Colorado

Resource	Category	Carriers	Purpose
Insurance gaps at age-19 and age-26 health insurance eligibility thresholds by childhood-onset condition severity, Colorado 2014-2018 This case study examines health insurance coverage gaps among Colorado young adults at two age-based cutoffs — losing Medicaid at 19 and aging off par... State: Colorado	Consumers, Employers, Providers	Commercial, Medicaid	Utilization
Exogenous Testosterone Is Associated with Lower Odds of Stroke in Young Men: An Exploratory Analysis of the Colorado Claims Database The abstract reports that establishing a stroke transition-of-care clinic — where patients are seen by neurology within two weeks after hospital disch... State: Colorado	Population Health	Commercial	Quality
Curbing the Growing Fragmentation of Veterans’ Health Care This study quantifies a major shift in locus of VA critical care, a likely outcome of expanded non-VA health insurance coverage that was previously ca... State: Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin	Consumers, Health Reform, Medicaid, Population Health, Providers	Medicaid	Utilization
State Efforts To Monitor Outpatient Facility Fees Colorado, Maine, Connecticut, and Washington—have collected and analyzed data on outpatient facility fee billing within their borders. This growing in... State: Colorado, Connecticut, Maine, Washington	Consumers, Providers, Researchers	Commercial	Cost
Z-Coding for Social Contributors to Health in Colorado Federally Qualified Health Centers This study looked at the prevalence of social contributor Z codes for patients receiving services through Colorado’s Federally Qualified Health Center... State: Colorado	Consumers	Commercial, Medicaid	Cost, Quality, Utilization
Analysis of proposed legislation to provide dental coverage for individuals with head and neck cancers The Colorado Division of Insurance (DOI) commissioned Milliman, Inc. to review a potential legislative proposal that would require all commercial heal... State: Colorado	Insurance Department	Commercial	Cost
Comorbidity and Multimorbidity in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: Findings From a Multi‐Site Population‐Based Study This study leverages the CO APCD and other state data resources to study Congenital Heart Disease comorbidities in adults living with the condition. State: Colorado	Population Health	Commercial	Utilization
Small Intervention, Big Impact: Health Care Cost Reductions Related to Medically Tailored Nutrition Food is a critical aspect of health care for people living with illnesses like congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and di... State: Colorado	Consumers, Health Reform, Insurance Department, Population Health, Providers		Cost
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... State: Colorado	Consumers, Employers, Health Reform, Insurance Department, Population Health, Providers, Researchers	Commercial	Cost, Quality, Utilization
Cost Driver Spot Analysis: Regional Price Variation for High Volume Services January 2017 The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) analyzed 2014 commercial claims data for high volume procedures in six regions of Colorado to co... State: Colorado	Consumers, Employers, Providers, Researchers	Commercial	Cost, Utilization

Colorado

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