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…
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…
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…
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…
Project Name: Substance Use Disorder Claims in the CO APCD Project Purpose: We wanted to know how many Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Claims we had in the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) data warehouse, and how we could separate them out from analyses. What were your first steps Read more…
How did you go about your selections? Were any analytics used? What basketball metrics do you think are most important? I make most of my picks based off of the prediction models from FiveThirtyEight.com (538), a blog featuring political and sports analytics created by Nate Silver. Silver has done some Read more…
Project Name: ED Use for Mental Health and Self-Harm Project Purpose (in one sentence, what high level question was this analysis trying to answer?): Who is using the ED for mental health and self-harm related reasons and how often are these patients admitted to the hospital? What were your first steps 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…