Leading an APCD

Health Care Price Transparency: The APCD Landscape Just Changed

February 6, 2023

Recent action by the U. S. Department of Justice will change APCD approaches to transparency and the sharing of health care price and cost information. On Friday, February 3 the U. S. Department of Justice announced the withdrawal of “three outdated antitrust policy statements related to enforcement in health care markets” to promote competition and...Read more

State All Payer Claims Database Advisory Committee Reflections Part II: Achieving the Vision of Improving APCDs as a Tool in Healthcare Cost Reform Efforts

Maureen Mustard and John Freedman

March 23, 2022

Leading an APCD

This is Part II of a comprehensive review of the history, work, and recommendations of the State All-Payer Claims Database Advisory Committee (SAPCDAC ) and its efforts to expand the use and efficiency of APCD data. Part I lays out the history of APCDs and Part II focuses on the work of the committee. ...Read more

State All Payer Claims Database Advisory Committee Reflections Part I: The Birth and Evolution of All-Payer Claims Databases (APCDs)

Maureen Mustard and John Freedman

March 10, 2022

Leading an APCD

Introduction In August 2021, the State All-Payer Claims Database Advisory Committee (SAPCDAC) completed its report to the Department of Labor (DOL) on recommendations for improving All-Payer Claims Database (APCD) regulations with a goal of expanding and standardizing data for state APCDs, a move intended to make APCDs more effective in tracking national health trends. This...Read more

FHC President Testifies at First SAPCDAC Meeting

John Freedman, MD/MBA

May 19, 2021

Leading an APCD, Starting an APCD

Today, I had the privilege of testifying before the first meeting of the State All-Payer Claims Database Advisory Committee (SAPCDAC). Those of you on this blog likely know that I’ve worked on APCDs since 2005, and my team and I here at FHC have worked on APCDs in over 20 states—touching the vast majority of...Read more

FHC President John Freedman: The Health Crisis that Didn’t Go Away (WV Gazette-Mail)

John Freedman, MD/MBA

April 23, 2021

Analytics and Reporting, Leading an APCD

This Op-Ed was originally published in the Charleston Gazette-Mail. Even in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and worldwide lockdowns, the opioid epidemic is raging unabated. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, since 1999, nearly 850,000 people in the United States have died from drug overdoses. About 500,000 of those deaths...Read more

FHC co-hosts Webinar on No Surprises Act for APCDs

John Freedman, MD/MBA

January 14, 2021

Leading an APCD, Starting an APCD

On Monday, January 11, John Freedman, President and CEO, described the implications of the Omnibus Reconciliation Bill’s provisions for APCDs for a webinar audience of over 250 health experts representing 47 states. Topics included the timeline for key provisions, emerging opportunities for APCDs, composition of Labor’s Advisory Committee regarding a format that states may use...Read more

FHC Principal Consultant, Tanya Bernstein, Elected to NAHDO Board of Directors

Linda Green, MPA

January 5, 2021

Leading an APCD, Starting an APCD

We are pleased to announce that Principal Consultant Tanya Bernstein has been elected to the National Association of Health Data Organization’s Board of Directors for a three year term. For the past six years, Tanya has helped guide NAHDO’s annual meeting Planning Committee in its development of dynamic presentations that reflect emerging thinking...Read more

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Health Care Price Transparency: The APCD Landscape Just Changed

State All Payer Claims Database Advisory Committee Reflections Part II: Achieving the Vision of Improving APCDs as a Tool in Healthcare Cost Reform Efforts

State All Payer Claims Database Advisory Committee Reflections Part I: The Birth and Evolution of All-Payer Claims Databases (APCDs)

FHC President Testifies at First SAPCDAC Meeting

FHC President John Freedman: The Health Crisis that Didn’t Go Away (WV Gazette-Mail)

FHC co-hosts Webinar on No Surprises Act for APCDs

FHC Principal Consultant, Tanya Bernstein, Elected to NAHDO Board of Directors

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