NAHDO's members are laying the foundation for health care improvement, health system and payment reforms, and consumer engagement through publicly available and shared health care data bases. This month, we feature how one state is moving the needle through data
The final rule that makes changes to SAMHSA regulations governing the confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patients Records was posted to the Federal Register on January 3, 2018 and can be accessed here
NAHDO/APCD Council submitted comments to CMS’s request for information on the proposed direction of the Innovation Center that primarily focused on the importance of compreshnsive data to inform, implement, and evaluate any of the proposed models.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has recently released the 2015
OHCS is seeking cost-effective and innovative solutions that build and improve on the current Utah APCD system. OHCS is releasing this RFP to select one or more vendors to provide flexible and responsive solutions relating to the required functions of the APCD.
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Maryland Health Care Commission to Announce “Wear the Cost” Initiative to Increase Transparency and Public Engagement on Health Care Costs and Quality
October 19, 2017
We Want Your Feedback on the Source of Payment Typology
Submit comments at: http://www.phdsc.org/about/feedback.asp?cf=pt.
It’s a data warehouse party! Sponsorships and Abstracts are now being accepted for poster display and/or oral presentation for the First Annual DFW Hospital Council (DFWHC) Foundation Information and Quality Services Center (IQSC) Educational Event on November 16 at Texas Woman’s University in Dallas. This year’s program is themed “Healthcare Data: Descriptive, Predictive, Prescriptive.”
Virginia Health Information is pleased to share yet another example of how the Virginia All Payer Claims Database is consistently driving population health insights in the Commonwealth. The topic of potentially unnecessary care has grown to the forefront of discussions on how to decrease our nation's healthcare spending.
NAHDO and its members through our work with the APCD Council contributed to a recently released AHRQ literature review and environmental scan with the objective to map an approach to creating an inventory of measures of quality, cost, and utilization of care across settings for potential use with an APCD. Access the report at https://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/apcd/envscan/index.html