General
- What does the CO APCD do?
- Why do we need an APCD in Colorado?
- What can be done with claims data?
- How is this information useful to patients?
- Do other states have APCDs and how is Colorado’s different?
- Will this information go into some sort of national database?
- Will the CO APCD bring about competition that lowers costs?
- What if providing transparent prices actually encourages hospitals and physicians with lower costs than their peers to raise their rates?
- If Colorado does indeed move toward more integrated, Kaiser-like health systems—which don’t process “claims” in the same fashion as other health plans—won’t that make the CO APCD obsolete?
- How do hospitals and providers feel about having their prices publicized?
- Will the detailed health history and family health questionnaire that I filled out for my doctor or insurance company be stored in the CO APCD?