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Colorado Medicaid Participatory Action Incubator (MPAI) Challenge

A collaborative, community-driven process to vet, validate, and vote on the best companies, technologies, solutions, and models to address Medicaid community engagement/work requirements.

Learn more about MPAI

Join the MPAI Challenge as a Host

What to Expect

As a host, your job is to ensure that the proposed solution works as intended and that piloting it at the organizational or company level is feasible. You would pilot with companies through 2027, including an interim and final report for them to complete.

Over the coming months, you will have a chance to learn more about this process and meet with the Companies to hear their pitches. Please join us on the following dates! 

  • October 5: Host Q & A (Optional; FAQs and slideshow will be provided)

  • October 29: Host Orientation 

  • November 10: Pilot Interviewing

Timeline

September 8 | Semifinal Application Opens

September 21 | Semifinal Application Closes 

September 22 | Semifinal Judging Begins 

October 5 | Host Q&A 

October 9 | Semifinal Judging Closes

October 13 | Semifinal Judging Consensus Meeting

October 21 | Finalists Announced | 2026 Prime Health Innovation Summit

October 29 | Host Orientation

November 10 | Pilot Interviewing (sessions throughout the day)

About the Challenge Companies

Link to Felicity’s company microsite

About the Challenge Judges

For the MPAI Challenge, our judging panel included stakeholders from all the groups we interviewed during our Discovery Phase. This included Medicaid Members, Volunteer-based organizations, Regional Accountable Entities, Counties, Providers, Higher-Education Representatives, Job Training Organizations, and Community Advocacy Groups. We also welcomed judges from our Fishbowl audience, which was made up of Technologists

Pilot Training info

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FAQs

    1. Fill out our short application here.

    2. Attend the Final Live Pitch Event in person or virtually on October 15th.

    3. Vote for solutions you are interested exploring a pilot with for your organization

    1. Must be a healthcare organization serving patients in Colorado. This can include primary care, behavioral health, hospital, payer, local health agency, school-based health centers, community organizations, and more. If you are serving patients/clients and providing healthcare services, we’d love to meet you.

    2. Must be open to hosting a funded pilot with a top digital health technology.

    1. Please fill out the Host application for the Challenge Final Pitch Event

    2. Register to attend the Final Pitch Event, either in person or virtually.

  • Nothing! We are not charging a registration fee for Hosts. We strive to maximize accessibility and participation and don't want location or cost to be a barrier. We're proud to get the word out to everyone and anyone who wants to see the finalists pitch, learn about the Challenge, or explore hosting a pilot.