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Dec 31 1969
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Overview of All-Payer Claims Databases
This session will provide an overview of all-payer claims databases (APCD). Participants will learn about the history and prevalence of these databases, how they can be distinguished from one another, and the key policy and technical issues they raise.  It will lay out the vision for what APCDs can achieve.
 
Patrick Miller
Research Associate Professor
New Hampshire Institute for Health Policy and Practice
University of New Hampshire
 
Step One: Making the Political Case for an APCD
This session will focus on political issues that arise when an APCD is getting established. Learn from states that have passed legislation to enact an APCD. What were the key messages and political pitfalls? How can advocates make an APCD attractive to political leaders on both sides of the aisle?
 
Moderator:
Director
State Coverage Initiatives
 
Panelists:
Secretary Mike Leavitt
Founder and Chairman
Leavitt Partners
 
Sean Kolmer
Research Manager
Office for Oregon Health Policy and Research
 
James Golden
Director
Division of Health Policy
Minnesota Department of Health
PDF Presentation
 
Step Two: Policy and Technical Issues Related to Data Management, Collection and Dissemination
 Participants will learn about different models for governing an APCD. Panelists will also address how these databases are funded and who has access to the data.  The panel will also address whether APCDs should be mandatory or voluntary and ways the data itself can be used to build further demand for the information it includes. Panelists will also address technical challenges and issues.

Moderator:
Suanne Singer
Senior Consultant
Maine Health Information Center

Panelists:
Suanne Singer
Senior Consultant
Maine Health Information Center

Alan Prysunka
Executive Director
Maine Health Data Organization
Maine Department of Health

Ben Steffen
Director
Center for Information and Analysis
Maryland Health Care Commission

Step 3: Data Analysis and Use
Panelists will speak about a variety of applications and uses of APCDs, including quality improvement, payment reform, public health, research, and cost containment.  You will hear from leading states, who share what they have already accomplished and their vision for what their APCDs can achieve.

Moderator
Patrick Miller
Research Associate Professor
New Hampshire Institute for Health Policy and Practice
University of New Hampshire

Panelists
Craig Jones
Director
Vermont Blueprint for Health
Vermont Department of Health
PDF Presentation

Patrick Miller
Research Associate Professor
New Hampshire Institute for Health Policy and Practice
University of New Hampshire
PowerPoint Presentation

Jo Porter
Deputy Director
New Hampshire Institute for Health Policy and Practice
University of New Hampshire
PowerPoint Presentation

Dwight McNeil
Assistant Commissioner
Division of Health Care Finance and Policy
Massachusetts Health and Human Services Department
PDF Presentaiton

Mark Gaskill
All-Payer Database Manager
Office of Health Care Statistics
Utah Department of Health
PowerPoint Presentation

Data Standardization
Panelists will discuss the value of standardizing data across states.  They will address policy and technical issues related to standardization.

Moderator:
Denise Love
Executive Director
National Association of Health Data Organizations

Panelists:
Jo Porter
Deputy Director
New Hampshire Institute for Health Policy and Practice
University of New Hampshire
PowerPoint Presentation

Mary Taylor
Head, Regulatory Compliance
Aetna
PowerPoint Presentation

APCDs, Health Information Exchange, and ARRA – Opportunities and Challenges
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act included several data-related provisions, including the HITECH Act (which will promote electronic medical records and health information exchange), comparative effectiveness provisions and sections that promote prevention and wellness.  Speakers will address federal data policy issues related to each of these provisions.  In addition, they will focus on the potential interaction between a statewide Health Information Exchange (HIE) and an APCD.  These linked databases have the potential to improve patient care, public health, and health purchasing.

Moderator:
Shelly Ten Napel
Senior Associate
State Coverage Initiatives

Panelists:
Jim Scanlon
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
Department of Health and Human Services
PowerPoint Presentation

Anthony Rodgers
Director
Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System
PowerPoint Presentation