Consumers

Resource	Category	Carriers	Purpose
Cost Driver Spot Analysis: Payment Variation by Payer This report discusses significant variation in payments for hip and knee replacements between private health insurance payers and Medicare in Colorado... State: Colorado	Consumers, Health Reform, Medicaid, Researchers	Commercial, Medicare	Cost
Cost Driver Spot Analysis: Avoidable ED Use A cost driver analysis based on commercial health payer data in the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) shows that Colorado could save an ave... State: Colorado	Consumers, Population Health, Researchers	Commercial	Cost
Cost Driver Spot Analysis: Drug Cost Savings Potential Vimovo and Duexis The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) examined trends in Vimovo and Duexis prescriptions from 2012-2016 using data from the Colorado ... State: Colorado	Consumers, Insurance Department, Medicaid, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid	Cost, Utilization
Trends in Teen Pregnancy Rates for CO Medicaid Population 2009-2014 The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) analyzed Colorado All-Payer Claims Database (APCD) data from 2009-2014 to examine trends in teen... State: Colorado	Consumers, Medicaid, Population Health, Providers, Researchers	Medicaid	Quality
EpiPen Prescription Cost Trends The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) analyzed trends in EpiPen prescription costs from 2009-2016 for Medicaid and commercial payers. ... State: Colorado	Consumers, Employers, Insurance Department, Medicaid, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid	Cost
Data Byte: Emergency Department Severity-Level Trends by Line of Business The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) used 2009-2016 claims data from the Colorado All-Payer Claims Database (APCD) to examine trends ... State: Colorado	Consumers, Health Reform, Medicaid, Population Health, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare	Utilization
Average Paid Amounts for Common Health Conditions: Free-standing ER vs. Urgent Care Facility Colorado's Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) examined trends in the average paid amount for common health conditions at urgent ca... State: Colorado	Consumers, Health Reform, Insurance Department, Providers	Commercial	Cost
Interactive Colorado Cost of Care Report Colorado's Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) analyzed cost of care for Coloradans across the state using data from 2012-2015. CIV... State: Colorado	Consumers, Employers, Medicaid, Population Health, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare	Cost
Utah Health Status Update: Initial Diagnosis of Opioid Naive Patients The Utah Department of Health's September 2017 Health Status Update features significant public health events that occurred in the state. The Dep... State: Utah	Consumers, Medicaid, Population Health, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid	Cost, Quality, Utilization
First, Do No Harm: Calculating Health Care Waste in Washington State The Washington Health Alliance utilized Milliman's MedInsight Health Waste Calculator to analyze the financial waste generated by unnecessary hea... State: Washington	Consumers, Insurance Department, Population Health, Providers, Researchers	Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare	Cost, Quality, Utilization

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