11 States Have All-Payer Claims Databases, More Planned With Pending Health Reform Changes

OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire Strategic Health Care News Currently 11 states have developed, and two are in the process of developing, all-payer claims databases (APCD), which provide comprehensive information on disease incidence, treatment costs, and health outcomes essential for informing and evaluating state health policies. In Oregon and Tennessee state-mandated APCDs are under development, with the launch planned for 2010. Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Utah, and Vermont have already implemented state-mandated APCDs in which a state agency or health data authority collects and manages data submitted by carriers; failure to submit data to . . .