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Annual Report on the Performance of the Massachusetts Health Care System: 2017
The Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA)'s 2017 Annual Report on the Performance of the Massachusetts Healthcare System analyzes tre... Learn More
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CO APCD Annual Report 2016
Colorado's All Payer Claims Database (APCD) released its 2016 annual report detailing the organization's success in advancing the triple aim... Learn More
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A Snapshot of Hepatitis C in Colorado
This report from the Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) finds that most Coloradans with the Hepatitis C virus are not being treated for... Learn More
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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... Learn More
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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 ... Learn More
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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... Learn More
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Evaluation of the Minnesota Accountable Health Model
Minnesota's State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) evaluated the success of the State Innovation Model (SIM) initiative from 2015-20... Learn More
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Arkansas All-Payer Claims Database and the Profiles of Individuals Registered for Medical Marijuana (January 2018)
The Arkansas All-Payer Claims Database (APCD) examined the profiles of individuals registered for medical marijuana using APCD medical claims data fro... Learn More
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Total Cost of Care Multi-State Analysis
To target the high health care expenditures and utilization The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) reported on Colorado's healthca... Learn More
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Follow the Money: Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Payments and Opioid Prescribing Patterns in New York State
Using 2013 - 2015 data from the Open Payments and Medicare drug utilization data, this report examines how payments from opioid manufacturers to physi... Learn More
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Reference-Based Inpatient and Outpatient Payment Reference-Based Inpatient and Outpatient Payment Analysis: Reducing Payment Variation as a Potential Cost-Savings Analysis: Reducing Payment Variation as a Potential Cost-Savings Mechanism
A new analysis using data from the Colorado All-Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) shows millions in potential savings for Coloradans with commercial hea... Learn More
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Colorado APCD Annual Report 2018: Celebrating Five Years of Creating Knowledge
The CO APCD contains claims for approximately three quarters of the covered lives in Colorado, with claims from 39
commercial health insurance ... Learn More
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2017 CO APCD Annual Report: Charting the Health Care System in Colorado
The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) All-Payer Claim Database (APCD) Colorado 2017 Annual Report highlights the research and progress... Learn More
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Utilization in Colorado
Colorado's Center for Improving Value in Healthcare (CIVHC) synthesized data from the All Payer Claims Database (APCD) to map trends in utilizati... Learn More
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All-Payer Total Cost of Care Interactive Visualization
All-Payer Total Cost of Care Interactive Visualization. Requires Tableau log-in. Learn More
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Emergency Department Use for Mental Health Reasons in Colorado
The Emergency Department (ED) Mental Health-Related report provides stakeholders the opportunity to compare utilization and cost metrics for ED visits... Learn More
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From Claims to Clarity: Deriving Actionable Healthcare Cost Benchmarks from Aggregated Commercial Claims Data
The study used a standard measure of costs from HealthPartners of Minnesota and required Hilltop to analyze 2014 data from Maryland’s all payer claims... Learn More
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Current Uses of the MN APCD
This resource details all use cases produced using Minnesota claims as of October 2017. Learn More
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Touchpoints - Opportunities to predict and prevent opioid overdose: A cohort study
This study uses data from the Massachusetts APCD. Researchers found found eight touchpoints which were associated with increased risk of fatal opioid ... Learn More
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Commercial Case Price Variation among High-Volume Inpatient Treatments in Minnesota Hospitals, July 2014 - June 2015
This report examines case price variation among four common, clinically uncomplicated inpatient treatments in orthopedic and obstetric care. This is t... Learn More