Patients Continue to Access Behavioral Health Providers the Most The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC), using data from the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD), released its third update to the Telehealth Services Utilization analysis. The new data now encompasses five months of the COVID-19 pandemic Read more…
The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC), using data from the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) updated the Telehealth Services Utilization analysis available on civhc.org. The updated tool shows how use of telehealth in the first two months of the COVID-19 pandemic nearly doubled when compared Read more…
A new analysis using data from the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) shows use of telehealth services in Colorado was on the rise before the onset of the novel coronavirus pandemic. From January 2018 to February 2020, telehealth utilization per 1,000 members increased from 57 to 75.9 (33%) 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…
A new analysis using data in the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) is now available to help identify counties across Colorado with populations at high risk for severe illness from COVID-19. The interactive map enables public health officials, state agencies, hospitals, physicians and others to identify areas where Read more…
By: CIVHC VP of Communication and Marketing, Cari Frank, MBA During my annual exam last fall, my physician assistant asked if I’d like to include a Vitamin D test with my lab work. I quickly said yes, thinking that it seemed like a good idea and that I should get 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…