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The Haves Have More: The Report shows the unaffordability of health care for many families. An underlying Reverse Robin Hood effect makes it keep getting worse. The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has released its 2024 Cost Trends Report, 2024 Examination of Health Care Cost Trends, highlighting the growing unaffordability of healthcare for many families….Read more

The backbone of an All-Payer Claims Database (APCD) is a strong Master Person Index (MPI) solution that allows data users to reliably track individuals over time and across payers and data systems. This ability is fundamental for many use cases (especially research and evaluation) and is often a central justification for creating and operating data…Read more

There is a considerable body of research demonstrating the long-term benefits of primary care. However, for decades, the United States has underinvested in primary care, spending only 5 to 7 cents of every health care dollar on it versus 13 cents in other high-income countries.[i] To help address these concerns, more than a third of states have…Read more

Changes in the healthcare workforce, macroeconomic factors, evolving trends in healthcare, and the impacts and pressures from the COVID-19 pandemic have prompted questions on whether an adequate and thriving workforce is available to address the health needs of Rhode Islanders. To investigate, the Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) Healthcare Workforce…Read more

With the rise of value-based care, more healthcare spending is occurring through non-claims payments. To support states in collecting this data, the APCD-Council and National Association of Health Data Organizations developed the NCP Data Layout™.  The NCP harmonizes non-claims payment data collection across states, which supports cross-state comparisons and eases data submitter burden. The NCP…Read more

High quality primary care is the foundation of our nation’s healthcare system[i]. Research points to the essential role of primary care clinicians and services in improving access, quality, life expectancy, and affordability.[ii],[iii]  While the Milbank Memorial Fund’s Health of US Primary Care Scorecard finds the overall primary care workforce has increased slightly in recent years,[iv]…Read more