Children’s Hospital Colorado used CO APCD data to assess variation in care for children with medical complexity (CMC) who have medical fragility and intense medical and coordination of care needs that are not well met by existing health care models. For this project, they explored instances in which their services must interface with other health … Continue reading Change Agent Chat Episode 06 – Children’s Hospital Colorado
Begun on the Western Slope in 1993, HopeWest provides palliative and hospice care and is dedicated to profoundly changing the way the community experiences serious illness and grief – one family at a time. In this Chat, we learn how HopeWest helps patients navigate difficult conditions and prognoses and discuss the effects reimbursement challenges have … Continue reading Change Agent Chat Episode 05 – HopeWest
CIVHC released facility cost and quality information for common procedures and imaging services in early 2019. With this release, Colorado became one of the few states with this type of information available for partners and consumers. This Chat will explain how the procedures were chosen, what went into the analytics, and how Change Agents can … Continue reading Change Agent Chat Episode 04 – Shopping for Care on CIVHC.org
In 2012, the Southeast Health Group (SHG) received a three-year, $1.4 million award from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to develop an integrated care program called TIPPING POINT: Total Integration, Patient Navigation and Provider Training Project. Tipping Point leaders implemented Health Navigators to identify high-risk patients and work to empower and educate them … Continue reading Change Agent Chat Episode 03 – Southeast Health Group