Social factors such as race, education, income, housing and transportation can have a major impact on a person’s ability to live a healthy life. These social determinants of health play a powerful, fundamental role in health outcomes and health equity for individuals and entire communities. In fact, studies have found Read more
The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) released its fifth update to the Telehealth Services Utilization Analysis, which now includes data from January 2019 – January 2022 revealing a picture of telehealth prior to and nearly two years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The data shows 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. Have a question for the CIVHC Analyst Team? Email it Read more
Diabetes Medication Adherence in Colorado Diabetes is a health condition affecting how your body turs food into energy, impacting 30+ million Americans and over 1 million more new cases every year. As the 7th leading cause of death in the US, diabetes can become costly, and life threatening, if not Read more
The Role of Health Insurance in Access to New Medical Technologies: A Case Study of BRCA Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer Patients While working on her master’s thesis, Colorado student Emily Hammad, encountered a female patient recently diagnosed with breast cancer and struggling to plan for the future. The patient Read more
October 26, 2022 – The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) Board of Directors has selected Kristin Paulson, JD, MPH, to serve as the organization’s next President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) upon the retirement of long-time CEO, Ana English, MBA. As CIVHC’s present Chief Operating Officer and Read more
Recently, the Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) released an updated Medicare Reference Based Pricing Analysis, the final analysis in the Affordability Dashboard. As with the other analyses on the dashboard, Medicare Referenced Based Pricing is another tool providing insight on ways to approach lowering health care costs Read more
CIVHC President and CEO Ana English is honored to accept the National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO) Elliot M. Stone Award of Excellence in Health Data Leadership during this year’s annual conference. The Elliot M. Stone Award recognizes an individual who “represents the highest ideals in data collection, analysis, Read more
Commercial Health Care Payments Compared to Medicare Remain Above the National Average A new interactive Tableau report and accompanying infographics are now available as part of the Center for Improving Value in Health Care’s (CIVHC) Affordability Dashboard. The data, based on analysis of Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) Read more
Health care costs are rising rapidly across the country, and Colorado is not exempt – a previous analysis using data from the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) found that cost of care in our state increased by 13% from 2013 to 2019. To address rising costs, there are Read more