Tennessee
Title or Name of APCD System:
Tennessee All Payer Claims Database
Category:
Strong Interest
Who Maintains the System:
Health Care Finance and Administration, TennCare
First Year APCD Collected Data:
2009
APCD Snapshot:
In 2008, the Department of Finance and Administration convened the "Health Quality Initiative", a state and private sector stakeholder group, to discuss how best to measure and report health quality data. The group met for approximately a year before the Division of Health Planning proposed the APCD as a solution. Legislation was drafted with the input of stakeholders and passed in June 2009. Data collection began in the summer of 2010 and is ongoing.
Number of Commercial Sources of Claims Data:
42
Sources and Status of APCD Data Collection
| Payers | Currently Collected | Planned Collection |
|---|---|---|
| Commercial Payers | Yes | -- |
| Third Party Administrators/Self-Funded | Yes | -- |
| Medicaid | Yes | -- |
| Medicare | -- | Yes |
| Types of Data Collected | Currently Collected | Planned Collection |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Claims | Yes | -- |
| Eligibility | Yes | -- |
| Pharmacy | Yes | -- |
Future Plans:
None listed at this time.
State Specific Resources:
Tennessee Health Information Committee - https://www.tn.gov/hcfa/article/tennessee-health-information-committee
History of TN APCD [2015]
Affordable Care Act grants provide $3,979,002 to help fight health insurance premium hikes in Tennessee [September 2011]