Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) and Human Services Research Institute (HSRI) released a new publication, Putting Health Care Data on the Map: Advancing Health Care Equity Through Enhanced Geographic Context in Health Care Administrative Datasets. This white paper explores how geocoding—assigning precise geographic latitude and longitude coordinates Read more…
If a person is experiencing a situation that may impact their health or wellbeing such as housing status, domestic concerns or discrimination, their provider can choose to indicate the situation(s) by documenting one of several Z codes on their health insurance claim. CIVHC’s recent analysis of the use of Z Read more…
The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) released a new health care payment comparison tool showing how much commercial health insurers pay hospitals and Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs) compared to Medicare payments. The analysis reveals that while commercial insurers still pay hospitals two to six times Medicare rates, Read more…
Cost and Number of Deaths Varied Based on Cause of Death and Demographics The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) recently released information related to the number of Coloradans who died with a primary cause of death from COVID-19 versus those who died of other causes. The Read more…
Unintentional Injuries Among Children Have Increased Significantly DENVER, CO [May 9th, 2024] – A new analysis of Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) data from 2016-2022 shows firearm-related injuries in Colorado hit a peak in 2022, with over 7,000 health care claims and $8.4 million in health care costs. Read more…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Denver, CO – [May 7th, 2024] – The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) and The Colorado Health Foundation (CHF) are excited to announce the launch of the Health Equity Fund, a new initiative dedicated to advancing health equity across Colorado. The fund will provide 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…
The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) recently updated the Provider Payment Tool, the only health care transparency tool of its kind in Colorado. Based on legislation passed in 2022, the tool shows how payments made to doctors and other health care providers vary across the state. Price 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…
Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) is excited to welcome two new members to its executive team. Twanisha Parnell joins as CIVHC’s new Chief Financial and Administrative Officer and Liz Mooney comes aboard as the Vice President of Research, Partnership, and Innovation. Twanisha Parnell In her role as Read more…