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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 09-999

NOTICES


HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINMENT COUNCIL

Special Reports and Requests for Data

[39 Pa.B. 2757]
[Saturday, May 30, 2009]

   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 2008. Questions about procedures for obtaining access to the Council data should be addressed to JoAnne Z. Nelson, Supervisor of Special Requests Unit, Health Care Cost Containment Council, 225 Market Street, Suite 400, Harrisburg, PA 17101, (717) 232-6787, jnelson@phc4.org.

DAVID H. WILDERMAN,   
Acting Executive Director

Applicant Project Description
Allegheny County Medical Examiners Office A custom 1995 through 2006 inpatient discharge data set linked with Department of Health death data to be used for their Forensic Epidemiology of Suicides following Bariatric Surgery for the Treatment of Obesity study.
Allied Medical Software, Inc. A standard 2006 inpatient discharge data set by regions 8 and 9 and inpatient revenue code detail data set to be used as part of the AMS Performance Based Incentive Program, a methodology used by commercial payors and as part of the CMS/Medicare Gainsharing Demonstration project.
Allied Services A custom 2006 through second quarter 2007 inpatient discharge data report of stroke cases from three hospitals by discharge status to be used to assist their stroke team in developing follow-up programs to better meet the needs of stroke patients.
Center for Rural Pennsylvania A standard 1997 through 2006 financial data report to be used for analysis on the financial viability of the Commonwealth's rural hospitals. The results of the research will be made available to the General Assembly, executive branch agencies, and other interested parties, such as rural academics, rural health clinics, rural health advocates, and the general public. The results are expected to provide policy considerations on steps to be taken to improve the financial health of rural hospitals.
Central Montgomery Medical Center A custom 2007 inpatient discharge data report and ambulatory/outpatient procedure data set to be used for supporting documentation for market share analysis for their 2009 Business Plan.
Charles Cole Memorial Hospital A custom second quarter 2007 through fourth quarter 2007 inpatient discharge data report to be used for market share trend analysis.
Community Health Systems A standard Statewide 2007 inpatient discharge and ambulatory/outpatient procedure data set to be used to create utilization rates and market share information that will be used for strategic and facilities planning for nine facilities: Berwick Hospital, Brandywine Hospital, Easton Hospital, Jennersville Regional Hospital, Pottstown Memorial Hospital, Lock Haven Hospital, Chestnut Hill Hospital, Phoenixville Hospital, and Sunbury Community Hospital.
Cooper Hospital/UMC A standard 2006 inpatient discharge data set by regions 8 and 9 to be used for studies in the epidemiology of health services, in order to estimate demand for health and hospital services and measure the level of morbidity in the population related to different underlying clinical conditions.
DataBay Resources A standard statewide second quarter 2007 through fourth quarter 2007 inpatient discharge and ambulatory/outpatient procedure data set to be used in commercial healthcare software products.
Delaware Valley Health Care Coalition A custom fourth quarter 2006 through third quarter 2007 hospital performance report to be used to mitigate inefficiency in the present configuration of health care service systems by establishing an Exclusive Provider Network for its member health funds in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Drexel University School of Public Health A standard Statewide 2006 inpatient discharge data set to be used for several internal research projects centered around healthcare quality, healthcare access, and training of students on the use of administrative data. The data will be used to support analysis of births throughout the state and for other health service research projects.
Eagleville Hospital A custom third quarter 2006 through second quarter 2007 inpatient discharge data report of records with a psychiatric diagnosis, age 55 and over, and from nine selected counties to be used to determine current and projected demand for geropsychiatric inpatient and outpatient volumes within a nine county region.
Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital A standard 2007 inpatient discharge data set for regions 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 to be used for an internal analysis of the demand for their services.
Governor's Office of Healthcare Reform A custom 2005 inpatient discharge data set. The client will share the data with the Department of Public Welfare in examining quality of care issues in the Medicaid population.
Governor's Office of Healthcare Reform A custom third quarter 2006 through second quarter 2007 inpatient discharge data report of avoidable admissions by chronic condition. The client, through the Chronic Care Commission, will use the data in issuing its strategic plan to the Pennsylvania Governor and leadership in the General Assembly.
Governor's Office of Healthcare Reform A custom 2006 inpatient discharge data report of chronic care conditions to be used for a Chronic Care report.
Governor's Office of Healthcare Reform A custom third quarter 2006 through second quarter 2007 inpatient discharge data report of the top 20 hospitals by inpatient volume.
Governor's Office of Healthcare Reform A custom 2007 financial data report of occupancy rates to be used for utilization rates and patterns.
Governor's Office of Healthcare Reform A custom 2003 fiscal year financial data report to be used by the Governor's Office of Health Care Reform.
