News
August 3, 2016
DOL Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Related to SCOTUS Gobeille Decision
As we been have been discussing, the APCD Council Leadership Team has been closely watching activity around the SCOTUS Gobeille decision. Read More August 2, 2016
Delaware Moves to Implementation
With the passage of Delaware Senate Bill 238 on June 30, 2016, the State of Delaware has officially moved into implementation. More information at https://www.apcdcouncil.org/state/delaware. Read More August 1, 2016
CIVHC Announces New Vendor for CO APCD
CIVHC has announced that Human Services Research Institute (HSRI) will be the new vendor for data intake, management, and analytics for the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO ACPD). HSRI will also subcontract with NORC at the University of Chicago on this work. The full press release is available at http://civhc.org/News-Events/News/New-Vendor-Selected-to-Manage-Data-Int.... Read More July 28, 2016
Washington State Selects APCD Vendors
Yesterday, the State of Washington Office of Financial Management (OFM) announced the Apparently Successful Bidder for the Washington All Payer Claims Database (WA-APCD). The Center for Health Systems Effectiveness (CHSE) at Oregon Health & Science University has been selected to serve as the lead organization and Onpoint Health Data as the data vendor. The full press release is available here. Read More July 27, 2016
HCCI Announces Medicare Data Access Opportunity to Users
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released its final rule implementing Section 105 of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) to expand how qualified entities (QE) can use and disclose data. The Final Rule (CMS-5061-F) explains how QEs can provide or sell combined data, or provide Medicare data at no cost, to certain authorized users. Read More July 27, 2016
AHRQ Healthcare Measurement and APCDs Webinar Slides and Recording Now Available
Slides and a webinar recording from the July 20th Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) webinar, Healthcare Measurement and APCDs: Creating an APCD Measure Inventory and Lessons for the Future of APCD Measure Development, are now available at https://www.apcdcouncil.org/webinars Read More July 14, 2016