NAHDO / APCD Council Statement on the SCOTUS Decision on Gobeille v. Liberty Mutual Case
NAHDO along with the APCD Council has been following the Gobeille v. Liberty Mutual Case closely. As many of you know, NAHDO was a lead petitioner, joined by the Council and CIVHC, and others in an Amicus brief to the Supreme Court in support of the Vermont Green Mountain Care Board. The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) decision in favor of Liberty Mutual was a disappointment - SCOTUS decided that Liberty Mutual, as a self-insured employer, can choose not to submit their health claims data to Vermont's all-payer claims database. The decision governs only claims data maintained by self-insured employer health plans governed by ERISA. However, the APCD Council remains committed to assisting states in their efforts to improve the health of their populations through improved transparency and informed decision making as well as to support state health reform activities.
The APCD Council is carefully reviewing the SCOTUS opinions to better understand the implications and opportunities for states. APCD data have been vital to many state efforts to support health care and payment reform efforts. Even if self-insured data is partially reported, statewide APCDs provide information on covered populations not available elsewhere and will remain a key tool for state efforts in these areas. We remain committed to assisting states in continuing their good work, and exploring solutions to ensure that states have the necessary data to continue their health improvement efforts. The value of APCDs is recognized by stakeholders across the country, and we are confident states will be able to continue to support local, data-driven decision making to improve the health of their populations.
The APCD Council is seeking state input about the decision. Please send any comments or questions for the APCD Council to info@apcdcouncil.org.
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Truven Health Government Expert Series: 2016 Key Algorithms
Each year, Truven Health Analytics identifies and releases a set of key fraud-fighting algorithms that have yielded excellent results for our customers over the past year. Collated and prepared by our expert analyst teams in the program integrity unit, this is your chance to discover effective ways to find and recover program dollars.
Join us Tuesday March 15th from 2-3 p.m. EST as we reveal this year's selection.
Register now through this link
In addition to sharing what's been successful in the past, our panel of program integrity experts will introduce some useful new ideas for algorithms and the latest trends in aberrant billing practices and suspicious recipient behavior.
Truven Health Government Expert Series
Designed as an educational forum for sharing industry expertise and best practices, this series of one-hour webinars combines valuable analytic information with discussion to address important issues, answer your questions, and connect you with your colleagues across the country.
Please feel free to forward this invitation to others at your organization that may be interested in this topic.
Visit the Truven Health Analytics website for additional information.
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NAHDO's 31st Annual Meeting
October 26-28, 2016 in Minneapolis
Call for Abstracts: We are soliciting abstracts that demonstrate best practices in health care data management & dissemination protocols; data analysis & applications; new technologies to drive system transformation; and APCDs. Submissions accepted through Friday April 22nd. For more information view our call for abstracts.
Accepting Nominations: NAHDO is accepting nominations for the Elliot M. Stone Award for Excellence in Heath Data Leadership (June 30 submission deadline) and for the Innovation in Data Dissemination Award (July 31 submission deadline) to be presented at the 31st Annual Meeting in Minneapolis. For more information on the awards visit the Elliot M. Stone Award and the Innovation in Data Dissemination Award pages on the NAHDO website.
Sponsor or Exhibit: We will ensure your organization is recognized before, during and after the meeting. To learn more about these opportunities go here or contact Summer Haven at summerhaven@nahdo.org. or 801-532-2299.
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NAHDO Job Board
The NAHDO website Job Board posts openings of interest to our members and the health data community. If your organization has a position to be listed, email summerhaven@nahdo.org.
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It's TIMELY! It's VALUABLE! It's FREE! Brought to you by NAHDO
 ICD-10 Transition Conversion Tool is free and available for your ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM transition.
To help programs and data users identify which coding scheme is used, the University of California at Davis (UCD) developed, for CDC use, a SAS program that now is available to the public. The toolkit was developed by UCD under funding from the Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services (CSELS) within the Office of Public Health Scientific Services (OPHSS) at the CDC.
Information & a webinar on how to use this tool can be found on NAHDO’s website: https://www.nahdo.org/ICD9-10Tools
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News from the CDC Environmental Public Health Tracking Network
Are you a developer? Tracking has a new API.
The Tracking Network Data Application Program Interface (API) is an alternate way to query data from the Environmental Public Health Tracking Network. Visit the Tracking API webpage to access the API and learn more.
Tracking Data Help Inform Health Impact Assessments
CDC's Environmental Public Health Tracking Network is an excellent data source for environmental hazards, exposures, and health conditions that can be a valuable asset to the health impact assessment (HIA) process. The Tracking Network provides not only national data but also state and local data. These data may be used in several HIA steps, including community engagement, scoping, assessment, and evaluation. Learn more and check out helpful tools and resources by visiting the Tracking Network’s Health Impact Assessment webpage.
ASTHO Launches 2016 Environmental Public Health Tracking Peer-to-Peer Fellowship Program
CDC’s Environmental Health Tracking Branch has partnered with the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) to support another year of the Environmental Public Health Tracking Peer-to-Peer Fellowship Program. The 2016 Fellows include Alaska, Indiana, and Rhode Island paired with Tracking Program grantee mentors Washington, Maine, and Massachusetts respectively. In addition to gaining insights about the Tracking Program from their mentors, the fellows have proposed small projects to increase tracking capacity in their states. Alaska’s project will focus on creating and maintaining an asthma tracking program based on zip code-level mapping. Indiana proposes to create sub-county maps using lead data from 2005-2014 to identify high-risk areas for lead poisoning. Rhode Island plans to study the relationship between monitored levels of air pollutants and emergency department and hospital visits for relevant respiratory and cardiovascular diseases in three cities. Look for final reports from the fellows in August 2016.
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