Source: The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) Media Contact:Cari Frank303.903.6007 cfrank@civhc.orgFree Standing Emergency Departments are Being Used for Non-Emergent Care at Higher PricesEmergency Facilities Costing Coloradans More for the Same Care DENVER – July 6, 2016 – A Read more…
On April 27th, CMS released proposed rules for the implementation of the Medicare and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), an act that heretofore was famous for containing the repeal of the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR). The SGR was uniformly hated by Read more…
Plaintalk Blog Series – Introduction You spoke, and we listened. In late 2015, CIVHC sent out a survey asking for ways to advance our mission – better health, lower costs, and a healthier Colorado. We heard a recurring theme; many Read more…
Originally featured on WantHealthcareLLC.com.In a recent article in the Journal of the American Medical Association, economists from Stanford and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) did a very interesting thing. There is a general assumption that the richer you are, the Read more…
Recently, I had the opportunity to chat with a national reporter about how the Supreme Court’s Gobeille vs. Liberty Mutual decision impacts Colorado’s All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD). She was surprised to learn that our perspective is significantly different Read more…
In 2012, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) launched an ambitious demonstration initiative designed to transform the health care system at the state level by building new, scalable models. The federal goal of the State Innovation Model (SIM) Read more…
Jonathan Mathieu, CIVHC’s VP of Research and Compliance & Chief Economist, presented at the sell-out 2016 State HIT Connect Summit, March 21-22 in Baltimore, MD – presented by Healthcare IT Connect in partnership with NASCIO, APHSA, eHI, and Health Affairs.Jonathan Read more…
Jay Want, MD, and Tracey Campbell are representing CIVHC at Prime Health’s Innovation Summit in May. The event features thought leaders, healthcare executives, clinicians, entrepreneurs, investors, and technologists from around the country exploring the future of digital health integration.CIVHC’s Chief Read more…
Updated claims from Commercial and Medicaid payers spanning 2011-2014, as well as measures for preventive care and chronic conditions can provide new opportunities to evaluate trends in health care utilization and spending across Colorado.“Enhancing the data available in the Colorado Read more…
Published by HCPF on March 18, 2016 Media Contact: Marc Williams 303-866-3144 DENVER, CO – Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling regarding a Vermont law requiring health insurance plans to provide certain claims information to state Read more…
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