click before the visit. Your first month is free. On day 30 your card on file is charged $500 unless you cancel. No contract and no seat fees.
Does Health First Colorado require enrollment before I can check eligibility?
No. Eligibility checks work from day one, with no payer enrollment paperwork.
Which Health First Colorado plans does this cover?
Health First Colorado runs Medicaid plans in Colorado. The eligibility check reads the specific plan on the patient's card, whichever program it belongs to.
Can I get Health First Colorado remittances electronically?
Yes. Health First Colorado sends electronic remittance advice (835) after a multi-step enrollment, typically a few weeks.
What if the patient's card shows a different Health name?
Alternate billing names route to the same payer ID, COTXIX. The same check covers them.
More questions about verifying Health First Colorado? Schedule 15 minutes with us and bring your toughest plan.
Check any Health First Colorado patient in one click, before they walk in.
First month free. On day 30 your card on file is charged $500 unless you cancel. $2.50 a check after that. No seat fees, no platform fee, no contract.
Book 15 minutes, demo or onboarding
Pick a time, then tell us on the form whether it is a demo or an onboarding call.
Other Colorado dental payers
10 other payers operating in Colorado also verify in real time, 2 of them with Medicaid plans.
- Allegiance Benefit Plan Management Incorporated81040
- Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Colorado050
- Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Colorado - DentalAD050
- Colorado AccessCOACC
- Colorado Community Health AllianceCOCHA
- Delta Dental ColoradoDDPCO
- Devoted HealthDEVOT
- Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Colorado100173
- Sana Benefits50114
Medicaid plans in Colorado: Colorado Access, Colorado Community Health Alliance.
The Health family in the network
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Payer names and marks belong to their owners and identify the insurance company a practice can verify. Sample result shown for illustration; real results reflect the patient's actual plan. Payer capabilities can change between network updates.