NOTICES

Special Reports and Requests for Data

[34 Pa.B. 2399]

   The Health Care Cost Containment Council (Council), according to Act 89 as amended by Act 14, is required to publish a list of all special reports and data that have been prepared during the previous calendar year. The following represents a summary of the reports and requests for data generated by the Council in calendar year 2003. Questions should be addressed to Kristen S. Weitzel, Special Requests Unit, Health Care Cost Containment Council, 225 Market Street, Suite 400, Harrisburg, PA 17101, (717) 232-6786, www.phc4.org.

MARC P. VOLAVKA,   
Executive Director

Applicant	Project Description
AmeriNet Central, Inc.	Standard Statewide 2002 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data sets to be used in a commercial software product.
Andrew Epstein, The Wharton School	A standard Statewide 1996--2002 inpatient discharge data set and standard 1994, 1995 and 2000 CABG data sets to be used in econometric analyses associated with the client's doctoral dissertation titled ''Responses to Mortality Report Cards for Cardiac Surgery.''
Barnes-Kasson County Hospital	A custom 1999--2002 inpatient discharge report to be used to identify admission patterns within primary service area.
Bayhealth Medical Center	A custom 3rd and 4th quarters 1999--2001 and 1st and 2nd quarters 2002 inpatient discharge data set of Delaware residents to be used for internal strategic planning and market share studies.
BDC Advisors, LLC	A custom 1996--1998 inpatient discharge report and a custom 1995 through 2nd quarter 1996 inpatient discharge data set to be used to trend historical monthly discharge volume for the former AHERF hospitals within the Philadelphia PMSA.
Carlisle Area School District	A custom 2001, 2002 and 1st quarter 2003 inpatient discharge report to be used for an analysis of Carlisle Hospital since changing to for-profit status.
Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences	Custom 1997--2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data sets by ICD-9 codes to be used for research to determine the number of hospital admissions and surgical procedures for a condition known as Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis.
Central Montgomery Medical Center	A custom 2002 inpatient discharge data set to be used for market share information to assess growth related to marketing.
Chambersburg Hospital	A custom 3rd quarter 1999 through 2nd quarter 2001 inpatient discharge data set to be used for internal purposes.
Chester County Hospital	A custom 2002 inpatient discharge data set to be used to conduct an analysis to better understand the geographic areas from which their patients are coming.
Collier Shannon Scott, PLLC	A custom 1990 through 2nd quarter 2002 inpatient discharge report and a 1996 through 2nd quarter 2002 ambulatory procedure report to be used to define demographic markets.
Community Health Systems	Standard Statewide 2002 inpatient discharge and ambulatory data sets to be used to create utilization rates and market share information for strategic and facilities planning for five hospitals in this Commonwealth.
Cooper Hospital/UMC	A standard regional 2001 inpatient discharge data set to be used for research and analysis of hospitals in this Commonwealth, specifically for analyzing utilization trends and making benchmark comparisons.
Cooper Hospital/UMC	A custom 2002 inpatient discharge report to be used for analysis of New Jersey, New York and Delaware patient migration to hospitals in this Commonwealth.
Cooper Hospital/UMC	A standard regional 2002 inpatient discharge data set to be used for market research.
Corry Memorial Hospital	A standard regional 2001 inpatient discharge data set to be used for market share analysis and strategic planning.
Crozer Keystone Health System	A custom 1999--2001 inpatient discharge report to be used to research the relationship among race, gender and rates of invasive diagnostic and therapeutic cardiac procedures and angioplasty across this Commonwealth.
DataBay Resources	Standard Statewide 1st quarter 2003 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data sets to be used in a commercial software product.
Delaware County Memorial Hospital	A custom Fiscal Year 2000 inpatient discharge data set to be used for internal purposes.
DePaul Healthcare	A custom 1st and 2nd quarters 2002 inpatient discharge report to determine the feasibility of developing a 17-bed hospital licensed rehabilitation unit.
Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, PC	A custom 1998--2002 inpatient discharge report to be used to demonstrate the rarity of a specific diagnosis.
