Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) is excited to announce the appointment of Matthew Ullrich as Vice President of Legal and Compliance, General Counsel and member of CIVHC’s Executive Leadership Team. In his new role, Matt will lead Read more
The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) is proud to announce the publication of its first internally led research project in the American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Titled “Disparities in End-of-Life Care: A Retrospective Study on Read more
A new snapshot of data from Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) reveals that potentially preventable Emergency Department (ED) visits are lowering across Colorado, but certain demographics still experience disparities with heightened visit rates. The findings, published in Read more
The Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) contains over 1.1 billion claims, representing over 5 million insured lives in Colorado, with more added every month. Of these claims, there are over 75 million behavioral health claims contained in the Read more
In today’s health care landscape, it’s not enough to know that services exist—we need to know who they’re reaching, how they’re paid for, and whether we’re using our dollars to make the biggest impact possible. That’s exactly the mission the Read more
As discussed in a previous Query, CIVHC releases data from the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) in two ways: Non-public releases, for individuals or organizations to use to improve care for Coloradans Public data, for anyone to use to Read more
Many of the top rebated drugs have generic alternatives, offering insights into cost-reduction strategies Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) recently released data on the top 15 prescription drugs health insurance payers receive rebates for through the updated Read more
Collecting reliable and complete patient demographic data, especially race and ethnicity information, is a challenge most health data organizations, including other state All Payer Claims Databases (APCDs), have grappled with for years. However, all agree that this data is essential Read more
As discussed in a previous Query, individuals or organizations can request non-public data releases from the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) to help answer questions or solve problems around health and health care in Colorado. Today, we continue Read more
Data Dive: Potentially Preventable ED Visits in Colorado With CIVHC’s Community Dashboard, based on data in the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD), users can identify how performance in critical health measures varies across Colorado communities and where the Read more
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