NAHDO

Promoting health care transparency since 1986.

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One state's health care revolution http://t.co/EdtDfjSFZJ via @msnbc

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This is significant news for state APCDs and others publishing transparency and performance reports. http://t.co/ul6Eyy05Bq

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Medicare to disclose physician reimbursement data | Modern Healthcare http://t.co/douQfTetOQ via @modrnhealthcr

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Another case for publicly-available data, Burned-out nurses linked to more infections in patients http://t.co/IF7UV9CR via @NBCNewsHealth

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Feds to allow use of Medicare data to rate doctors http://t.co/gzAizgUx: this is a good start, but not feasible for states to do.

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26th Data Conference over, state and local data essential for patient-centered measurement. Need federal support for state initiatives ASAP

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"Technology alone is not enough" (Jobs). The US health industry's embrace of IT is an expensive experiment without culture shift.

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Utah's APD: Smarter, lower-cost health care with a new tool | The Salt Lake Tribune: http://bit.ly/buhcyV via @addthis

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Going to UCLA for an All Payer Claims Data Bases summit with stakeholders. Should be interesting.

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Conclusions from NAHDO's Meetings in VA last week: For transparency fueled by available data, rational data policies, join us. www.nahdo.org

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RT from WSJ blog: Study: Hospitals That Charge More Fare Worse On Quality Measures http://bit.ly/2XqrQC. Study, Health Affairs/Dartmouth

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What is your vision of a comprehensive health information network that incorporates existing systems with clinical data?

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Planning is underway for our 24th Annual Meeting in Old Alexandria VA. All payer claims and readmissions to take center stage as will HIT

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Wondering if this pandemic will change how public health thinks of medical claims data and the lack of investment of state aggregation?

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Exploring how state health data reporting programs can use stimulus money for capacity building for public reporting on quality and cost.