Evan Wolarsky, MD	A standard facility 3rd quarter 2001 through 2nd quarter 2002 inpatient discharge data set for the University of Pennsylvania and Albert Einstein Medical Center to be used to research the relationship between hospital admissions and the distance patients are traveling for care.
Gift of Life Donor Program	Custom 2000, 2001 and 1st through 3rd quarters 2002 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data sets to be used as part of accreditation with the Association for Organ Procurement Organizations.
Gnaden Huetten Memorial Hospital	Custom 2002 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data sets to be used for market share analysis regarding patients that live in Carbon, Monroe, Schuylkill, Lehigh and Northampton Counties.
Good Shepard Rehabilitation Hospital	A standard facility 2002 inpatient discharge data set to be used for internal research to forecast market demand for their services.
Good Shepard Rehabilitation Hospital	A standard regional and facility 2002 inpatient discharge data set to be used for internal market share planning.
Hanover Hospital	A custom 1997--2002 inpatient discharge data set to be used for an internal market share study.
Harvard University	A 1993 CABG data set to be used as part of an academic research project on the impact of report cards on markets for medical services.
Health Promotion Council	A custom 2000 inpatient discharge data set by zip code to be used to calculate baseline rates of pediatric hospitalizations for asthma in the Philadelphia area.
Healthshare Technology, Inc.	A standard 1st and 2nd quarters 2002 inpatient discharge data set and revenue code detail data set to be used in a commercial software product.
Holy Spirit Hospital	A custom 4th quarter 2001 through 3rd quarter 2002 inpatient discharge report and a custom Calendar Year 2002 inpatient discharge data set to be utilized to analyze Holy Spirit Hospital's mortality rates and compare them to expected numbers.
Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania	A standard 2002 financial data set and the 2001 restated financial data set to be used to supplement financial and utilization data that HAP currently collects on a voluntary basis from member hospitals. It will be used to model potential effects of policy changes and to support representation and advocacy initiatives.
Hospital Executive Council	A custom 2001 and 1st and 2nd quarters 2002 inpatient discharge data set to analyze New York residents seeking cardiac surgery and catheterization in this Commonwealth.
Independence Blue Cross	A custom 2001 financial data set by case mix index for each acute care facility in regions 8 and 9 to be used to adjust utilization statistics by hospital.
Jefferson Regional Medical Center	Standard regional 1st and 2nd quarters 2002 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data sets to be used for internal market share analysis.
Johns Hopkins University	A standard Statewide 1995--2003 inpatient discharge data set to be used along with other national data to examine the impact of Federal policy changes and health care market forces on the organizational and management strategies, financial viability and clinical performance of rural hospitals in the United States.
Lehigh Valley Hospital	Standard Statewide 2002 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data sets to be used to develop strategic initiatives for the hospital, to measure progress against competition over time and to project clinical and utilization needs.
Mamsi Health Plan	A standard regional 2001 and 2002 inpatient discharge data set to be used internally to identify payor mix, hospital efficiency and membership draw by hospital.
MediQual Systems, Inc.	A standard Statewide 2002 inpatient discharge data set to be used in a commercial software product.
MediQual Systems, Inc.	A standard Statewide 2003 inpatient discharge data set to be used in a commercial software product.
Memorial Hospital of York	A custom 2002 inpatient discharge data set to be used in making a decision on whether or not to expand their practice.
Mercy Health Partners NE Region	A custom 2001 inpatient discharge, HPR-type report to be used for internal purposes.
Mercy Health System	A custom 1999--2001 inpatient discharge report for regions 8 and 9 to be used to improve mortality and readmission results for Mercy Health System.
Milliman USA	A standard Statewide 2001 inpatient discharge data set to be used to analyze hospital utilization and costs for inpatient treatment in support of the client's consulting activities in the health care field.
Moses Taylor Hospital	A custom 2002 inpatient discharge report to be used for market share analysis of the Mid-Valley area.
Navigant Consulting	A standard facility 2000 inpatient discharge data set for Chester County Hospital to be used for hospital utilization research.
New Solutions, Inc.	A custom 2002 inpatient discharge data set to be used for research purposes and to provide market share analysis to client hospitals.
New Solutions, Inc.	A custom 2001 inpatient discharge data set by county to be used in a commercial software product.
