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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 06-686

NOTICES

HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINMENT COUNCIL

Special Reports and Requests for Data

[36 Pa.B. 1959]

   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 2005. Questions about procedures for obtaining access to Council data should be addressed to JoAnne Z. Nelson, Supervisor, Special Requests Unit, Health Care Cost Containment Council, 225 Market Street, Suite 400, Harrisburg, PA 17101, (717) 232-6787, jnelson@phc4.org.

MARC P. VOLAVKA,   
Executive Director

Agency for Healthcare Research    & Quality A custom 2000 through 2003 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used to determine if there is a value to adding select clinical data elements to the administrative billing format.
Allied Rehabilitation Hospital A custom second quarter 2004 through first quarter 2005 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used to assist the organization in its strategic planning process.
Ashland Regional Medical    Center A standard region seven 2004 administrative inpatient discharge and 2003 through 2004 outpatient data set to be used to create utilization rates and market share information in strategic planning.
Bloomsburg Hospital A custom 2003 administrative inpatient discharge and outpatient data set to be used to determine accurate potential case volume and area surgeon demand for the Bloomsburg Hospital.
Blue Mountain Health System A custom 2003 through 2004 administrative inpatient discharge and 2003 through first quarter 2004 outpatient data set to be used for market share analysis.
Butler Health System A custom 2001 through 2003 administrative outpatient data report to be used for market assessment for cardiovascular services.
Carlisle Area Health & Wellness    Foundation A custom second quarter 2004 through first quarter 2005 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used in guiding the Foundation with two projects, setting up a fund for patients in critical need of services on the adult basic waiting list and create OB/GYN services within the local clinic and Carlisle Regional Medical Center.
Carlisle Area School District A custom 2000 and 2003 through 2004 administrative inpatient discharge data report to be used for an analysis of the Carlisle Regional Medical Center addition and to compare to the surrounding hospitals.
CBIZ KA Consulting Services,    LLC A standard facility 2004 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used to compare New Jersey inpatient discharge data with a large Eastern Pennsylvania hospital.
Charles Cole Memorial Hospital A custom third quarter 2001 through second quarter 2004 administrative inpatient discharge and outpatient data set to be used to update a market share analysis previously prepared and used by management and the board of directors for strategic planning purposes.
Children's Home of Pittsburgh A custom 1999 through 2003 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used for market share analysis.
Children's Hospital of    Philadelphia A custom 2000 through 2003 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used to investigate how external economic factors impact the regionalization of neonatal care and the outcomes of premature infants.
Children's Hospital of    Philadelphia A custom 1999 through third quarter 2004 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used to develop a method to aggregate across complications to produce a risk-adjusted aggregated complications measure that can be used to evaluate hospitals of this Commonwealth. For the Council.
Community Health Systems A standard Statewide 2004 administrative inpatient discharge and outpatient data set to be used to create utilization rates and market share information in strategic facilities planning.
Community Medical Center A standard region six second quarter 2003 through first quarter 2004 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used to assess their clinical and operational capabilities within the healthcare system and prepare marketing analysis.
Cooper Hospital/UMC A standard region eight and nine 2004 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used for market share research and strategic planning.
Crozer Keystone Health System A custom third quarter 2003 through second quarter 2004 administrative inpatient discharge data report to be used inhouse for the purpose of creating a quality process for IBC patients.
DataBay Resources A standard Statewide second quarter 2004 through first quarter 2005 administrative inpatient discharge and outpatient data set to be used in a commercial software product.
Duquesne University/Health    Management Systems A standard region one 2004 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used to teach students in the Department of Health Management Systems how to use SQL to query a large healthcare database.
Fulton County Medical Center A custom 2002 through 2003 administrative inpatient discharge and outpatient data report to be used by completing a feasibility study and determination of need for the HUD Section 242 program for the construction of a new facility in McConnellsburg, PA.
Fulton County Medical Center A standard region five 2004 through first quarter of 2005 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used to aid in the strategic planning process.
Good Shepard Rehabilitation    Hospital A standard region five, six, seven, eight, and nine 2004 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used for market analysis.
Governor's Advisory Council for    Hunting, Fishing and    Conservation A custom 1996 through 2003 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used to research the use of firearms in the Commonwealth, and the results will be utilized in advising the Governor.
