Case Studies

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Chronic Pain Procedures in Minnesota, 2010-2012, Minnesota Department of Health Report to the Minnesota Legislature - 2014
The Minnesota Department of Health released an analysis of chronic pain management services based on data from the state's APCD. This report is…
State: Minnesota
 Population Health Commercial Cost, Utilization
Chronic Respiratory Diseases A Comparison of Prevalence, Utilization, and Payments in New Hampshire Medicaid and Commercially Insured Populations
This study evaluated three chronic respiratory diseases: asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and lung cancer. New Hampshire (NH)…
State: New Hampshire
 Medicaid, Population Health Commercial, Medicaid Cost, Quality, Utilization
CIVHC Shop for Care Tool
The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) has created an online shopping tool based on information in the Colorado All Payer Claims…
State: Colorado
 Consumers Commercial Cost, Quality
CIVHC Utilization Spot Analysis: Free Standing Emergency Departments
This report finds that Coloradans using new free standing emergency departments (FSEDs) for non-life threatening conditions are paying more than if…
State: Colorado
 Consumers, Health Reform, Providers, Researchers Commercial Cost, Utilization
Clone of Analysis of Health System Size and Variability in Diabetic Eye Disease Screening in Wisconsin
In this cohort study with a difference-in-differences analysis of 60 990 childbirths, Medicaid expansion was associated with higher rates of…
State: Arkansas
 Consumers, Health Reform, Medicaid, Population Health Medicaid Utilization
CO All Payer Claims Database Reporting Website
In 2012, Colorado's Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVIC) launched the Colorado All Payer Claims Database website in an effort to…
State: Colorado
 Consumers, Employers, Health Reform, Insurance Department, Population Health, Providers Commercial, Medicaid Cost, Quality, Utilization
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…
State: Colorado
 Consumers, Employers, Health Reform, Insurance Department, Population Health, Providers, Researchers Commercial Cost, Quality, Utilization
CO APCD Data Byte: Firearm Injury Trends and Costs in Colorado
This Data Byte evaluates the impact of firearm injuries in Colorado in terms of volume and types of claims and the associated cost to the health care…
State: Colorado
 Population Health, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare Cost
CO Data Byte: Intraoperative Neuromonitoring
The Center for Improving Value in Healthcare (CIVHC) assessed the cost and utilization rates for intraoperative neuromonitoring using Colorado All-…
State: Colorado
 Insurance Department, Medicaid, Population Health, Providers, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare Cost, Utilization
CO Prescription Drug Spending and the Impact of Drug Rebates
In 2019, health insurance payers submitted drug rebate and concession information for 2016, 2017 and 2018 to the CO APCD for the first time. This…
State: Colorado
 Consumers, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare
Colon Cancer Screening and Colonoscopy Billing
This analysis helps to answer, of the people who have a fecal screener: 1. How many insured lives in Colorado have a colonoscopy within a year?, and…
State: Colorado
 Consumers, Health Reform, Insurance Department, Medicaid, Providers, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare Cost, Utilization
Coloradans Accessed Telehealth Services More In March and April 2020 than 2018-2019 Combined
The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC), using data from the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) updated the Telehealth…
State: Colorado
 Consumers, Population Health Commercial, Medicaid Cost, Utilization
Coloradans with Pre-Existing Conditions
The data reflects the approximate number of Coloradans represented in the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) with a diagnosis of one or…
State: Colorado
 Insurance Department, Medicaid, Population Health, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid Quality, Utilization
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 plans…
State: Colorado
 Consumers, Employers, Health Reform, Insurance Department, Medicaid, Population Health, Providers, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare Cost, Quality, Utilization
Colorado Data Byte: Emergency Department Facility Price Data
This Data Byte analyzes payment information from the CO APCD focused on how much commercial health insurance payers and patients pay for the…
State: Colorado
 Consumers, Insurance Department, Population Health, Researchers Commercial Cost
Colorado Telehealth Services Analysis
Use of telehealth services was rising before the onset of the novel coronavirus pandemic. From January 2018 to February 2020, telehealth utilization…
State: Colorado
 Consumers, Population Health Commercial, Medicaid Cost, Utilization
Commercial Case Price Variation among High-Volume Inpatient Treatments in Minnesota Hospitals (Part 2): July 2014 - June 2015
This report examines case price variation for four common, clinically uncomplicated inpatient surgeries. This is the second in a series of reports…
State: Minnesota
 Consumers, Health Reform, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare Cost
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…
State: Minnesota
 Consumers, Health Reform, Population Health, Researchers Commercial Cost
Commercial Payer Per Capita Cost of Care by County Map 2011
Data based on residence of patient and includes 1.2 million commercially individuals. Does not include long-term care or dental or any claims related…
State: Colorado
 Commercial Cost
Common Procedure Episode Price Breakdown
Facility price and quality information available at civhc.org provides total price information for high cost, high volume procedures. This…
State: Colorado
 Consumers Cost