Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC)
The Center for Improving Value in Health Care was established by Executive Order D 005 08 signed by Governor Ritter on February 13, 2008 as part of the "Building Blocks to Health Care Reform" plan. The Center was created to establish an interdisciplinary, multi-stakeholder entity to identify and pursue strategies for quality improvement and cost containment. Led by Joan Henneberry, Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, the center will bring consumers, businesses, health care providers, insurance companies, and state agencies together to develop long-term strategies to identify, implement, and evaluate quality improvement strategies to ensure a better value for the care we receive in Colorado.
CIVHC Board
Gov. Bill Ritter announced on April 7, 2009 that he has appointed 22 Coloradans to serve as voting and ex-officio members on the new Center for Improving Value in Health Care steering committee. The steering committee will set the strategic direction, vision and policy initiatives for CIVHC. It will advise the state on strategies to improve the health care service delivery system, leverage commitments from the public and private sectors, and integrate the work of other public and private entities in the state.
State Quality Improvement Institute
AcademyHealth and The Commonwealth Fund have selected Colorado, as well as eight other states, to participate in the State Quality Improvement Institute - an intensive, competitively-selected effort to help states plan and implement concrete action plans to improve performance across targeted quality indicators. Colorado, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington were selected for the Institute through a competitive process designed to identify states with the commitment, leadership, and resources necessary to build on previous success and conceptualize and implement substantive new quality improvement efforts. Participation in this program provides our state with even more tools, resources and knowledge as Colorado works toward improving the quality of health care across the state. Read more...
SQII: Interim Meeting Presentations & Resources (May 2009)
For inquiries regarding the Center for Improving Value in Health Care, please contact Jenny Nate at 303-866-2038 or at jenny.nate@state.co.us.