Harvard School of Public Health A standard Statewide 2000 through 2001 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used for a research project on nurse staffing as it relates to quality care.
Harvard University A custom 1994 through 2002 administrative inpatient discharge data set and a standard 2000, 2002 and 2003 Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery data sets to be used for a research agenda that will be to evaluate the manner in which new CABG surgery providers entered the market after 1996 and the subsequent effect on market outcomes.
Harvard University A custom 1993 through 2003 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used to augment the previous data for the same study purpose; to determine the affect of eliminating Certificate of Need legislation on hospital behavior.
HCR ManorCare A standard region eight and nine third quarter 2003 through second quarter 2004 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used to summarize and provide overall market opportunity findings for HCR Manor Care.
Health Research & Educational    Trust A standard region one, eight and nine 2003 administrative outpatient data set to be used to evaluate the diagnostic and payer mix for ambulatory care centers versus comparable outpatient departments.
HealthAmerica A standard Statewide 2003 through first quarter 2005 administrative inpatient discharge and outpatient data set to use to determine facility specific profiling and performance metrics including DRG's, readmission rates, severity adjustments and support internal data analytic initiatives within HealthAmerica.
Healthshare Technology, Inc. A standard Statewide 2004 inpatient discharge and revenue code detail data set to be used in a commercial software product.
Hillmont G. I. P. C. A custom 2002 and 2003 outpatient data report to be used for evaluating gaps in service areas, analysis of improvements in service to their patients and expansion considerations.
Hospital & Healthsystem    Association of PA A standard 2004 fiscal year financial data and 2003 fiscal year restated financial data to be used to supplement financial and utilization data that they currently collect on a voluntary basis from member hospitals.
Innovative Health Solutions,    LLC A custom 2004 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used to research out migration of New Jersey residents to hospitals in this Commonwealth.
Johns Hopkins University A custom 2003 through second quarter 2004 inpatient discharge and outpatient data set to be used for analyzing trends in hospital utilization in Indiana county.
Lehigh Valley Business    Conference on Healthcare A custom 2004 administrative inpatient discharge data report to be used to study misadventures in hospitals and how misadventures affect the total cost, utilization and outcomes in a hospital stay. This data will be used to demonstrate cost differences between typical hospital stays and those involving misadventures. This information will then be presented to the area business leaders as a way to pursue quality commitments from the providers.
Lehigh Valley Hospital A standard Statewide 2004 inpatient discharge and outpatient data set and a standard 2004 fiscal year financial data to be used for market share research and planning activities.
Lehigh Valley Physicians Group A custom 1995 through 2004 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used to conduct an evaluation of any changes in demographics of patients with burn diagnosis over the last 10 years in this Commonwealth.
Maryland Department of Health    and Mental Hygiene A custom 2001 through 2003 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used for the annual Maryland asthma epidemiology report.
MediQual Systems, Inc. A standard Statewide 2004 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used to provide its Atlas Pennsylvania Market View product.
Memorial Hospital of York A standard region five 2004 through first quarter 2005 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used for comparative data analysis.
Merck & Co, Inc. A custom 1998 through 2002 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used to calculate population-based rates of hospitalizations for herpes zoster.
Mercy Health System A custom 2001 through 2003 administrative inpatient discharge data report to be used to compare their readmission and mortality rates by DRG with other hospitals in Southeast PA, to determine opportunities for performance improvement.
Milliman USA A standard Statewide 2004 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used to analyze hospital inpatient utilization and costs in support of our consulting services in the healthcare field.
National Minority Health Month    Foundation A standard Statewide 2002 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used to undertake a 3-year, retrospective, small area analysis of hospitalizations drawn from 50 states and the District of Columbia to determine if there are any geographical variations in the incidence of admissions for these chronic diseases.
New Solutions, Inc. A custom 2004 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used for research purposes and to provide market share analysis to their customers.
Parente Randolph A custom 2004 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used to evaluate home health discharge volumes of select hospitals.
Penn State College of Medicine A custom 1995 through second quarter 2004 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used in a research project to study the potential impact of Center for Excellence designation of bariatric surgery.
Penn State College of Medicine A custom 2003 administrative inpatient discharge and outpatient data set to be used to map the incidence of colon cancer to conduct geographic and epidemiological research.
