New Hampshire
Category
Title or Name of APCD System
  • New Hampshire Comprehensive Health Care Information System
Who Maintains the System
  • The NH Insurance Department and NH Department of Health and Human Services partner to maintain NHCHIS
Website
Legal Authority
Investment
  • Approximately $3M since 2005
Statute
Submission Rules
Release Policy
First Year APCD Collected Data
  • 2005
APCD Snapshot
  • The New Hampshire Comprehensive Healthcare Information System began accepting claims submissions in 2005 in response to a need for more transparency in the commercial insurance system. The drivers listed in their statute include the provision of a resource for continuous review of health care utilization, expenditures, and performance data by insurers, purchasers, employers, providers and state agencies. Also expressed was the goal to help consumers and employers make informed and cost effective health care choices. In addition, data were desired for comparison to Medicaid quality, cost, utilization, and price.
Number of Commercial Sources of Claims Data
  • 26
Sources and Status of APCD Data Collection
Payers
Commercial Payers
  • Currently Collected
Third Party Administrators/Self-Funded
  • Currently Collected
Medicaid
  • Currently Collected
Medicare
  • Currently Collected
Other
  • Also planned is the collection of some form of uninsured claim information.
Types of Data Collected 
Medical Claims
  • Currently Collected
Eligibility
  • Currently Collected
Dental
  • Currently Collected
Pharmacy
  • Currently Collected
Consumer Website
Contact Information