Authors
Jo Porter, Denise Love, Ashley Peters, Jane Sachs, and Amy Costello
Introduction
Over the past 10 years, a growing number of states have established state-sponsored all-payer claims database (APCD) systems to fill critical information gaps for state agencies, to support health care and payment reform initiatives, and to address the need for transparency in health care at the state-level to support consumer, purchaser, and state agency reform efforts. States with APCDs are responding to a need for comprehensive, multi-payer data that allows states and other stakeholders to understand the cost, quality, and utilization of health care for their citizens. The purpose of this paper is to assist states embarking on APCD initiatives by highlighting key considerations for building statewide APCDs and potential solutions based on experiences in early-adopting APCD states.
Citation
Porter J, Love D, Peters A, Sachs J, Costello A. The Basics of All-Payer Claims Databases: A Primer for States. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. January 2014.
