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Welcome to APCD Journal!

Hi everyone and welcome to APCD Journal! We aim to be your source for news and insights in the APCD world, as well as other relevant topics such as health data, health policy, health care financing, and delivery system reform.

Health Care Price Transparency: The APCD Landscape Just Changed

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 On Friday, February 3 the U. S. Department of Justice announced the withdrawal of “three outdated antitrust policy statements related to enforcement in health care markets” to promote competition and…Read more

FHC Develops CHCF Report on Investment in Primary Care Detailing Strategy for California

The California Health Care Foundation recently engaged Freedman HealthCare to develop a technical report on primary care investment data collection, reporting, and enforcement mechanisms. CHCF seeks to inform California stakeholders about national strategies to measure primary care investment in conjunction with accountability tactics to increase the proportion of the health care dollar directed toward primary…Read more

KC Health Collaborative: Bringing the KC Community Together to Address Social Drivers of Health

FHC knows that health system transformation starts with bringing stakeholders together to identify shared priorities and work towards measuring progress, while also using data to inform these conversations. FHC is pleased to support KCHC in its development of a Community Information Exchange and Health Equity Learning and Action Network. ___________________________________________________________________   Like many regions across…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

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)

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

Starting and growing a conversation about health care costs

Even before the pandemic, which has caused so much economic uncertainty across the U.S., medical debt was a huge issue and major stressor for millions of Americans. It’s even more so today. And the lack of transparency around health care costs doesn’t help. Medical debt is stressful no matter what, but many people are hit…Read more

About the APCD Journal

The world of health care data moves quickly.

APCD Journal shares timely and meaningful news on APCDs, and related topics of interest including technology, security, analytics, reporting and regulation.

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