CIVHC Connect: Caring & Preparing for Serious Illness

History Colorado 1200 N Broadway, Denver, CO, United States

Serious illness will affect us all, either personally or through loved ones, at some point in our lives. Preparation and knowledge of the nuts and bolts can provide comfort in a scary situation. As Change Agents, there are also ways we can improve the system to support those going through Read more…

National Health Decisions Day

National Health Decisions Day exists to inspire, educate and empower the public and providers about the importance of advance care planning. Come visit with trained professionals in Advance Care Planning. Each site will have resources available on what forms and documents you should complete and can answer questions you have. Read more…

Advance Care Planning Workgroup

Stakeholders from throughout Colorado convene to discuss how to further Advance Care Planning awareness. If you are interested in attending, please contact Kari Degerness, LNHA, MBA for more information.

Webinar: MOST Form Overview

Please join us on November 18th at 12:30 pm for a brief overview of the 10 things you should know about the MOST form (Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment). In this 30 minute webinar Dr. Hillary Lum will highlight the key things that social workers, administrators, admissions/sales team, providers Read more…

National Health Decisions Day

National Health Care Decisions Day (NHDD) is an initiative to encourage people to express their wishes regarding healthcare and for providers and facilities to respect those wishes, whatever they may be. It’s important to understand that NHDD is not only about end-of-life care but is meant to reach a much Read more…

Free Webinar: Explore Advance Care Planning

Advance care planning addresses the health care you would want to receive in a medical crisis -- based on your values, preferences, and conversations with your loved ones. The COVID-19 pandemic has made this issue more pressing for many Coloradans. While there’s much we can’t control, we can make informed Read more…

Virtual Discussion: Do Providers Who Care for a Large Share of Medicaid Patients Provide Better Care for this Population?

Zoom/Telephone

Join us for a virtual discussion on Thursday, September 17th, from 9 - 10:30 am. This interactive event will feature CIVHC, National Bureau of Economic Research’s (NBER), and local partners to discuss research results exploring the differences in quality of care for providers who serve primarily Medicaid or Commercial patients. Read more…

Two Part Webinar Series: Advance Care Planning – Challenges and Opportunities

The virtual public workshop will provide a venue to explore the challenges and opportunities of advance care planning, acknowledge and highlight divergent viewpoints, and examine what is empirically known and not known about advance care planning and its outcomes. The workshop will identify areas where more data and research are Read more…

Two Part Webinar Series: Advance Care Planning – Challenges and Opportunities

The virtual public workshop will provide a venue to explore the challenges and opportunities of advance care planning, acknowledge and highlight divergent viewpoints, and examine what is empirically known and not known about advance care planning and its outcomes. The workshop will identify areas where more data and research are Read more…

Mental Health as a Risk Factor for COVID-19: A Population Health Assessment of the Pandemic (PART I: Initial Findings)

Webinar

The Population Health Impact Institute (PHII)™ announces a complimentary webinar, which will highlight how mental health conditions can increase the likelihood of COVID-19 infections. This innovative research study used Trajectory® Healthcare’s epidemiological-based AI software using the Colorado All Payer Claims Data Base to track how co-morbidities impact the likelihood of Read more…

National Health Care Decisions Day: Your Decisions Matter

City of Boulder Older Adult Services

National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD) exists to inspire, educate and empower the public and providers about the importance of advance care planning. NHDD is an initiative to encourage patients to express their wishes regarding healthcare and for providers and facilities to respect those wishes, whatever they may be. Register here.

