Is the ERISA Supreme Court Decision Gloom and Doom for CO?, If You're Poor, Where You Live Matters, Colorado SIM, and more

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Is the ERISA Supreme Court Decision Gloom and Doom for CO?

If You're Poor, Where You Live Matters

Custom Data in Action: Rural Hospital Payment Analysis Determines Viability of Alternative Payment Models

Spotlight on Innovation: Colorado's State Innovation Model

Jonathan Mathieu Presents at National HIT Summit

CIVHC Leading Roundtable at Prime Health Innovation Summit

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New Measures on www.comedprice.org

Updated claims from Commercial and Medicaid payers spanning from 2011-2014, as well as measures for preventive care and chronic conditions, are now available online.

New in this release:

2013-2014 Medicaid and Commercial Claims
Views by Health Statistics Regions (HSR)
Observation Stays
Chronic Condition Prevalence (Hypertension & Depression)
Preventive Care Measures (Breast Cancer, Cervical Cancer and Colorectal Screening, and Diabetes Care LDL-C Testing)

April 2016

Is the ERISA Supreme Court Decision Gloom and Doom for Colorado?

Recently, I had the opportunity to chat with a national reporter about how the Supreme Court's Gobeille vs. Liberty Mutual decision impacts Colorado's All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD). She was surprised to learn that our perspective is significantly different from that of other states with APCDs, who feel the decision greatly affects the value of their database.

If You're Poor, Where You Live Matters

Originally featured on: wanthealthcarellc.com

In a recent article in the Journal of the American Medical Association, economists from Stanford and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) did a very interesting thing. There is a general assumption that the richer you are, the longer you live, on average. This turns out to be true. But why does increasing income mean increasing lifespan?

Custom Data in Action

Rural Hospital Payment Analysis Determines Viability of Alternative Payment Model

Alternative ways to pay for health care are gaining traction across the nation. Recently, a health plan approached a hospital in rural Colorado about implementing a capitated payment model where the facility would receive a set amount of dollars per patient, regardless of diagnosis or treatment.

Spotlight on Innovation

Colorado's State Innovation Model

In 2012, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) launched an ambitious demonstration initiative designed to transform the health care system at the state level by building new, scalable models. The federal goal of the State Innovation Model (SIM) is to improve care and lower costs.

Jonathan Mathieu Presents at National HIT Summit

On March 21-22, Jonathan Mathieu, CIVHC's VP of Research and Compliance & Chief Economist, presented at the 2016 State HIT Connect Summit in Baltimore, MD. Jonathan joined representatives from APCDs across the country.

CIVHC Leading Roundtable at Prime Health Innovation Summit

Jay Want, MD, and Tracey Campbell are representing CIVHC in May

The Prime Health Innovation Summit features thought leaders, health care executives, clinicians, entrepreneurs, investors, and technologists from around the country exploring the future of digital health integration.