For Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we are using the Center for Improving Value in Health Care’s (CIVHC) Community Dashboard, powered by data from the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD), to look at breast cancer screening rates in Colorado. Breast cancer is one of the most common types of Read more…
By Twanisha Parnell, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer I joined the Center for Improving Value in Health Care one year ago following decades working for nonprofits in education, youth services, and affordable program enriched housing. I had very limited health care experience and honestly didn’t quite know what I was Read more…
Administered by the Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC), the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) is a vital tool for driving health care innovation. The CO APCD holds the potential to improve health care for everyone by providing cost and quality information that can help inform Read more…
It is estimated that 80% of a person’s health outcomes are related to social factors outside of their control. These social determinants of health are the nonmedical factors that influence a person’s health, including the conditions in which they are born, live, work, and age. In 2021, CIVHC took a big step to enhance 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 help make data-driven health decisions A different query addressed Read more…
As of June 2023, the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) contained over 1 billion claims, representing over 5 million insured lives in Colorado, spanning from 2013-2022. Of these claims, there are over 65 million behavioral health claims contained in the CO APCD, representing over three million unique Coloradans Read more…
Protecting health information is the highest priority for the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD). Colorado statute CRS 25.5-1-204 requires the CO APCD to “[p]rotect patient privacy in compliance with state and federal medical privacy laws while preserving the ability to analyze data and share with providers and payers to ensure Read more…
As of June 2023, the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) contained over one billion claims spanning 2013 through 2022. These claims were submitted by commercial health insurance plans, including Medicare Advantage, voluntarily submitted Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and mandated non-ERISA self-insured employer plans, Medicaid, and Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS). The CO 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. These public releases of data from the Colorado All Payer Read more…
Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) released an updated prescription drug rebate analysis highlighting the impact drug rebates have on prescription drug spending. The analysis shows that Colorado continues to see year over year increases in spending for prescription drugs, in spite of rebates which are intended to Read more…