We are honored to provide transparent Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) to help Change Agents drive towards equitable, affordable, high quality care for Coloradans. Below are analyses developed outside CIVHC’s traditional public report roadmap that were designed to respond to current and emerging needs of individuals, communities and organizations seeking to advance health and health care.

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Recent Publications

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Emergency Department Use for Mental Health and Potential Self-Harm

Released: February 2023
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Coloradans living with mental illness don’t always have access to comprehensive services or seek timely care to support their needs. Many efforts are underway in Colorado to improve diagnosis and treatment of mental health conditions, reduce stigma related to seeking care, and expand coverage and access to services for those living with mental illness. Despite these efforts, across the state, the Emergency Departments (ED) remain a source of support for many suffering from potentially preventable mental health crises. This custom data set from the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) provides a snapshot of utilization, cost and trends for visits to the ED with mental health or potential self-harm as a primary diagnosis.

Vasectomies and Contraception (Utilization and Cost)

Released: November 2022

This analysis provides a snapshot of utilization, cost, and trends for vasectomies and oral and non-oral contraception in Colorado from 2018-2021. The data set includes plan paid, patient responsibility, and total allowed amounts (plan paid and patient responsibility combined), in addition to the total number of procedures or prescriptions and the rate of people receiving care per 1,000 covered lives by payer. Results indicate that vasectomies decreased slightly during the height of the pandemic (2020), while use of oral contraception and non-oral contraception (provider administration portion) has remained consistent. There has been a decrease in use of non-oral contraceptives (prescription portion only), due to a decrease in the prescription fill rate for the vaginal ring.

Gender Affirming Care

Released: September 2022

This analysis was conducted to understand the utilization of gender affirming care among transgender, gender diverse, and non-binary (TGDNB) youth and young adults over time. In 2017, the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing’s (HCPF) Medical Services Board passed a statute for a comprehensive Medicaid transition-related care benefit. Through legislation passed in 2021, Colorado became the first state in the nation to require comprehensive gender-affirming care as part of minimum, or “benchmark,” health care plans sold on the individual and small group markets, which accounts for about a quarter of the state’s insured population. Plans must comply beginning in 2023.

Obstetrics Emergency Department Claims

Released: February 2022

This analysis shows the frequency of women receiving an additional Emergency Department (ED) charge with a normal labor and delivery. The data provides the volume and percentage of normal, routine vaginal deliveries with an additional ED charge, and provides breakouts by payer type (Medicaid or commercial), trends over time, and by ED facility severity level code. Average allowed amounts (patient and plan paid) for vaginal delivery in CO with and without an ED charge are also included.

Nurse Midwife Payment Evaluation

Released: December 2020

The Nurse Midwife Payment Evaluation data set provides payment comparisons for common procedures provided by Nurse Midwives, OB/GYNs, Primary Care Providers, Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants. The data is available by payer (Medicaid, Medicare Advantage and commercial) and shows median and average paid amounts and 25th to 75th percentile paid amounts to allow users to understand variation in payments.

Top 100 Brand and Generic Commercial Prescription Drugs

Released: March 2021

This analysis provides information on the top 100 generic and top 100 brand commercial prescription drugs from 2019 based on highest spend (total allowed amount) in the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD).  Breakouts by plan and patient paid amounts are also available as well as price and utilization trend information for the top 100 drugs from 2016-2018.

CO APCD Annual Reports