Population Surveillance of Adolescents and Adults with Congenital Heart Disease In 2015, the Colorado School of Public Health and University of Colorado Department of Cardiology assembled a team of epidemiologists, cardiologists, health informaticians and patient advocates to develop a state-wide surveillance system of adolescents and adults with congenital heart defects (CHD) in Colorado. The Read more
Written by Douglas McCarthy, President, Issues Research, Inc., and CIVHC Board President In my role as a health policy researcher, I’ve worked with many national health care data sources throughout the years. My service on the boards of the Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) and the Peak Health 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
This is the fourth in a series of blogs about what exactly is in the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD). Today we’re looking at one of the most fundamental claims we receive – the pharmacy claim. Pharmacy claims include basic information about what drug(s) you received, the type Read more
Half of all visits in Colorado in 2020 were for mental health conditions The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) released a new analysis, Telehealth vs. In-Person Utilization, using data from the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD). The analysis compares utilization and payments for high-volume 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
Understanding the Impact of Mental Health on COVID-19 Diagnosis In 2002, Trajectory Healthcare was founded to evaluate, improve and design population health management programs. Working with their evidence based and patented analytical tools, Trajectory provides epidemiologic consulting services to a variety of health organizations, including the non-profit Population Health Impact Read more
Understanding Churn in Medicaid Coverage Following the ACA Brown University, a private Ivy League University located in Providence, Rhode Island, offers an exceptional research program which was a primary attraction for Dr. Sarah Gordon who earned her Doctorate in Health Services Research in 2019. While working on her dissertation, Dr. Read more
A new report released by the Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) shows that prescription drug spending continues to grow rapidly in Colorado and so do drug rebates for brand and specialty drugs. Increases in both spending and the percent rebates of total spending is leading to calls 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