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…
Protecting health information is the highest priority for the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD). Colorado statute CRS 25.5-1-204 requires the CO APCD to “[p]rotect patient privacy in compliance with state and federal medical privacy laws while preserving the ability to analyze data and share with providers and payers to ensure 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…
When designing how the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) was to be built and administered, protecting health information was the highest priority. Colorado statute CRS 25.5-1-204 requires the CO APCD to “[p]rotect patient privacy in compliance with state and federal medical privacy laws while preserving the ability to analyze data Read more…
With a resource the size of the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD), it is easy to presume that the possibilities for exploration are endless. In some senses, it is true that comprehending the potential combinations of data elements from over one billion claims is nearly impossible. However, the scale of Read more…
Analyst: Valerie Garrison, MES, Evaluation Analyst, CIVHC Project Name: Telehealth vs. In-Person Services Payment Parity in Colorado, 2020-2021: Analysis of Telehealth Denied Claims Project Purpose (in one sentence, what high-level question was this analysis trying to answer?): Colorado’s Office of eHealth Innovation (OeHI) wanted to know whether claims for telehealth Read more…
In 2010, the Colorado General Assembly saw the opportunities an immense repository of data such as the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) could afford – they also saw the possibilities for exploitation and built safeguards into the use of the CO APCD. When drafting the legislation that shaped the database, Read more…
The CO APCD is a state-legislated, secure health care claims database compliant with all federal privacy and antitrust laws. It is the only claims repository in the state that represents the vast majority of insured lives in Colorado, with more than ten years of data from commercial health insurance payers, Read more…
Analyst: Ioana Crisan, Human Services Research Institute,Director of Health Care Reporting Project Name: Health Equity Analysis Project Purpose: The Health Equity Analysis shows the relationship between key social factors and access, use, and cost of health care services that can impact a person’s health. What were your first steps Read more…
The Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) contains medical, pharmacy, and dental claims from the majority of insured individuals in the state and collects non-claims data on additional components that impact individual health and cost of care. However, collecting all of this data is only the beginning for those Read more…