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…
A new interactive Community Dashboard from Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC), provides county and regional information to help communities understand opportunities to improve cost of care, quality, access and utilization of services. Statewide results indicate that between 2013 and 2018, quality of care has improved across several Read more…
This is the first in a series of blogs about what exactly is in the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD). Today we’re looking at one of the most fundamental claims we receive – the medical claim. Medical claims include basic information about why you went to the doctor Read more…
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…
CIVHC administers the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) and we use the health insurance claims information to help Change Agents identify ways to lower costs, improve care, and make us all healthier. But what exactly is in the CO APCD and what does it mean when CIVHC talks Read more…
A new analysis from the Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) shows elective procedures represent nearly 75% of all procedures performed and result in an average of over $200M per month in payments to Colorado hospitals, clinicians, ambulatory surgery centers and diagnostic procedure centers. The analysis is based Read more…
The online Shop for Care tool, based on information in the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD), now includes more procedures, additional facilities and new quality information. By using this tool, people with and without insurance can save thousands of dollars and help reduce health care spending in the Read more…
By: CIVHC President and CEO, Ana English, MBA In early March, after years of training and just missing out in 2016, my daughter Amber qualified for the 2020 Olympics in international skeet shooting. It was everything a mother could wish for, a culmination of her hard work, dreams and a Read more…
A new report released by the Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) shows that Colorado could save up to $140M annually and reduce potential harm to patients by minimizing low value health care services. Low value health care refers to certain treatments, diagnostic tests, and screenings where the Read more…
One in every four visits in Colorado is for a child A new analysis from the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) shows that over 17,000 Coloradans visiting an Emergency Department (ED) from 2016-2018 had a primary diagnosis related to mental health. One out of every four ED visits Read more…