As VP of Business Development, one of the most rewarding parts of my job is helping Change Agents access data from the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD). Each innovative project is spearheaded by individuals working to improve health care in Colorado and across the country. Access to timely Read more…
One of the classic moments in any movie western is the runaway stagecoach. In order to save the city-slicker passengers, the hero races behind the galloping team and somehow leaps onto the driver’s seat and coaxes the horses to a stop, usually at the very edge of a cliff. Costs Read more…
CIVHC is excited to announce that, via partnership with the Colorado Advance Directive Consortium (CADC), we are the new home for the Medical Order Scope of Treatment (MOST) form. A resource for the seriously ill, the MOST form summarizes and consolidates important information about a patient’s preferences for life-sustaining treatments Read more…
If you have been to a doctor’s office in the last several years, you’ve likely signed a form detailing the provider’s privacy practices, how they protect your information, and how they comply with something called HIPAA. The Healthcare Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA, pronounced just like it is spelled: Read more…
On a monthly and quarterly basis, health insurance payers including Medicaid, over 33 commercial payers, and Medicare submit claims to the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD). Payers submit claims for everyone they provide coverage to, regardless of whether they accessed health care during the previous period or not, Read more…
Five years ago, my father had a massive heart attack. Thankfully, he was rushed to the emergency room and straight into the intensive care unit (ICU). His condition was so bad that he was on more nitroglycerin than his nurse had ever seen and he had to wait in ICU Read more…
PROFILE & USE CASE: Transforming the Health Care System 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 Read more…
USE CASE: Investigating Changes in Medicaid Coverage Under the Affordable Care Act Click here to watch to the Change Agent Chat featuring Sarah Gordon, doctoral student at Brown and Pete Sheehan, CIVHC’s VP of Business Development. Brown University’s School of Public Health comprises 12 nationally renowned research centers and institutes, which focus Read more…
PROFILE: Scorecard on Payment Reform Click here to listen to CPR’s Andrea Caballero chat with CIVHC’s CMO, Tamaan Osbourne-Roberts, about Scorecard 2.0. Click here to listen to CPR’s Listening In podcast where Andréa Caballero dials up Jonathan Mathieu, VP of Research and Compliance & Chief Economist at the Center for Improving Value in Health Care Read more…
by Cari Frank, CIVHC’s VP of Communication and Marketing My friend’s father just had surgery to release pressure from an accident that caused swelling in his brain. After the bill arrived, he was shocked that the surgeon billed $10,000 for the surgery, yet only received $1,500 from Medicare. That’s when Read more…