USE CASE: Investigating Changes in Medicaid Coverage Under the Affordable Care Act Click here to watch to the Change Agent Chat featuring Sarah Gordon, doctoral student at Brown and Pete Sheehan, CIVHC’s VP of Business Development. Brown University’s School of Public Health comprises 12 nationally renowned research centers and institutes, which focus Read more
PROFILE: Scorecard on Payment Reform Click here to listen to CPR’s Andrea Caballero chat with CIVHC’s CMO, Tamaan Osbourne-Roberts, about Scorecard 2.0. Click here to listen to CPR’s Listening In podcast where Andréa Caballero dials up Jonathan Mathieu, VP of Research and Compliance & Chief Economist at the Center for Improving Value in Health Care Read more
Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) is excited to announce the establishment of an extension office at the new Catalyst HTI health care complex in the River North neighborhood of Denver. The mission of Catalyst HTI is to create a community of health care innovation professionals and businesses Read more
By Rachel Linn, CIVHC’s Marketing Manager Last week, my husband called me with debilitating abdominal pain and was unable to stand, let alone drive himself to a provider to receive care. As an employee of CIVHC, my brain immediately went to thoughts around the expenses we were going to incur Read more
Consumers Can Now Shop for Health Care Imaging Services in Colorado A new online tool based on data from the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) shows prices for imaging services at health care facilities across the state. This information can help patients across Colorado locate facilities with the Read more
By Kristin Paulson, JD, MPH, CIVHC’s VP of Research and Innovation Palliative Care has been a hot button topic lately, popping up in legislation, in the news, and, if you’re one of the more than 30 million family caregivers in the US, even the dinner table. From the beginning, CIVHC Read more
A new interactive Condition Prevalence report is now available based on data in the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD). The report provides information to help Change Agents find ways to identify variation in chronic and life-threatening health conditions across the state with the ultimate goal of improving the Read more
By Sharon Adams, CIVHC Community Engagement Manager Think for a moment about times when you have not been well and what brings you comfort. Often it is the presence of family, friends and caregivers who appreciate the necessity of focusing on us in ways that enable our return to Read more
New Study Identifies Drivers of Colorado’s High Health Care Costs Compared to Other States Millions in Annual Savings Potential Statewide A new multi-state study shows Colorado could save more than $48 million annually across 102 adult primary care practices if prices for health care services were closer to the average Read more
A new interactive Quality of Care report is now available based on data in the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD). The report provides information to help Change Agents find ways to reduce variation in the way care is delivered with the ultimate goal of improving health and reducing Read more