Unnecessary and Potentially Harmful Care Cost Payers and Patients $134 Million Low value health care services are certain treatments, diagnostic tests, and screenings where the risk of harm or cost exceeds the likely benefit for patients. A new analysis released by the Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) Read more
Spending across top outpatient services decreased in 2020 with the exception of surgery and pharmacy The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) has launched a new tool to help understand health care affordability in Colorado. Based on claims data in the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD), Read more
Prices continue to go up on the high end for most services making shopping for care imperative The online Shop for Care Tool, based on information in the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD), now offers prices for more health care services than ever before. As health care costs Read more
As the CO APCD nears almost one billion total claims, the latest version of the interactive Insights Dashboard shows a steady rise in behavioral health services since 2013. The Insights Dashboard helps users understand the contents of the CO APCD and how it has changed over time by population, payer, Read more
A new and enhanced Community Dashboard from the Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) provides county and regional information to help communities identify opportunities to improve cost of care, quality, and access and utilization of services. Statewide, results show that in spite of positive decreases in utilization of Read more
Half of all visits in Colorado in 2020 were for mental health conditions The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) released a new analysis, Telehealth vs. In-Person Utilization, using data from the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD). The analysis compares utilization and payments for high-volume Read more
A new report released by the Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) shows that prescription drug spending continues to grow rapidly in Colorado and so do drug rebates for brand and specialty drugs. Increases in both spending and the percent rebates of total spending is leading to calls Read more
A newly-released analysis comparing commercial health insurance payments to Medicare payments reveals wide variation across Colorado hospitals, and average payments outpacing national averages for outpatient services most significantly. Colorado’s highest payed hospital received more than five times Medicare rates (508% at the highest) for inpatient and outpatient services combined, while Read more
Patients Continue to Access Behavioral Health Providers the Most The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC), using data from the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD), released its third update to the Telehealth Services Utilization analysis. The new data now encompasses five months of the COVID-19 pandemic Read more
The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC), using data from the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) updated the Telehealth Services Utilization analysis available on civhc.org. The updated tool shows how use of telehealth in the first two months of the COVID-19 pandemic nearly doubled when compared Read more