Aging Solo: But Not Alone

Longmont Senior Center (Online)

50% of us will be unable to make healthcare decisions at end-of-life. People who are “aging solo” may have limited options when choosing a healthcare decision-maker. Join The Conversation Project in Boulder County and Boulder Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship for a Zoom expert panel discussion featuring Claire Morrow, owner of Caring Read more…

NHDD Advance Care Planning Open House

Zoom/Telephone

Trained volunteers from the Conversation Project Boulder County are available throughout the day on April 15th in honor of National Healthcare Decision’s Day to help you with advance care planning questions. They can help get you to the right documents, start an important conversation with your family, and offer questions Read more…

Data to Drive Decisions: Resources to Chart COVID’s Impact in Colorado

Webinar

It is nearly impossible to understate the impact of COVID-19 on every facet of life in Colorado. In this webinar, CIVHC will look at three COVID-related analyses that helped inform different aspects of the pandemic as everyone worked together to predict the impact, minimize the risks, and continue to serve Read more…

Data to Drive Decisions: Improving Population Health – Low Value Care in Colorado and County/DOI-Specific Metrics in the Community Dashboard

Webinar

All of us, no matter our role in the system, have a part to play in lowering health care costs and improving care. Lasting change is possible when grounded in a foundation built from evidence-based best practices and data driven decisions. Through meaningful, accessible, and relatable presentations of data and Read more…

Data to Drive Decisions: Efforts to Transform the Way Care Is Delivered and Paid for in Colorado: Medicare Reference Based Pricing and Data to Support Employer Alliances

Webinar

All of us, no matter our role in the system, have a part to play in lowering health care costs and improving care. Lasting change is possible when grounded in a foundation built from evidence-based best practices and data driven decisions. Through meaningful, accessible, and relatable presentations of data and Read more…

Healthcare Cost and Quality Transparency in Colorado

Zoom/Telephone

Knowing the cost of healthcare services has been, and continues to be, difficult for most consumers. Finding solutions for informing patients has proven to be complicated and controversial. Colorado has taken steps to address cost transparency within the state, as well as improving the quality of the services delivered. Our Read more…

Data to Drive Decisions Webinar: Better Through Benchmarking: Local and National Data to Help Communities Improve Health and Lower Costs

Webinar

Improving the lives of Coloradans is most effective when equipped with information to understand what’s driving disparities in health care cost, quality, access and utilization. Join our October webinar to learn about new statewide resources available for counties and regions including: • Follow up care after ED visits for mental Read more…

CO APCD Advisory Committee

Zoom/Telephone

The current duties of the Committee include making recommendations regarding: Procedures for the collection, retention, use, and disclosure of data, including procedures and safeguards to protect the privacy, integrity, confidentiality, and availability of any data Guidelines for charging for custom reports Procedures to ensure compliance with HIPAA and other state Read more…

Data to Drive Decisions: COVID-19 Research Revealed: Mental Health as a Predictor of Illness and the Health Impacts of Long-Haul Cases

Zoom/Telephone

Join us for our November Webinar as we explore how mental health and social factors increase the risk for contracting COVID-19, and discover initial results on the long-lasting health impact of contracting the virus. Presenters Thomas Wilson, PhD, Janet Sullivan, MD, and Isabella Chu, MPH, will discuss their research to Read more…

Data to Drive Decisions Webinar Series: Investigating How Health Systems Survived COVID-19

Webinar

CIVHC is excited to announce a presentation update for this months webinar, "Investigating How Health Systems Survived COVID-19", which will feature David Cutler, Professor of Economics at Harvard and Kaushik Ghosh, Research Specialist at the National Bureau of Economic Research. The speakers will present research on changes in morbidity/mortality and Read more…

CO APCD Advisory Committee

Zoom/Telephone

The current duties of the Committee include making recommendations regarding: Procedures for the collection, retention, use, and disclosure of data, including procedures and safeguards to protect the privacy, integrity, confidentiality, and availability of any data Guidelines for charging for custom reports Procedures to ensure compliance with HIPAA and other state Read more…

Curbing Prescription Drug Costs in Colorado

Zoom/Telephone

Prescription drug costs continue to rise in Colorado, and represent one of the biggest health care cost drivers. To address rising costs, SB21-175 was passed establishing a Prescription Drug Affordability Review Board (PDAB). Join our February webinar to learn more about trends in prescription drug costs in Colorado, including drug Read more…

