State grant
Colorado Path4EMS funding
Authorized Path4EMS provider
Colorado EMS · Fire · First Responders
The call ends. What it leaves doesn't.
Path4EMS is a state grant that helps pay for confidential mental health treatment for Colorado's EMS professionals, firefighters, and their families. Mind Spa is a Denver clinic that puts it to work, on talk therapy, ketamine, and hyperbaric oxygen therapy, for the trauma, PTSD, and depression that ride home after the shift.
Anonymous
Hidden from employer reporting
Veteran owned
Built by people who served
Advanced care
Therapy · Ketamine · HBOT
The program
What is Path4EMS?
Path4EMS is a Colorado state program, created by 2019 legislation, that supports the behavioral health of the state's EMS workforce. The reason it exists is not in question: paramedics, EMTs, and firefighters carry trauma, PTSD, and depression at rates well above the general population, and most never get specialized care.
It is a grant that helps pay for treatment, not a blank check. It covers $125 per session, or $250 per ketamine session, up to $1,250 per family per year. It lowers the cost of care so money is less of a reason to go without. Depending on the treatment, a portion may remain. Mind Spa is where you put that grant toward advanced, medically supervised care, not just a waitlist.
Confidentiality
Anonymous where it counts.
The fear is always the same: that asking for help shows up at work. Here is exactly how Path4EMS handles that, with no spin.
What stays private, and what to expect
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Your participation is anonymous in the Path4EMS system and its reporting. Your department and your employer are not told you are using the program.
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A standard office visit may still be billed to your health insurance, the same as any medical appointment. That is normal and separate from Path4EMS.
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Your treatment records are protected health information. What you share with your provider is protected health information and is kept confidential, with limited exceptions required by law.
Eligibility
Who qualifies for Path4EMS
- ✓Licensed & certified Colorado EMTs and paramedics
- ✓Colorado firefighters who hold an EMS certificate & license
- ✓Family members of Colorado firefighters or EMTs and paramedics
What the grant can go toward
Real treatment. Not a pamphlet.
01 / Talk therapy
Trauma-informed therapy
Work with clinicians who understand the job, the calls, and what they leave behind.
02 / Ketamine
Ketamine therapy
Medically monitored infusions, used off-label, for depression and PTSD that have not responded to the usual routes.
03 / HBOT
Hyperbaric oxygen
Pressurized oxygen therapy, used off-label and studied for people with a head-injury or blast history.
How it works
Three steps.
01
Call us
One confidential call. We confirm your Path4EMS eligibility, usually within one business day.
02
Build your plan
A Mind Spa provider maps the right treatment with you: therapy, ketamine, HBOT, or a combination.
03
Start care
We apply your Path4EMS grant to reduce the cost and review any remaining balance with you before treatment begins.
Why us
Why first responders choose Mind Spa
Path4EMS can go toward counseling at many clinics. Mind Spa is a veteran-owned interventional psychiatry clinic that layers talk therapy with ketamine and hyperbaric oxygen therapy, with ketamine and HBOT used off-label for depression and PTSD, delivered to people who cannot afford to be out of service for long.
We were founded by a service-disabled combat veteran and former Army EOD technician. We treat veterans, police, fire, and EMS every day. You will not have to explain what a bad call does to you. We already know.
Questions
Straight answers.
Will my department find out I'm using it?
No. Your participation in Path4EMS is anonymous within the program's system and reporting, so your department and employer are not told you are enrolled. A standard office visit may still be billed to your health insurance, the same as any medical appointment, but that is separate from your use of the Path4EMS grant.
Does the grant cover the full cost of treatment?
Not always. Path4EMS is a grant that helps pay for treatment: $125 per session, or $250 per ketamine session, up to $1,250 per family per year. Depending on the treatment, a portion may remain. We review the numbers with you before anything begins, so there are no surprises.
I'm a firefighter, not on an ambulance. Do I qualify?
If you hold an EMS certificate and license, you are likely eligible for Path4EMS behavioral health support even if you primarily work fire. Call us and we will confirm it.
Can my family use it?
Family members of Colorado firefighters, EMTs, and paramedics may also qualify. Call us and we will help confirm eligibility for your family.
What can the grant go toward at Mind Spa?
Talk therapy, ketamine infusion therapy, and hyperbaric oxygen therapy, along with medication management. Your provider builds the right plan with you at your first visit.
How do I start?
Call 303-327-0350, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, or complete the new patient paperwork. We confirm your eligibility, usually within one business day, and get you scheduled.
Get started
One call. No forms.
Talk to a team that knows the work. We confirm your Path4EMS eligibility, anonymously, and walk you through the next step.
303-327-0350Confidential. No obligation. Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. Prefer to start online? Complete the new patient paperwork.
Mind Spa × Path4EMS
You take care of everyone else.
Let a team that knows the work take care of you.
Call 303-327-0350Path4EMS eligibility and funding are determined by the Path4EMS program. IV ketamine and hyperbaric oxygen therapy are used off-label for depression, PTSD, and head injury and are not FDA-approved for these uses. The only FDA-approved ketamine-based treatment for depression is esketamine (Spravato) nasal spray. Individual results vary and are not guaranteed.
Mind Spa is not a crisis service. If you are in crisis, call or text 988. Mind Spa provides care to patients located in Colorado at 5340 S. Quebec St., Suite 230S, Greenwood Village, CO 80111.
