Out of necessity and contract arrangement with our previous data warehouse vendor, CIVHC has maintained three websites over the past five years: CIVHC.org – general information on our organization and some data/reports Comedprice.org –interactive data from the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) Comedpriceshowcase.org – Highlights of the Read more…
Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) is happy to announce Tamaan Osbourne-Roberts, M.D., as CIVHC’s new Chief Medical Officer (CMO). In his role on the executive leadership team, Dr. Osbourne-Roberts will help advance CIVHC’s mission by engaging and supporting physicians and other providers working to improve health care Read more…
Source: Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) and Colorado Business Group on Health (CBGH) Media Contacts: • Cari Frank, VP of Communication & Marketing, CIVHC; 303.903.6007, cfrank@civhc.org • Jon Pushkin, Pushkin Public Relations, CBGH; 303.733.3441, jon@pushkinpr.com CIVHC and CBGH Partner to Help Employers Reduce Health Care Costs New Data Insights will Read more…
Deciding where to get health care is a pretty big deal. But, unlike most other big-deal purchases, today’s industry doesn’t allow us to comparison shop. When you’re getting ready to buy a new car, the price point is only one of the things you take into consideration. You likely research Read more…
So, we’ve explained what an All Payer Claims Database is and all the exciting things that it can do; but, why on earth would Colorado want such a thing? How did the CO APCD come to be and what, exactly, is Colorado supposed to do with it? Colorado has always Read more…
During the upcoming open enrollment period, Coloradans will have an exciting new resource to help them choose plans on Connect for Health Colorado’s health insurance marketplace. The Quick Cost and Plan Finder tool is a collaboration between CIVHC and Connect for Health Colorado and allows marketplace users to estimate annual Read more…
Seventy-three percent of Colorado is considered rural and the average rural county sprawls over 1600 square miles. Critical Access Hospitals and Rural Health Clinics serve the nearly 700,000 residents who make their homes in the far reaches of the state. The Colorado Rural Health Center (CRHC), Colorado’s non-profit State Office Read more…
In 2012, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) launched an ambitious demonstration initiative designed to transform the health care system at the state level by building new, scalable models. The federal goal of the State Innovation Model (SIM) is to improve care and lower costs for Medicare, Medicaid, Read more…
Payment reform advocates have long touted the cost savings associated with alternative payment models. However, providers and facilities frequently have no data with which to make an informed decision as to whether they should participate. In order to give these providers and facilities incentive to pursue new avenues of payment, Read more…