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Data Dive: Social Needs Codes in the CO APCD

Social factors such as race, education, income, housing and transportation can have a major impact on a person’s ability to live a healthy life. These social determinants of health play a powerful, fundamental role in health outcomes and health equity for individuals and entire communities. In fact, studies have found Read more…

By CIVHC, 1 week1 week ago
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New Tool Unlocks Provider Health Care Payments in Colorado

The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) recently released the Provider Payment Tool, the first health care transparency tool of its kind in Colorado. The tool, based on legislation passed in the 2022 session, shows how payments made to providers vary across the state.While most other available data, including Read more…

By Spencer Fortier, 1 week1 week ago
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Change Agent Feature: University of Colorado – Denver and Northwestern University

The Association Between Hydraulic Fracturing (fracking) and Health Outcomes Hydraulic fracturing, also known as “fracking”, is a technique for recovering gas and oil by drilling and releasing a high-pressure mixture of water, sand and chemicals to release the gas inside a rock layer. This drilling technique has been used in Read more…

By Spencer Fortier, 2 weeks2 weeks ago
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Ask the Analyst – Emma Anderson on the Telehealth Services Analysis

The Ask the Analyst series is a deep dive into the data by those most familiar with the CO APCD – the analysts themselves. We’ll hear about their experiences with recent analyses and answer any pressing questions that come up. Have a question for the CIVHC Analyst Team? Email it Read more…

By Spencer Fortier, 4 weeks ago
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The Next Ten Years: Partnership, Innovation, and Trust

I recently had the honor of representing CIVHC and the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) as CEO for the first time on the national stage. CIVHC was included as one of three State Health Data Leaders in Manatt’s National Summit on Health Data: Realizing the Promise of All Read more…

By Spencer Fortier, 2 months ago
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Ask the Analyst – Tim Ginader on the Vasectomy and Contraceptive Data Byte

The Ask the Analyst series is a deep dive into the data by those most familiar with the CO APCD – the analysts themselves. We’ll hear about their experiences with recent analyses and answer any pressing questions that come up. Have a question for the CIVHC Analyst Team? Email it Read more…

By CIVHC, 3 months2 months ago
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Change Agent Feature – Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE)

Diabetes Medication Adherence in Colorado Diabetes is a health condition affecting how your body turs food into energy, impacting 30+ million Americans and over 1 million more new cases every year. As the 7th leading cause of death in the US, diabetes can become costly, and life threatening, if not Read more…

By CIVHC, 3 months2 months ago
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Perspective Blog: How a Cold Shower Saved My Life and Brought Health Equity to Light

By Cari Frank, MBA It was the coldest shower I had taken in a long time, and it ended up saving my life. I was spending Christmas 2021 in Belize with my family, and our hotel had no hot water. A minor thing, given that I was in paradise. One Read more…

By Cari Frank, 3 months3 months ago
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Change Agent Feature: University of Colorado – Denver

The Role of Health Insurance in Access to New Medical Technologies: A Case Study of BRCA Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer Patients While working on her master’s thesis, Colorado student Emily Hammad, encountered a female patient recently diagnosed with breast cancer and struggling to plan for the future. The patient Read more…

By CIVHC, 3 months2 months ago
Ask the Analyst

Ask the Analyst – Kari Degerness and Megha Jha on High Value Care at End of Life

The Ask the Analyst series is a deep dive into the data by those most familiar with the CO APCD – the analysts themselves. We’ll hear about their experiences with recent analyses and answer any pressing questions that come up. Have a question for the CIVHC Analyst Team? Email it Read more…

By Spencer Fortier, 4 months4 months ago

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