North Philadelphia Health System	A standard regional 2001 and 2002 inpatient discharge data set to be used to perform statistical analysis about the facility and other similar facilities.
Commission on Crime and Delinquency	Custom 1995--2002 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data sets to be used for a presentation to the Commission on Crime and Delinquency Commissioners that will focus on crime indicators such as offenses, arrests, sentences, prison admissions and hospital discharges for stabbings.
Department of Health	Custom 2000--2002 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure report to be used to assist the Arthritis Stakeholders Workgroup in assessing the treatment of arthritis-related diseases in this Commonwealth, including disparities and financial burden associated with arthritis-related hospitalizations.
Department of Health	Custom 1994--2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure report to be used to assess the burden of cardiovascular disease in this Commonwealth and to examine cardiovascular risk factors.
Department of Health	Custom 2000--2002 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure report to be used for planning and evaluation occurring during an RWJF grant to establish oral health access issues and need for care, especially Early Childhood caries, as it relates to Hotline and special needs patients.
Department of Health	Permission to utilize previously received standard Statewide 2000 and 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data sets for a Crash Outcome Data Evaluation System (CODES) project to study rapid sequence intubation by prehospital personnel.
Department of Health	Custom Statewide 2002 through 2nd quarter 2003 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data sets to be used to develop baseline levels for public health surveillance and to estimate the numbers of cases and of disease outbreaks.
Department of Health	A custom sampling, by hospital, of 2002 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data to be used during hospital audits conducted by the Department of Health's Licensing and Quality Assurance surveyors.
Department of Health	Standard Statewide 1st quarter 2003 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data sets to be used to profile patient discharge patterns, which will be used by the Department of Health, Division of Acute and Ambulatory Care to carry out quality assurance and licensing functions.
Department of Health	A custom sampling, by hospital, of 2003 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data sets to be used during hospital audits conducted by the Department of Health's Licensing and Quality Assurance surveyors.
Department of Health	Custom 2002 and 2003 inpatient discharge data sets to be used for the following studies:  The CODES, Evaluation of Trauma Triage Protocols, Evaluation of Pediatric Treatment Protocols and Evaluation of the Trauma Systems Plan. The data will be used to assess the effectiveness of this Commonwealth's EMS and trauma systems, to identify areas for improvements to patient care and system operations and for planning.
Department of Health	Custom 2002 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data sets for children less than 24 months of age with a diagnosis of birth defects to assist in a pilot project to assess the feasibility of creating a birth defects registry.
Department of Health	Custom 2003 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data sets for children less than 24 months of age with a diagnosis of birth defects to assist in a pilot project to assess the feasibility of creating a birth defects registry.
Department of Health	Custom 2001 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data sets for children less than 24 months of age with a diagnosis of birth defects to assist in a pilot project to assess the feasibility of creating a birth defects registry.
Department of Health	A custom 2001 inpatient discharge data set for use in the Department of Health's Injury Program to assist and improve the ability of health officials and injury prevention practitioners to use injury morbidity data for planning and evaluation of programs and policies.
Department of Health	Custom 1999 through 2nd quarter 2002 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data sets by specific Asthma ICD-9-CM codes to be used to prepare a plan to address asthma in this Commonwealth, provide data to district health offices to plan intervention programs, update the Department of Health website pertaining to asthma and to develop county profiles.
Department of Health	Custom 1999 through 3rd quarter 2002 (excluding 2000) inpatient discharge and ambulatory data sets of select ICD-9-CM codes for spinal fractures, hip fractures and osteoporosis to be used to assess trends in fractures related to osteoporosis and changes in those rates and to plan intervention programs in the counties of high risk, evaluate the effectiveness of public health interventions in decreasing hip fractures and to prepare fact sheets.
Department of Public Welfare	A custom 2002 inpatient discharge report to be used to study the Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol services that individuals 60 years of age and older receive from different funding sources.
Department of Public Welfare	A custom Fiscal Year 2002 financial data set for net patient revenue by payor and uncompensated care, broken down by bad debt expense and charity care costs, to be used to compute payments to hospitals for the Tobacco Settlement Act of 2002.
