A new infographic featuring Health Care Quality and Prevention insights from the Community Dashboard shows that statewide, more Coloradans are getting the care they need to stay healthy compared to previous years. While improvements have been made, areas of opportunity still exist, especially with cancer screening rates and primary care Read more…
The Community Dashboard, a tool designed to help communities, organizations, and individuals understand cost, quality and access to health care in Colorado, now includes additional years of data. Across all insurance payers in the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD), statewide data shows that payments for health care services Read more…
More Coloradans Receiving Screenings, But Rural Counties Lagging Behind January marks Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. In recognition, CIVHC is highlighting recently released Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) data on Coloradans’ access to cervical cancer preventive screenings, which are critical to early detection. According to the Colorado Cancer 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…
CIVHC’s Community Dashboard is a powerful tool that provides Colorado communities with information to understand how various aspects of health care in their region — including costs, utilization, and access — compare to state and other county results. Including claims from a majority of the insured lives represented in the 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…
January is the month when people often take note of how much they spent during the holidays. Many look at their bank accounts wondering how they spent so much money and where it all went. Maybe you had a few individual big ticket items that were expensive, or maybe you Read more…
Across the U.S. and in Colorado, health care costs continue to rise. But what kind of costs are economists, policy makers and others referring to when they talk about making health care more affordable? It honestly depends on who is talking, what data they are using, and what parts of Read more…