There is a lot of evidence that improved care coordination reduces rehospitalizations (and sometimes avoids hospitalizations in the first place). With that in mind, Healthy Transitions Colorado, a collaborative supported by CIVHC, is interested in understanding issues related to care coordination for family practice docs in Colorado. 

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Recent headlines have been calling out the rising cost of the EpiPen, the commonly used, life-saving epinephrine auto-injector. CIVHC took a deeper look at CO APCD claims data to identify the trends in payments for both the commercially insured and Health First Colorado populations. Click here to view the graphic.

Seventy-three percent of Colorado is considered rural and the average rural county sprawls over 1600 square miles. Critical Access Hospitals and Rural Health Clinics serve the nearly 700,000 residents who make their homes in the far reaches of the state. The Colorado Rural Health Center (CRHC), Colorado's non-profit State Office of Rural Health, works with these facilities to ensure that all rural Coloradans have access to comprehensive, affordable, high quality health care.

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During the upcoming open enrollment period, Coloradans will have an exciting new resource to help them choose plans on Connect for Health Colorado's health insurance marketplace. The Quick Cost and Plan Finder tool is a collaboration between CIVHC and Connect for Health Colorado and allows marketplace users to estimate annual total costs and premiums by health plan offerings.

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