Data to Drive Decisions: Impact of Insurance Churn on Young Adults with Schizophrenia

Zoom/Telephone

Don't miss our next webinar to learn how data from the CO APCD was utilized to identify young adults with schizophrenia and their corresponding health care coverage post-diagnosis. Presenter: Jacqueline Pesa, MSEd, PhD, MPH Group Director, Population Health Research Real World Value & Evidence, Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC

Data to Drive Decisions: Protecting Patients from Surprise Bills: Colorado’s Out-of-Network Law

Zoom/Telephone

Join us April 21st from 12-1pm MT to learn more about how Colorado legislation is protecting patients from surprise out-of-network bills. In 2019, Colorado passed HB19-1174 establishing payment limits for out-of-network health care visits. Since then, CIVHC has worked closed with payers, providers, and the Division of Insurance (DOI) to Read more…

CO APCD Advisory Committee

Zoom/Telephone

The current duties of the Committee include making recommendations regarding: Procedures for the collection, retention, use, and disclosure of data, including procedures and safeguards to protect the privacy, integrity, confidentiality, and availability of any data Guidelines for charging for custom reports Procedures to ensure compliance with HIPAA and other state Read more…

CO APCD Advisory Committee

Zoom/Telephone

The current duties of the Committee include making recommendations regarding: Procedures for the collection, retention, use, and disclosure of data, including procedures and safeguards to protect the privacy, integrity, confidentiality, and availability of any data Guidelines for charging for custom reports Procedures to ensure compliance with HIPAA and other state Read more…

CIVHC’s Program Evaluation Webinar

Zoom/Telephone

Program evaluation is a powerful way to measure outcomes, make decisions, improve program effectiveness, demonstrate successes, and plan for the future. Evaluation services from CIVHC can help your organization improve your programs in many ways, including: full-scale program evaluation; data collection, monitoring, and analysis; evaluation support in grant writing and reporting; staff Read more…

CO APCD Advisory Commitee

Zoom/Telephone

The current duties of the Committee include making recommendations regarding: Procedures for the collection, retention, use, and disclosure of data, including procedures and safeguards to protect the privacy, integrity, confidentiality, and availability of any data Guidelines for charging for custom reports Procedures to ensure compliance with HIPAA and other state Read more…

Data to Drive Decisions: Provider Payment Tool

During the 2022 Colorado legislative session, Senate Bill 22-068 was passed to increase health care payment transparency. Join us February 23rd as we provide an overview of CIVHC's latest health care resource, the Provider Payment Tool. This public report displays payments made to Colorado health care providers for CPT codes Read more…

Data to Drive Decisions: Health Equity Analysis

Social factors such as race, education, income, housing, and transportation can have a major impact on a person’s ability to live a healthy life and play a powerful, fundamental role in health outcomes and health equity for individuals and entire communities. In fact, studies have found that up to 80% Read more…

Data to Drive Decisions: The Community Dashboard

The Community Dashboard helps Change Agents across the state and nation understand how different aspects of health care – cost, utilization, access to care, and quality – vary across Colorado communities. The latest iteration of the Community Dashboard is now available and contains important trend information from 2013-2021. This data can be Read more…

Data to Drive Decisions: The CO APCD Scholarship Fund

The Colorado General Assembly provides $500,000 annually to help offset the cost of licensing non-public data from the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) for eligible organizations. The funding becomes available July 1st, 2023 and is available on a first come, first serve basis. Join us on Thursday, June Read more…

CO APCD Data User Group

November’s Data User Group meeting will feature speakers from the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment (CDPHE) and CIVHC analysts as they discuss how data from each organization can combine to tell the whole story of health care in Colorado. The Vital Statistics Program is the official record Read more…

January Data User Group Meeting

The January CO APCD Data User Group meeting will feature analysts from the Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) discussing how they use per-unit cost analysis in various reports. Skill: Analysis of per-unit costs Before performing any analysis including per-unit costs, analysts must determine how to approach the Read more…