Department of Public Welfare	A custom Fiscal Year 2001 financial data set for net patient revenue by payor and uncompensated care, broken down by bad debt expense and charity care costs, to be used to compute payments to hospitals for the Tobacco Settlement Act of 2001.
House of Representatives	A custom 2001 inpatient discharge report of misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care.
Office of the Attorney General	A standard Statewide 2002 inpatient discharge data set and an inpatient discharge market share report to be used in analyzing hospital mergers under the Office of Attorney General's authority to enforce the antitrust laws on behalf of the Commonwealth and its citizens.
Office of the Auditor General	A standard facility inpatient discharge data set for Fiscal Year 2001 and a custom financial data set for Fiscal Years 1999--2001 to be used to audit hospitals receiving extraordinary expense payments as part of the Tobacco Settlement.
Pennsylvania State Data Center	A custom Fiscal Year 2001 financial report to be used in the 2003 Pennsylvania Abstract published annually by the Pennsylvania State Data Center.
Pennsylvania State University	Custom 1995--2000 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure reports by ICD-9 codes for asthma to be used to focus on correlations between asthma incidence/prevalence and asthma mortality due to air quality levels.
Pennsylvania State University	A custom 2001 inpatient discharge data set of children 0 to 19 years of age to be used to examine variation in potentially preventable hospitalizations for asthma and other conditions among children living in rural and urban areas of this Commonwealth.
Philadelphia Inquirer	A standard regional 2002 inpatient discharge data set for to be used for newspaper stories.
Philadelphia Inquirer	A custom 1997 through 2nd quarter 2002 inpatient discharge report for CABG and angioplasty-stent procedures for a newspaper story.
Philadelphia Inquirer	A standard 1997--2002 inpatient market share report to be used for a newspaper story.
Phoenix Health Care Consulting	A custom 2002 inpatient discharge report to be used for a legal case involving Tenet Health Care and uninsured patients.
Pittsburgh Regional Health Care Initiative	A custom 2001 financial report by payor mix to be used for the PRHI Patient Safety Initiative, which studies the effect of reporting systems on medication and nosocomial errors.
Pittsburgh Tribune Review	A standard regional 2000 inpatient discharge data set for to be used in newspaper stories.
Pricewaterhouse Coopers, LLP	Standard facility 2002 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data sets for Geisinger Danville and Geisinger Wyoming Valley.
Rutgers University	Custom 1998 through 3rd quarter 2002 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data sets of New Jersey residents who were hospitalized in this Commonwealth, to be used as part of an analysis to determine the impact of a recent hospital acquisition in Salem County, NJ.
Rutgers University	Custom 4th quarter 2002 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data sets to be used as part of an analysis to determine the impact of a recent hospital acquisition in Salem County, NJ.
Service Employees International Union	A standard regional 3rd quarter 1999 through 2nd quarter 2002 inpatient discharge data set to be used to compare cost and utilization differences amongst hospitals and payors and to investigate market share by DRG and by payor source.
Solucient	Standard Statewide 2003 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data sets to be used in a commercial software product.
Solucient	Standard Statewide 2002 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data sets to be used in a commercial software product.
Susquehanna Valley Rural Health Partnership	A custom 2001 through 2nd quarter 2002 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure report to be used to ascertain migration of residents to health care facilities out of the service area.
Temple University Hospital	A custom 1990 through 2nd quarter 2002 inpatient discharge data set to be used to evaluate and establish management guidelines for subsequent pregnancy.
Temple University Pulmonary & Critical Care	A custom 1991--2000 inpatient discharge report to be used to examine the impact of environmental exposure on admissions.
The MEDSTAT Group/Inforum, Inc.	Standard Statewide 1st quarter 2003 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data sets to be used in a commercial software product.
The MEDSTAT Group/Inforum, Inc.	Standard Statewide 2002 inpatient discharge and ambulatory data sets to be used in a commercial software product.
The Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Philadelphia	A custom 4th quarter 2001 through 3rd quarter 2002 inpatient discharge report by payor for Chestnut Hill Hospital to be used for market research.
The Wall Street Journal	A custom 2002 inpatient discharge data set to be used for news stories on medical outcomes.
The Wharton School	A custom 1994--1999 inpatient discharge report to be used to describe the changes in hospital admissions during the mid to late 1990s that might have been caused by financial problems in hospital and managed care systems.
