Contact: Connect for Health Colorado, Luke Clarke, 720-496-2545, LClarke@Connectforhealthco.comDENVER — A third party, non-partisan healthcare group ranked the Connect for Health Colorado® website second among the 12 state-based health insurance marketplaces and HealthCare.gov, in a report card issued this week. The Clear Choices Campaign released its second annual report card Read more…
Source: The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) CIVHC Contact: Cari Frank, (303) 903-6007, cfrank@civhc.orgNRHI: Kathy Nichols, (207) 400-1828, knichols@nrhi.orgNew data available to Colorado providers to improve care and lower costsDENVER – JANUARY 19, 2017 — The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) participated in a Read more…
Source: The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) Media Contact: Cari Frank 303.903.6007 cfrank@civhc.org DENVER – JANUARY 11, 2017 – In a new report, the Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) reveals that payments for health care services vary widely across Colorado and it’s impossible to Read more…
During the upcoming open enrollment period, Coloradans will have an exciting new resource to help them choose plans on Connect for Health Colorado’s health insurance marketplace. The Quick Cost and Plan Finder tool is a collaboration between CIVHC and Connect for Health Colorado and allows marketplace users to estimate annual Read more…
Seventy-three percent of Colorado is considered rural and the average rural county sprawls over 1600 square miles. Critical Access Hospitals and Rural Health Clinics serve the nearly 700,000 residents who make their homes in the far reaches of the state. The Colorado Rural Health Center (CRHC), Colorado’s non-profit State Office Read more…
Contact: Luke Clarke 720-496-2545, Connect for Health ColoradoContact: Cari Frank 303-903-6007, Center for Improving Value in Health CareConnect for Health Colorado® and Center for Improving Value in Health Care Introduce Online Resource to Help Consumers Estimate Costs for Health InsuranceDENVER — Shoppers on Colorado’s health insurance marketplace will have a Read more…
Source: The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) Media Contact:Cari Frank, CIVHC Director of Communications & Marketing303-903-6007, cfrank@civhc.orgDenver, August 11, 2016 – The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) and the Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF) announced the Colorado General Assembly’s renewal of Read more…
Source: The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) Media Contact:Cari Frank303.903.6007, cfrank@civhc.org DENVER – July 28, 2016 – Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) announced a new vendor for data intake, management, and analytics for the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO ACPD). Human Services Research Institute Read more…
Source: The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) Media Contact:Cari Frank303.903.6007 cfrank@civhc.orgFree Standing Emergency Departments are Being Used for Non-Emergent Care at Higher PricesEmergency Facilities Costing Coloradans More for the Same Care DENVER – July 6, 2016 – A new report from the Center for Improving Value in Health Read more…
In 2012, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) launched an ambitious demonstration initiative designed to transform the health care system at the state level by building new, scalable models. The federal goal of the State Innovation Model (SIM) is to improve care and lower costs for Medicare, Medicaid, Read more…