Harvard University A standard 2004 CABG Surgery data set to be used to analyze the role of information in health care quality. The data will be combined with prior purchased CABG data sets to extend the analysis of the earlier data to more waves of quality reporting. The study will examine how hospitals select surgeons depending on their risk adjusted mortality rate as they face more competition and to attempt to isolate patient response to quality information using the techniques of discrete choice analysis. In summary, the study will review the different waves of new information and its effect on the market.
HCR ManorCare A standard Statewide 2005 through 2007 inpatient discharge data set to be used to understand Pennsylvania patients' needs for skilled nursing or assisted living services. The data also supports HCR ManorCare to develop new products or expand existing products.
HEALTHSOUTH A standard Statewide 2007 inpatient discharge data set to be used to create utilization rates and market share information to be used in strategic market planning.
Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania A standard Statewide 2007 inpatient discharge data set to be used to conduct ongoing monitoring of Statewide, regional and hospital-specific quality outcomes primarily utilizing the AHRQ Windows Quality Indicator software. HAP may publicly release the aggregate results of its quality monitoring research.
Ingenix A standard Statewide 2007 inpatient discharge data set to be used to provide consumers with hospital inpatient quality and efficiency information to assist them in making more informed decisions on where to seek hospital inpatient care.
Kaleida Health A custom second quarter 2007 through fourth quarter 2007 inpatient discharge and ambulatory/outpatient procedure data report to be used for the purpose of organizational planning. Kaleida Health is researching where patients from Western New York area (Erie, Niagara, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Allegany, Wyoming, Genesee and Orleans Counties) are receiving their health care services.
Lancaster NeuroScience & Spine Associates A custom 2006 through 2007 inpatient discharge and ambulatory/outpatient procedure data set to be used to provide an analysis of the practice's surgical outcomes compared to insurer's region-wide experience. Specifically, the data will be used to compare the overall outcomes/experience of physicians in this practice to that of the provider panels of Highmark Blue Shield, Capital Blue Cross and HealthAmerica/Health Assurance at hospitals in regions 5 and 7.
Lehigh Valley Hospital A custom 2007 inpatient discharge data set, standard statewide first and second quarter 2007 ambulatory/outpatient procedure data and inpatient and outpatient revenue code detail data sets to be used for market share analysis and sharing the data with Lehigh University Department of Economics for Physician product studies.
Memorial Medical Center A standard Statewide fourth quarter 2007 inpatient discharge data set to be used internally to evaluate Memorial Medical Center's current performance, its competitors' performance and future opportunities.
New Solutions, Inc. A custom 2007 inpatient discharge data set to be used to provide market share analysis to its clients.
Oconco Healthcare Consultants A custom 2006 and 2007 inpatient discharge data set to summarize into logical groupings, e.g. by DRG, by Product Line, by Patient Age, by Service, etc. and create reports for their own in-house use.
Pennsylvania Department of Health A custom second quarter 2007 through fourth quarter 2007 inpatient discharge and ambulatory/outpatient procedure data set to be used to support the Department of Health's Licensing and Quality Assurance process.
Pennsylvania Department of Health A custom 1990 through 2006 inpatient discharge data set of patient records with a diabetes-related diagnosis. The client will use the data in support of the goals of the Diabetes Prevention and Control Program, which is to reduce the burden of diabetes in Pennsylvania by preventing and controlling its complications. The data will be monitored over a 21-year time period, 1990 through 2010. The data will be analyzed by the Bureau of Health Statistics and Research to provide surveillance data to the Diabetes Prevention and Control Program, to prepare county monographs and fact sheets, and to respond to requests for aggregate data at the local or state level and to provide the data for immediate use by the Bureau of Epidemiology.
Pennsylvania Department of Health A custom 2007 inpatient discharge and ambulatory/outpatient procedure data set to be used for the Injury Prevention Program. The client will use the data to prepare injury prevention statistical reports, monographs, and fact sheets, respond to requests for aggregate injury data at the state and local level, and provide to the Department Bureau of Epidemiology. The data will be used by state and local agencies to identify specific segments of the population at highest risk for injury, specific types and causes of injury, and to assist in statewide injury prevention, emergency medical services, traumatic brain injury and youth suicide prevention planning, and evaluation.
Pennsylvania Department of Health A custom 2007 inpatient discharge data reports of select ICD-9-CM codes to be used as part of the Department of Health web page series that correspond to the Healthy People 2010 objectives.
Pennsylvania Department of Health A custom 1999 through 2006 inpatient discharge and ambulatory/outpatient procedure data set of osteoporosis cases and a custom updated Osteoporosis Facts and Figures, November 19, 1997 PHC4 Issue Brief with 2006 data. The data will be used to prepare statistical reports, monographs and fact sheets in order to respond to requests for aggregated osteoporosis data at the state and local level. The data set will also be provided to the Department's Bureau of Epidemiology for analysis. The reports generated from the data will be used to identify specific segments of the population at highest risk for osteoporosis and assist in statewide osteoporosis prevention planning and evaluation.
Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare A custom 2004 through second quarter 2007 inpatient discharge and ambulatory/outpatient procedure data set of children with life-limiting illnesses/life-threatening conditions. The data will be used to estimate the Pennsylvania population in need of pediatric palliative or hospice care and to model projected costs involved in caring for these children for the Pediatric Palliative and Hospice Care Task Force.
Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare A custom 1990 through 2006 inpatient discharge data set and 1996 through 2006 custom financial data of psychiatric beds to be used for a joint project with the University of PA. Psychiatric discharges by county will be examined over time to identify trends in admissions and length of stay as it relates to state mental hospital bed reductions. The study, An Analysis of the Mental Health Resource Capacity in Pennsylvania, is to examine the adequacy of inpatient resources in meeting the demand for care by individuals with serious mental illness in PA.
Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare A custom 2004 through 2006 financial data set and a custom third quarter 2005 through second quarter 2006 inpatient discharge data set 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.
Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare A custom third quarter 2005 through second quarter 2006 risk-adjusted inpatient discharge data report for Medical Assistance readmissions for four conditions to be used to compute payments to hospitals for the Hospital Quality Care Incentive Payment.
Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare A custom third quarter 2006 through second quarter 2007 inpatient discharge data set of DRG 370-391 records to be used in calculating the payments to hospitals for obstetrical and neonate services.
Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare A custom 2007 financial data set to be used for the hospital assessment program for certain hospitals in Philadelphia County.
Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General A standard Statewide first quarter 2004 ambulatory/outpatient procedure data set and ambulatory/outpatient revenue code detail data set to be used in analyzing physician practice mergers pursuant to the Office of Attorney General's authority to enforce the antitrust laws on behalf of the Commonwealth and its citizens.
Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General A standard Statewide second quarter 2007 through fourth quarter 2007 inpatient discharge data set, inpatient revenue code detail data set and second quarter 2007 market share report to be used in analyzing hospital mergers pursuant to the Office of Attorney General's authority to enforce the antitrust laws on behalf of the Commonwealth and its citizens.
Penn State College of Medicine A custom 1990 through second quarter 2007 inpatient discharge data set of patients with end-stage heart failure to be used to develop a better understanding of peripheral vascular complications, which in turn may lead to better care of these patients.
Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority A custom third quarter 2006 through second quarter 2007 inpatient discharge and ambulatory/outpatient procedure data report of colonoscopy procedures to be used in determining rates of colonoscopy perforation errors in their study.
Pennsylvania State Data Center A custom 2006 financial data report to be used in the annual publication titled, The 2008 Pennsylvania Abstract, a Statistical Factbook.
Philadelphia Inquirer A standard second quarter 2007 through fourth quarter 2007 inpatient discharge and ambulatory/outpatient procedure data set by regions 8 and 9 to be used in news stories.
Saint Catherine Medical Center Fountain Springs A custom fourth quarter 2006 through third quarter 2007 inpatient discharge and ambulatory/outpatient procedure data report to be used to determine healthcare needs of its service area and where those needs are currently being met. This is part of a feasibility study for possible development of a cancer program.
Saint Catherine Medical Center Fountain Springs A custom 2006 through 2007 inpatient discharge and ambulatory/outpatient procedure data report to be used to determine market share/community needs for planning physician recruitment.
SDI Health A standard statewide 2007 inpatient discharge data set to be combined with other states' data and used to estimate diagnoses procedures at the hospital and National level.
SDI Health A standard Statewide 2007 ambulatory/outpatient procedure data set to be combined with other states' data and used to estimate diagnoses and procedures at the hospital and national level for commercial healthcare software products.
Senator John N. Wozniak A standard second quarter 2003 through first quarter 2004, second quarter 2005 through first quarter 2006 and 2007 inpatient discharge and ambulatory/outpatient procedure data set for regions 2, 3, 4 and 5 to be used for evaluating the Philipsburg region health care services needs.
Southwest Regional Medical Center A standard second quarter 2007 through fourth quarter 2007 inpatient discharge data set for region 1 and Statewide inpatient revenue code detail data set to be used to address healthcare service shortages, investigate quality of care objectives, and promote strategic decisions to benefit healthcare beneficiaries requiring acute care service.
Susquehanna Health A standard third quarter 2004 through 2007 inpatient discharge and ambulatory/outpatient procedure data set for regions 4 and 6 to be used to assess future utilization service lines, which will be incorporated into the financial feasibility study that supports Susquehanna Health's $150M tax exempt bond issue in July 2009.