The Wharton School	A custom 1994--1999 inpatient discharge report to be used to describe the changes in hospital admissions of selected cardiac procedures during the mid to late 1990s.
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital	Permission to reuse 1997--1999 inpatient discharge data for a study of cases with catheter-related blood stream infections versus those without.
United Network for Organ Sharing	A custom 1996--2002 inpatient discharge data set to be used to study the role of organ transplantation in decreasing patient morbidity and burden of disease for patients with end-stage organ failure, using inpatient and ICU hospitalizations as outcome measures.
University of Pennsylvania	A custom linkage of cancer registry data of this Commonwealth to previously purchased 1998--1999 inpatient discharge data to be used to construct risk-adjusted odds of death and failure to rescue for hospitalized cancer patients in this Commonwealth.
University of Pennsylvania	A standard Statewide 1995--2001 inpatient discharge data set to be used to examine the role that financial stress in hospitals plays on hospital admissions and treatment decisions.
University of Pennsylvania	A custom linkage of previously received 1995--2001 inpatient discharge data to death data of this Commonwealth to be used to determine if cuts in reimbursement to hospitals alter quality of care and if this effect may be mediated in part by the surrounding market environment.
University of Pennsylvania	Permission to use previously provided 1995--2001 inpatient discharge data for a study on how financial stress in hospitals affects quality of care and for examination of racial differences.
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine	A custom 2nd quarter 2002 through 1st quarter 2003 inpatient discharge data set to study reducing medication errors among the elderly. This project is being conducted in cooperation with the Department of Aging, Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly.
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine	Custom 1998 and 1999 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data sets to be used in the Trauma Resource Allocation Model for Ambulances and Helicopters, a Federally-funded health services research project.
University of Pennsylvania, Firearm Injury Center	Custom 1995--2002 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data sets to be used to improve the capacity of Federal, State and local PSN task force partners to understand and prevent firearm-related violent crime through data and evidence driven strategies.
University of Pittsburgh Center for Rural Health Practice	A standard regional 1990--2001 inpatient discharge data set and a standard regional 1996--2001 ambulatory procedure data set to be used to field test the use of Council data in conducting community public health assessments.
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine	A custom 1994--2001 inpatient discharge data set to develop a population-based measure of chronic liver disease and demand for liver transplantation services.
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine	A custom 1997--2001 inpatient discharge report to be used to determine the scope of thrombotic disease in hospital patients in this Commonwealth and to target potential prevention efforts to reduce morbidity, mortality and health care costs. The data will also be used as preliminary information to establish a thrombosis center and to work to develop a health care prevention message.
UPMC Horizon	A custom 3rd quarter 2001 through 2nd quarter 2002 ambulatory procedure report to be used to understand how much variation exists in lithotripsy charges.
Urban Health Institute	A custom 2001 inpatient discharge data set to study NJ residents seeking care in this Commonwealth for heart-related illnesses.
Verispan	Standard Statewide 2002 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data sets to be used, along with other states' data, to estimate diagnoses and procedures at the hospital and National level.
Warren Hospital	A Fiscal Year 2002 financial data set as well as 2001 through 1st quarter 2003 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure market share reports, revenue code detail data sets and a custom report to be used to study financial due diligence and feasibility.
West Virginia Health Care Authority	A custom 2000 and 2001 inpatient discharge report to be used to assist in the analysis of health care needs and costs of West Virginia residents.
West Virginia Hospital Association	A custom 2000 inpatient discharge data set to be used to analyze the use of out-of-State hospitals by West Virginia residents for inpatient hospital services.
West Virginia University	A standard regional 2000 inpatient discharge data set to be used to construct morbidity estimates for counties in the Appalachian region.
Wyoming Valley Health Care System	A standard regional 2001 and 2002 ambulatory procedure data set to be used to perform market analysis for an internal project.
Wyoming Valley Health Care System	Standard 2002 inpatient discharge and ambulatory procedure data sets to be used internally to track volumes and for benchmarking against the other hospitals in the client's immediate area.

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 04-781. Filed for public inspection April 30, 2004, 9:00 a.m.]

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