By Kristin Paulson, JD, MPH, CEO and President As the summer winds down and the evenings have begun to cool off with the first hints of fall, I’m reminded of how change is constant all around us. Whether it’s the Read more…
Analyst: Valerie Garrison, MES, Evaluation Analyst, CIVHC Project Name: Telehealth vs. In-Person Services Payment Parity in Colorado, 2020-2021: Analysis of Telehealth Denied Claims Project Purpose (in one sentence, what high-level question was this analysis trying to answer?): Colorado’s Office of Read more…
Using Data to Understand Where Patients Go For Care Located in the frontier community of Gunnison, in the largest county per square mile in Colorado, is Gunnison Valley Health (GVH). Begun as a hospital in 1938, GVH has grown into Read more…
The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) is thrilled to announce that it has been awarded the prestigious Innovation in Data Dissemination Award by the National Association for Health Data Organizations (NAHDO) for 2023. This remarkable recognition highlights Read more…
The latest version of the interactive CO APCD Insights Dashboard shows that the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD), one of the most robust APCDs in the nation, now contains over one billion claims. In addition to claims volume, Read more…
This is Part II of a previous blog, “Not Every Fight Ends at the Bell”. The words were crushing. Exiting the ring out of the blue corner, the fatigue and exhaustion sank in but the agony of defeat overrode everything. Read more…
COVID-19 continues to impact life through physical, mental, and emotional hurdles. A current area of interest is Long COVID, broadly defined as, “symptoms affecting multiple organs which range from cough and shortness of breath to palpitations, chest pain, joint pain, Read more…
A new analysis released by the Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) shows that in 2021, Coloradans received nearly two million potentially unnecessary health care services costing patients and health insurers approximately $134 million. Of the 58 services Read more…
Fiscal year 2022-2023 was another busy one for the Public Reporting team at Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC), which produced over 35 publications including 10 interactive reports and analyses that bring transparency to the health care marketplace. Read more…
Claims data is very different than other types of data typically encountered by actuaries, accountants, analysts, and researchers. If not prepared for the unique challenges it presents, it is easy to conclude that something is wrong with a data set. Read more…
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