Washington
Category
Title or Name of APCD System
  • Washington APCD (Health Care Authority) II
Who Maintains the System
  • Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA)
Website
Legal Authority
Investment
  • CMS Cycle III and Cycle IV grants to implement WA-APCD, develop a public website and produce products
Statute
Submission Rules
Release Policy
First Year APCD Collected Data
  • 2017
Sources and Status of APCD Data Collection
Payers
Commercial Payers
  • Currently Collected
Third Party Administrators/Self-Funded
  • Planned Collection
Medicaid
  • Currently Collected
Types of Data Collected 
Medical Claims
  • Currently Collected
Eligibility
  • Currently Collected
Dental
  • Currently Collected
Pharmacy
  • Currently Collected
Other
  • The State of Washington is required through mandate to collect medical, pharmacy, dental, member eligibility and enrollment data with necessary identifiers.
Consumer Website
Related APCD Activity

  • The WA-APCD was established in 2014 when the Washington State Legislature passed legislation directing the Office of Financial Management (OFM) to establish and create the database. In 2019, management of those efforts moved from OFM to the  Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA), Washington's Medicaid program.

    The Center for Health Systems Effectiveness (CHSE) at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) was the WA-APCD Lead Organization responsible for the implementation and operation of the WA-APCD from 2014 until 2019 when the Washington Health Alliance won a bid to become the next Lead Organization. The Washington Health Alliance has also run a voluntary APCD effort in Washington since the early 2000s.

    Onpoint Health Data is the contracted data vendor for the WA-APCD as of 2020.

Contact Information