Specialty Palliative Care has been demonstrated to lower costs in seriously ill populations. Researchers from the University of Colorado – Denver, School of Medicine, were inspired to test whether interventions could help improve quality of life and lower health care costs. Their Apoyo con Cariño (support through caring) study set out to improve palliative Read more…
The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) recently updated the Provider Payment Tool, the only health care transparency tool of its kind in Colorado. Based on legislation passed in 2022, the tool shows how payments made to doctors and other health care providers vary across the state. Price Read more…
A new infographic featuring Health Care Quality and Prevention insights from the Community Dashboard shows that statewide, more Coloradans are getting the care they need to stay healthy compared to previous years. While improvements have been made, areas of opportunity still exist, especially with cancer screening rates and primary care Read more…
By Emma Anderson, MA, Senior Health Care Reporting Analyst, Team Lead It’s a massive, carefully coordinated effort to define, gather, and clean data from 40 distinct payers, but ultimately the payoff is huge. With over one billion claims in the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD), there are seemingly Read more…
Project Name: Community Profile on Aging Project Purpose: To create a list of key data points on Coloradans 60+ which will inform statewide efforts to ensure everyone can age well. Analysts: 1.) What were your first steps when beginning this analysis? One of the recommendations of the Colorado Strategic Action Read more…
Understanding the Opioid Epidemic to Improve Pain Management According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) it is estimated that nearly 650,000 people have died from an overdose involving opioids, leading to the worst drug overdose epidemic in U.S. history. Opioids are a class of drugs that include Read more…
Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) is excited to welcome two new members to its executive team. Twanisha Parnell joins as CIVHC’s new Chief Financial and Administrative Officer and Liz Mooney comes aboard as the Vice President of Research, Partnership, and Innovation. Twanisha Parnell In her role as Read more…
The Prescription Drug Affordability Board (PDAB) & The Data Mart In June 2021, Colorado passed SB21-75 and became the first state in the country to allow a nonpartisan board to review high-cost drugs and possibly set payment limits for those they determine to be unaffordable. Overseen by the Colorado Division of Read more…
Analyst: Trang Giang, MBA, Data Quality Analyst, CIVHC Introduction: Why did you decide to go into health care analytics? I got into health care analytics entirely by accident, and now it is my career as well as my passion. I graduated with a finance degree and an MBA, but the Read more…
The Community Dashboard, a tool designed to help communities, organizations, and individuals understand cost, quality and access to health care in Colorado, now includes additional years of data. Across all insurance payers in the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD), statewide data shows that payments for health care services Read more…