Author
APCD Council
Background
In 2008, the emergence of All Payer Claims Databases (APCD) was not only promising in terms of the potential of APCDs to explain and bend the cost curve of rising health care costs, but also presented a potential problem if each of the 50 states did not require the use of national standards for collecting the data from the payers. The APCD Council was formed to respond to this problem. With a learning network of states, insurers, vendors, and other stakeholders who are advancing the knowledge and development of All-Payer Claims Databases (APCD)1 , the APCD Council has been involved in the advocacy for and development of standards for APCD data collection for three years. Our work has been supported to date by The Commonwealth Fund, Academy Health’s State Coverage Initiative, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, National Governor’s Association, and with direct funding from UNH and NAHDO.
