Understanding Churn in Medicaid Coverage Following the ACA Brown University, a private Ivy League University located in Providence, Rhode Island, offers an exceptional research program which was a primary attraction for Dr. Sarah Gordon who earned her Doctorate in Health Services Research in 2019. While working on her dissertation, Dr. Read more
So, you’ve decided that you want to use data from the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) for your project. Brilliant! You’ve come to terms with the sheer magnitude of the database and narrowed down the mindboggling array of potential analyses and have honed in on the question(s) you 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
Though pushed back a year, the Tokyo Olympics are finally underway and it is time to cheer on our American athletes. My family and I have a very special reason to cheer because my daughter won a gold medal Monday at the Olympic Games! I could not see it in Read more
Approaching the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) to get answers to even the simplest of questions can feel daunting. How do you begin to craft a question when the entity you’re querying contains billions of data elements stored in 1s and 0s in cyberspace somewhere? How do you Read more
The last eighteen months have been months none of us ever wanted to live through. Between pandemics, political unrest, murder hornets, and masking, it seemed like the hits just kept coming. One positive thing this experience has taught us is the critical importance of resources like the Colorado All Payer Read more
Plaintalk Blog: What is Actually in the CO APCD? Part III: Dental Claims This is the second in a series of blogs about what exactly is in the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD). Today we’re looking at one of the most fundamental claims we receive – the dental 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
This is the second in a series of blogs about what exactly is in the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD). Today we’re looking at one of the most fundamental claims we receive – the professional claim. Professional claims include basic information about why you saw a provider, who 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