Having a baby is expensive across the United States; the Peterson-Kaiser Family Foundation Health System Tracker finds the national average cost of giving birth is $18,865, with an average of $2,854 paid out of pocket after insurance (including both vaginal and cesarean deliveries). This data dive looks at the cost Read more…
For Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we are using the Center for Improving Value in Health Care’s (CIVHC) Community Dashboard, powered by data from the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD), to look at breast cancer screening rates in Colorado. Breast cancer is one of the most common types of Read more…
In 2010, the Colorado General Assembly saw the opportunities an immense repository of data such as the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) could afford – they also saw the possibilities for exploitation and built safeguards into the use of the CO APCD. When drafting the legislation that shaped the database, Read more…
It was another busy year for the Public Reporting team at Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC), which produced over 30 publications including seven interactive reports and analyses that bring transparency to the health care marketplace. These public releases of data from the Colorado All Payer Claims Database 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…
It is estimated that 80% of a person’s health outcomes are related to social factors outside of their control. These social determinants of health are the nonmedical factors that influence a person’s health, including the conditions in which they are born, live, work, and age. In 2021, CIVHC took a big step to enhance the Read more…
As discussed in a previous Query, CIVHC releases data from the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) in two ways: Non-public releases, for individuals or organizations to use to improve care for Coloradans Public data, for anyone to use to help make data-driven health decisions A different query addressed 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…
The Community Dashboard, a tool designed to help communities, organizations, and individuals understand cost, quality and access to health care in Colorado, now includes additional years of data. Across all insurance payers in the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD), statewide data shows that payments for health care services 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…