As of June 2023, the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) contained over 1 billion claims, representing over 5 million insured lives in Colorado, spanning from 2013-2022. Of these claims, there are over 65 million behavioral health claims contained in the CO APCD, representing over three million unique Coloradans Read more…
New Telehealth Data Identifies Barriers to Access Providing health care services remotely through telehealth has the potential to improve access to care and advance health equity, especially for patients in rural and under-resourced communities. The Office of eHealth Innovation (OeHI) and the Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) Read more…
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…
As of June 2023, the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) contained over one billion claims spanning 2013 through 2022. These claims were submitted by commercial health insurance plans, including Medicare Advantage, voluntarily submitted Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and mandated non-ERISA self-insured employer plans, Medicaid, and Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS). The CO 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…
As of June 2023, the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) contained over 1 billion claims spanning 2013 through 2022. These claims were submitted by commercial health insurance plans, including Medicare Advantage, voluntarily submitted Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and mandated non-ERISA self-insured employer plans, Medicaid, and Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS). The CO 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…
A new analysis released by the Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) shows that in 2021, Coloradans received nearly two million potentially unnecessary health care services costing patients and health insurers approximately $134 million. Of the 58 services evaluated statewide, inappropriate opioid prescribing was the top service by 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…
As administrator of the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD), one of the CIVHC’s key responsibilities is continually working to improve the completeness, quality, and utility of the database. One of the most essential activities in continuing enhance the CO APCD is annual updates of the Data Submission Guide Read more…