Penn State Hershey Medical    Center A custom 1998 through 2002 inpatient discharge data set merged with Department of Health birth registry data to be used to determine risk factors for newborn readmissions across this Commonwealth to prospectively target a population most likely to benefit from a home health visit.
Pennsylvania Bar Association A custom 2003 through 2004 administrative inpatient discharge data report to be used to identify indicators of potential problems that patients may experience as a result of exposure to the healthcare system and to demonstrate how these potentially preventable adverse events in hospitals can affect the cost of care.
Pennsylvania Commission on    Crime and Delinquency A custom 2003 through 2004 administrative inpatient discharge and outpatient data set to be used in analysis looking at gun violence.
Department of    Health A custom 2000 through third quarter 2003 administrative inpatient discharge and outpatient data report to be used as part of the Act 62 Reflex Sympathetic Disorder.
Department of    Health A custom second quarter 2004 through fourth quarter 2004 administrative inpatient discharge and outpatient data set to be used as part of a database that will contain the results of the review of matching hospitals medical records pulled during hospital audits conducted by the Department of Health Licensing and Quality Assurance surveyors.
Department of    Health A custom 2000 through 2003 administrative inpatient discharge and outpatient data report to be used for program planning purposes, to more accurately gauge epilepsy prevalence and to allow for more thorough and effective service planning and resource allocation.
Department of    Health A custom 2004 through first quarter 2005 administrative inpatient discharge and outpatient data set to be used to assist in a pilot project to assess the feasibility of creating a birth defects registry for the Commonwealth.
Department of    Health A custom 1996 through 2003 administrative inpatient discharge and outpatient data set to be used as part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention grant requirement to assess the burden of asthma in this Commonwealth.
Department of    Health A custom fourth quarter 2002 through first quarter 2004 administrative inpatient discharge and outpatient data set to be used to assess the burden of osteoporosis in this Commonwealth as related to previous and current trends.
Department of    Health A custom 1998 through 2003 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used to support a comprehensive Statewide needs assessment of the maternal and child health population in this Commonwealth.
Department of    Health A custom 2003 administrative inpatient discharge data report to be used as part of a series of Department of Health web pages that correspond to the Healthy People 2010 objectives.
Department of    Health A standard Statewide first quarter 2005 administrative inpatient discharge and outpatient data set to be used to profile discharge patterns to develop and evaluate algorithms for sampling discharges, which will be used by the Division of Acute and Ambulatory Care to carry out its quality assurance and licensing functions.
Department of    Health A custom first quarter 2005 administrative inpatient discharge and outpatient data set to be used to support the Department of Health's licensing and quality assurance process.
Department of    Public Welfare A custom 2003 administrative inpatient discharge data report to be used in its efforts to establish a hospital quality outcomes program for the Medical Assistance Fee-for-Service program.
Department of    Public Welfare A custom 2003 fiscal year financial data to be used to compute payments to hospitals for the Hospital Uncompensated Care and Extraordinary Expense programs established with the Tobacco Settlement Act of 2001.
Office of the    Attorney General A standard Statewide 2004 administrative inpatient discharge data, market share report and 1996 through 2004 inpatient revenue code detail data set to be used in analyzing hospital mergers under their authority to enforce the antitrust laws on behalf of the Commonwealth and its citizens.
Office of the    Auditor General A custom 2003 fiscal year administrative inpatient discharge data set and financial data to be used in auditing the hospitals that received June 2005 Tobacco Settlement moneys.
Pennsylvania State Data Center A custom 2003 fiscal year financial data report to be used in the 2005 Pennsylvania Abstract published annually by the Pennsylvania State Data Center.
Philadelphia Department of    Public Health A custom 1993 through 2001 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used in the Urban Diabetics: Primary Care and Hospitalizations research project, which will examine the incidence of and risk factors for multiple health outcomes of patients with diabetes.
Philadelphia Inquirer A standard region eight and nine 2003 through first quarter 2004 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used for news stories.
Pittsburgh Business Group on    Health A custom 2002 and 2003 administrative inpatient discharge data report to be used to study misadventures in hospitals and how misadventures affect the total cost, utilization and outcomes in a hospital stay compared to a typical stay without the occurrence of misadventures.
RAND of Pitt Health Institute A custom 1999 through 2003 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used to develop a quality improvement intervention for reducing rehospitalizations for depression in Allegheny County, without increasing length or inpatient hospital stay.
