Approaching the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) to get answers to even the simplest of questions can feel daunting. How do you begin to craft a question when the entity you’re querying contains billions of data elements stored Read more…
The last eighteen months have been months none of us ever wanted to live through. Between pandemics, political unrest, murder hornets, and masking, it seemed like the hits just kept coming. One positive thing this experience has taught us is Read more…
A newly-released analysis comparing commercial health insurance payments to Medicare payments reveals wide variation across Colorado hospitals, and average payments outpacing national averages for outpatient services most significantly. Colorado’s highest payed hospital received more than five times Medicare rates (508% Read more…
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 Read more…
Plaintalk Blog: What is Actually in the CO APCD? Part III: Dental Claims This is the second in a series of blogs about what exactly is in the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD). Today we’re looking at one 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. 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 Read more…
This is the second 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 professional claim. Professional claims 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. 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 Read more…
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