In this first Thursday Thoughts of 2021, FHC Senior Health Care Data/Policy Consultant Jonathan Mathieu talked to Kyle Russell, MDA, Director of Strategy and Analytics at Virginia Health Information (VHI). In his current role, Kyle oversees the analytical reporting and strategic planning for all data collection programs administered by VHI, which houses the state’s All-Payer...Read more

First New Codes for COVID-19 Vaccines have been Issued The AMA has announced nine new codes for COVID vaccination – 3 for the vaccines themselves and 6 for administering them to a patient. The codes are unique to each manufacturer of the vaccine:   The highly granular codes should allow detailed tracking of vaccination efforts...Read more

Using the APCD, Colorado authorities can plan vaccine distribution, states can identify potential future hot spots, and more.   Colorado’s Center for Improving in Health Care (CIVHC) has released a groundbreaking analysis that uses the state’s all-payer claims database (APCD) to identify those at highest risk should they contract COVID-19. CIVHC analysts used CDC risk criteria,...Read more

Welcome back to our Thursday Thoughts blog series, where we talk with healthcare industry experts about how COVID-19 has shaped their professional lives over the past several months. This week, we have a conversation with Bruce Landon, MD, MBA, MSc, professor of health care policy at Harvard Medical School, a professor of medicine at the...Read more

Welcome back to “Thursday Thoughts,” our bi-weekly interview series where we interview experts in the fields of healthcare research and policy. This week, FHC Project Manager Lisa Tse sits down with Kim Paull, MPH, to discuss how COVID-19 has, and will continue to shape her work in Rhode Island. Kim is the Director of Data...Read more