Quality

Resource Category Carriers Purpose
Analysis of Low-Value Health Services in the Minnesota All Payer Claims Database
The Minnesota Department of Health analyzed the overuse of unnecessary or low-value care throughout the state of Minnesota using data from the MN APCD...
State: Minnesota
Consumers, Employers, Health Reform, Insurance Department, Medicaid, Population Health, Providers, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare Cost, Quality, Utilization
Washington APCD Health Measures Dashboards
The WA-APCD health measures dashboards offer publicly available data reports which include a comparison of statewide and Accountable Communities of He...
State: Washington
Consumers, Population Health, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare Cost, Quality, Utilization
Small-Area Variation in the Care of Low-Risk Neonates in Massachusetts and Texas
A research study that measures special care days (SCDs) (intermediate or intensive), length of stay, and readmission rates among low-risk neonates acr...
State: Texas
Providers, Researchers Commercial Quality, Utilization
Medication-assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Rhode Island: Who Gets Treatment, and Does Treatment Improve Health Outcomes?
The New England Public Policy Center at the Boston Fed recently released a report entitled “Medication-assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in R...
Population Health, Providers, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid Quality, Utilization
Combining Electronic Medical Records with Claims Data to Identify Opportunities for Improving Outcomes for Medicaid Patients
The vision for this network is that it will support a broad array of data uses including development of improved quality metrics using both clinical a...
State: Colorado
Health Reform, Medicaid, Population Health, Researchers Medicaid Cost, Quality
Small-Area Variation in the Care of Low-Risk Neonates in Massachusetts and Texas
A research study that measures special care days (SCDs) (intermediate or intensive), length of stay, and readmission rates among low-risk neonates acr...
Providers, Researchers Commercial Quality, Utilization
Pharmacy Quality Alliance Opioid Prescribing Measurers in Washington State, 2014-18
Washington State Office of Financial Management staff used the WA-APCD to run Pharmacy Quality Alliance Opioid Prescribing Measures for 2014-2018.
State: Washington
Consumers, Employers, Health Reform, Population Health, Providers, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare Cost, Quality, Utilization
Exploring the Cost of Cataract Surgery in Utah
The Utah Department of Health, Office of Health Care Statistics (OHCS) produced this report at the request and under the direction of the Transparency...
State: Utah
Consumers, Employers, Providers Cost, Quality
Exploring the Cost of Colonoscopy in Utah
Consistent with this mission, the Transparency Advisory Group selected colonoscopies as a procedure with high health care value for Utahns. This repor...
State: Utah
Consumers, Employers, Providers Cost, Quality
Utah Primary Care Spend Calculation Project
The Utah Department of Health, Office of Health Care Statistics (OHCS) produced this primary care spend report for the Utah Academy of Family Physicia...
State: Utah
Providers, Researchers Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare Cost, Quality