Temple University Health System A custom third quarter 2006 through second quarter 2007 inpatient discharge data report to be used to evaluate the primary and secondary service areas of hospitals in its immediate vicinity, which is to support the analysis that will be included in a submission to the Montgomery County Orphan's Court.
Temple University, Economic Department A custom 1992 through second quarter 2007 inpatient discharge data set to be used to study the hospital and patient characteristics which may be related to the diffusion of gastric bypass surgery in the state of Pennsylvania for a doctoral dissertation.
The Eye Surgery Center A standard first and second quarter 2007 market share report to be used to analyze the market share that the Eye Surgery Center has in the Statewide area and within the counties.
Thomson Medstat A standard Statewide second quarter 2007 through fourth quarter inpatient discharge and ambulatory/outpatient procedure data set to be used in commercial software products.
Treo Solutions A standard statewide 2007 inpatient discharge and inpatient revenue code detail data set to be used to analyze market share hospital clinical cost and performance for clients.
Tripp Umbach A custom 2006 inpatient discharge and ambulatory/outpatient procedure data report to be used for a strategic planning study that will assist Clearfield Hospital make important decisions related to its service line offerings.
University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Medicaid Policy Center A standard Statewide 2007 inpatient discharge data set to be used in assessing the importance of Medicaid to hospitals; the quality of care provided to Medicaid patients relative to other patients, and at patterns of utilization.
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine A custom third quarter 2004 through second quarter 2006 inpatient discharge data set to be used to investigate current inter-hospital transfer networks and the feasibility of creating a tiered, regional system of care for patients with critical illness.
University of Pennsylvania A custom 2006 inpatient discharge data set to be linked with Department of Health death data to study the effect of nurse staffing and organizational attributes on the outcomes of hospitalized patients.
University of Pittsburgh, Department of Medicine A custom third quarter 2005 through 2006 inpatient discharge data set to be used to study the effectiveness of a multi-modal patient medication education system and its impact on hospital readmission.
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center A standard Statewide third and fourth quarter 2007 inpatient discharge and ambulatory/outpatient procedure data set to be used to produce various market share research reports.
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine A custom 1995 through 2005 inpatient discharge data set linked with Department of Health death data to be used to analyze further liver-related hospitalizations and patients' access to transplant services, by the rates of disease progression and death.
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine A custom 2001 through 2006 inpatient discharge data and corresponding revenue data set of Pennsylvania residents hospitalized for pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis, cancer, and sickle cell disease to be used to study and perform analysis of pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis.
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine A custom 2001 through 2006 inpatient discharge data and corresponding revenue data set of Pennsylvania residents hospitalized for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, ischemic heart disease or hemophilia and bleeding disorder to be used to study and perform analysis of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
US Senator Bernard Sanders A custom 2005 through 2007 inpatient discharge data report of weather related hospitalizations in Pennsylvania to be used for supporting an emergency legislation to help senior citizens on fixed-incomes, persons with disabilities and families with small children pay their air conditioning bills in the summer and the heating bills in the winter.
Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion A third quarter 2001 through second quarter 2007 standard Statewide inpatient revenue code detail data set and a custom inpatient discharge data set of patients receiving a hip or knee replacement and their readmissions linked with Department of Health death data. The data will be used for a pilot study titled, Gender Differences in Knee and Hip Joint Replacement, which will assess surgical outcomes by gender in patients who underwent knee or hip arthroplasty and to provide health services research-based evidence to improve quality of care and access to joint replacement for women with end-stage knee or hip osteoarthritis.
WebMD Health A standard statewide 2007 inpatient discharge and revenue code detail data set to be used in healthcare consulting commercial products that are used by health plans, hospitals, consulting organizations and consumers.
WellSpan Health A standard 2007 inpatient discharge and ambulatory/outpatient procedure data set by region 5 to be used for the internal assessment of the delivery of healthcare services within its region.
Wyoming Valley Health Care System A standard statewide second quarter 2007 through fourth quarter 2007 inpatient discharge and ambulatory/outpatient procedure data set to be used to generate quality improvement, benchmarking and marketing analysis.
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 09-999. Filed for public inspection May 29, 2009, 9:00 a.m.]



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