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