Interactive State Reports Map
Click on a state to find out about the APCD in that state.
In an effort to keep state profiles current, please contact Ashley Peters at ashley.peters@unh.edu with updates regarding your state APCD.
Welcome to the APCD Council
The APCD Council, formerly known as the Regional All Payer Healthcare Information Council (RAPHIC), is a federation of government, private, non-profit, and academic organizations focused on improving the development and deployment of state-based all payer claims databases (APCD). The APCD Council is convened and coordinated by the Institute for Health Policy and Practice (IHPP) at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) and the National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO).
RAPHIC was first convened in 2006 by UNH, IHPP staff with the goal of engaging future users of the Maine and New Hampshire APCDs in a discussion about multi-state collaboration. Soon after, states across the country joined the group. Currently, there is participation from nearly a dozen states. NAHDO was established in 1986 to promote the uniformity and availability of health care data for cost quality and access purposes. In 2007, NAHDO forged a collaboration with RAPHIC to expand APCD data initiatives beyond the north east region and to lead fund raising for APCD products and conference support. Together, NAHDO and RAPHIC have been coordinating a multi-state effort to support state APCD initiatives and shape state reporting systems to be capable of supporting a broad range of information needs.
Annoucements
- Richmond Times-Dispatch: High dental surgery bill prompts questions by parent [February 21, 2012]
- Richmond Times-Dispatch: Virginia Health Information provides healthcare price database [February 21, 2012]
- January meeting notes are now available here or under Resources [January 24, 2012]
- Bartels Joins Center for Healthcare Value as Executive Vice President, National Health Information [January 17, 2012]
- Phil Kalin Speaks to Summit Daily News about Colorado's All-Payer Claims Database, December 31, 2011
- The All-Payer Claims Database Council has provided comments to Section 10332 of 42 Part CFR 401, CMS-5059-F, RIN 0938-AQ17, “Medicare Program; Availability of Medicare Data for Performance Measurement” which was released the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on December 5, 2011 (http://www.ofr.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2011-31232_PI.pdf). Comments, which can be viewed here, are intended to assist states with current or future APCD efforts in understanding the utility of these data in state APCD efforts. [December 15, 2011]