Rutgers University A custom 1994 through 1997 and 2003 administrative inpatient discharge and outpatient data set to be used as part of a project to determine the impact of a recent hospital acquisition in Salem County, New Jersey by analyzing the hospital services that New Jersey residents receive in this Commonwealth and New York.
Solucient A standard Statewide second quarter 2004 through first quarter 2005 administrative inpatient discharge and outpatient data set to be used in a commercial software product.
Susquehanna Health System A standard region four, five and six 2001 through second quarter 2004 administrative inpatient discharge and outpatient data set to be used to help plan future facility needs to build a new hospital.
The MEDSTAT Group/Inforum,    Inc. A standard Statewide second quarter 2004 through first quarter 2005 administrative inpatient discharge and outpatient data set to be used in a commercial software product.
The Wharton School A custom 1990 through 1999 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used to trend analysis of payer mix across hospital systems in Philadelphia during the late 1990s.
Treo Solutions A standard region two 2003 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used to assist a client in a Sole Community Provider application.
Tyler Memorial Hospital A custom 2004 administrative inpatient discharge and outpatient data set to be used to determine the hospital's market share.
United States Department of Justice, Antitrust Division A standard Statewide first and second quarter 2004 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used to generate internal reports of improvement benchmarking and market analysis.
United States Department of    Justice, Antitrust Division A custom 2004 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used to support documentation for market share analysis in 2006 business plan.
University of Florida,    Department of Economics A custom 1994 through first quarter 2004 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used to study neonatal health care and hospital competition in this Commonwealth and around the country.
University of Pennsylvania A custom linkage of Pennsylvania cancer registry data to previously purchased 1998 through 1999 administrative inpatient discharge data set 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 1998 through 2004 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used to investigate whether the malpractice insurance ''crisis'' in this Commonwealth has lead to a relative decline in the number of physicians offering obstetric services.
University of Pennsylvania A standard region nine 2004 inpatient discharge and outpatient data set to be used for a small pilot study relating to urban heat islands.
University of Pennsylvania A custom 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001 and 2003 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used as part of a University of Pennsylvania funded pilot research project to examine trends in the use of cardiovascular procedures in this Commonwealth.
University of Pennsylvania    School of Medicine A custom second quarter 2004 through first quarter 2004 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used for continuing research study on reducing medication errors among the elderly.
University of Pennsylvania    School of Medicine A standard region nine 2003 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used for a surveillance system, funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
University of Pittsburgh A standard region one 2004 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used for educational purposes. Specifically, to teach students how to benchmark hospitals based on length of stay for conditions, calculate readmission rates and case-mix adjust in the Managing the Health of Populations course.
University of Pittsburgh    Department of Epidemiology A custom 1994 through third quarter 2004 administrative inpatient discharge and outpatient data set to be used to study the forensic epidemiology of bariatric surgery in this Commonwealth.
University of Pittsburgh Medical    Center A standard Statewide third quarter 1990 through first quarter 2005 inpatient discharge data and third quarter 2000 through first quarter 2005 outpatient data set to be used to produce various research reports including patient origin for UPMC hospitals, UPMC market share analysis, utilization trends and physician and hospital volumes at UPMC and other hospitals.
University of Pittsburgh School    of Medicine A custom 2004 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used to validate a decision rule to identify heart failure patients.
University of Pittsburgh School    of Medicine A custom 1997 through 2002 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used to further study thrombosis in hospitalized patients in this Commonwealth.
University of Pittsburgh School    of Medicine A custom 1999 through 2004 administrative inpatient discharge data set to be used to conduct a research project to model the relationship retrospectively cardiopulmonary health outcomes and air pollutants in Allegheny County.
Verispan A standard Statewide 2004 inpatient discharge and outpatient data set to be combined with other state's data and used to estimate diagnoses and procedures at the hospital and National level.
Wyoming Valley Health Care    System A standard Statewide third and fourth quarter 2004 administrative inpatient discharge data and 2004 outpatient data and a standard 2004 inpatient and outpatient revenue code detail data set to be used to generate internal reports for quality improvement benchmarking and market analysis.
Wyomissing Surgical Services A custom 2003 administrative outpatient data report to be used for internal market share analysis.
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 06-686. Filed for public inspection April 21, 2006, 9:00 a.m.]


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