A first of its kind analysis on ambulance service costs in Colorado is now available, delivering valuable insights into cost trends, in-and out-of-network claims, and geographic variation. Leveraging the CO APCD, this report sheds light on costs affecting patients and health insurance payers and informs policy discussions aimed at enhancing emergency Read more…
The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) is excited to announce the release of its newly updated Community Dashboard, a powerful and interactive population health report that provides transparent, actionable insights into health care utilization and cost across Colorado. This update now includes additional years of data and Read more…
CIVHC is thrilled to welcome six newly added members to our Board of Directors. Some of the new leaders come from organizations and/or have backgrounds and lived experience that have never been represented on our Board, including sectors like behavioral health and IT technology. Their diverse expertise promises to bring Read more…
The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) is excited to announce enhancements to its innovative Shop for Care tool, designed to equip Colorado residents with transparent information to make cost-effective decisions about their health care. This tool offers a one-stop-shop for comparing quality and prices across various types 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…
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…