Arkansas
Category
Title or Name of APCD System
  • Arkansas All-Payer Claims Database
Who Maintains the System
  • ACHI administers the APCD with support and oversight from the Health Insurance Rate Review Division (HIRRD) at the Arkansas Insurance Department (AID)
Website
Legal Authority
Submission Rules
First Year APCD Collected Data
  • 2013
APCD Snapshot
  • All paid claims for 2013-Q1 2017
Number of Commercial Sources of Claims Data
  • 60
Covered Lives
  • 7 million
Sources and Status of APCD Data Collection
Payers
Commercial Payers
  • Currently Collected
Third Party Administrators/Self-Funded
  • Currently Collected
Medicaid
  • Currently Collected
Medicare
  • Currently Collected
Other
  • Arkansas State Employee Benefits Division and Arkansas Workers Compensation Commission
Types of Data Collected 
Medical Claims
  • Currently Collected
Eligibility
  • Currently Collected
Dental
  • Currently Collected
Pharmacy
  • Currently Collected
Workers' Compensation
  • Currently Collected
Other
  • Arkansas Employee Benefits Division
Primary Users/Uses
  • State agency and health policy support.
Future Plans
  • Opening to academic researchers.
Related APCD Activity

  • The Health Insurance Rate Review Division (HIRRD), a division of the Arkansas Insurance Department (AID), was awarded a Cycle III grant from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services/Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight to “Support Health Insurance Rate Review and Increase Transparency in Health Care Pricing.” The award included specific funding for an all-payer claims database (APCD). HIRRD conducted a national search and solicitation for qualified and competitive bidders. Following an extensive evaluation process, the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement (ACHI) was awarded the contract to establish an APCD for the State of Arkansas.

    The Arkansas APCD includes claims data from Medicaid, Medicare, and fully-insured private plans operating in Arkansas with at least 2000 Arkansas enrollees. The Arkansas APCD will soon add hospital discharge and emergency department data for the uninsured, cancer registry data, birth and death records, and a flag for medical marijuana-qualifying patients.

    Visit www.arkansasapcd.net for all Arkansas APCD related resources including fact sheets, stakeholder meeting materials, information about statewide and national-level health care system transparency efforts, and more.

State Specific Resources
Contact Information

Use Cases from the APCD Showcase

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Use Cases Category Carriers
Arkansas Infographic: Smoking-Attributable Costs to Medicaid
To estimate the cost of smoking to Medicaid, ACHI analyzed data from the Arkansas All-Payer Claims Database to determine the amounts of claims paid by Medicaid for certain conditions among adults ages 30–65 in fiscal year 2015.
 Consumers, Insurance Department, Medicaid, Population Health, Providers, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare
Report: Arkansas Patients Often Face Financial Barriers to Necessary Follow-Up Colonoscopies
This assessment examined current prevalence of and access to colorectal cancer (CRC) screenings and CRC disease incidence. ACHI also projected the number of Arkansans ages 45 to 49 who could be screened based on the final 2021 USPSTF recommendation to lower the CRC screening age to 45. Where available, ACHI generated demographic and geographic profiles to identify differences in marginalized or underserved populations. 
 Health Reform, Medicaid, Population Health Medicaid
Clone of Analysis of Health System Size and Variability in Diabetic Eye Disease Screening in Wisconsin
In this cohort study with a difference-in-differences analysis of 60 990 childbirths, Medicaid expansion was associated with higher rates of postpartum coverage and outpatient visits and lower racial and ethnic disparities in postpartum coverage. However, disparities in outpatient visits between Black and White individuals were unchanged. Additional policy approaches are needed to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in postpartum care.
 Consumers, Health Reform, Medicaid, Population Health Medicaid
Data Brief: Naloxone Prescription in Response to the Opioid Epidemic
Arkansas Center for Health Improvement analysis brief developed to inform and understand the trends and patterns of naloxone prescriptions in Arkansas. Data for the analysis were from the Arkansas All-Payer Claims Database, part of the Arkansas Healthcare Transparency Initiative, for state fiscal years (FY) 2017 to 2021.
Consumers, Health Reform, Population Health, Providers Commercial, Medicaid
Even Before Pandemic, Most Arkansans Were Not Making Regular Dentist Visits, ACHI Report Finds
This report includes trend information throughout 2019 and 2020 by type of dental treatments, age, and payer type, and displays utilization impacts as a result of the unprecedented near-total pause in dental care provision during the onset of the pandemic in Arkansas.
 Consumers, Insurance Department, Population Health, Providers, Researchers Commercial