APCD Final Rule Hearing
The Colorado All Payer Claims Database continues to move ahead towards implementation. Next week, the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing will hold its final hearing about the draft data submission rules. These rules describe how data will be submitted to the APCD and how the data may be used, as described in…
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Some question makeup of Colorado’s new health-insurance exchange board
Some question makeup of Colorado’s new health-insurance exchange board.
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Center for Improving Value in Health Care
The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) is a public-private entity created to identify and advance initiatives across Colorado that enhance consumers’ health care experiences, contain costs and improve the health of Coloradans by creating an efficient, high quality and transparent health care system.
CIVHC is the only organization in the state…
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Health Care Availability Act and ASC Insurance Update
As a condition of licensure by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Health Facilities Division (“DPHE”), all Colorado health care facilities, including ambulatory surgery centers, must comply with the financial responsibility requirements of the Health Care Availability Act (“HCAA”) (§ 13-64-301 et seq. C.R.S.). The HCAA was added to Colorado law as part…
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Taking on Blue Cross
When a Michigan firm devised a plan to help Ford Motor Co. cut costs on physical therapy, it drew fire from the state’s largest insurer – and showed how tough it is to revamp health care. Read more here from the Nov. 10 issue of USA Today…
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Employer Health Benefits 2010 Annual Survey
The average employee contribution toward premiums for family coverage rose 14% in 2010 to nearly $4,000, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research and Educational Trust in a report released September 2. Contributions for single coverage grew 15%. However, the total premium cost – that split by employer and employee – rose…
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Insurance Guidelines
CDPHE staff drafted a document with the intent of providing guidance to all license applicants as they seek to obtain appropriate professional liability insurance coverage pursuant to the Health Care Availability Act (CRS Sections 13-64-101, et.seq.)
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Anthem withdraws rate hike request
California health insurer Anthem Blue Cross canceled rate hikes of as much as 39% for thousands of California policyholders Thursday after state regulators said the plan was “seriously flawed.”
Unchecked Provider Clout in California Foreshadows Challenges to Health Reform
A Web First article from the journal Health Affairs, supported by CHCF, examines the market power of California hospitals and physicians to negotiate higher payment rates. While the high cost of private health insurance has drawn plenty of attention in the national health reform debate, this underlying driver of higher insurance premiums has gone largely…
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