Data Standards News and Resources for Healthcare

4 Changes to OMB Data Regulations That Could Improve Health Equity

March 28, 2023 - The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has an opportunity to improve race, ethnicity, language, sexual orientation, and gender identity data collection practices and health equity nationwide by updating its standards, according to an issue brief from Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) and the National Minority Quality Forum...

7 Challenges, Opportunities for All-Payer Claims Databases

December 09, 2022 by Kelsey Waddill

All-payer claims databases (APCDs) offer healthcare leaders and policymakers a wealth of data, but there are still many gaps in the data and challenges in data collection practices that states can...

Key Opportunities, Action Steps for Race, Ethnicity Data Collection

July 21, 2022 by Kelsey Waddill

Race and ethnicity data collection is complex, but there are steps that health insurers—and the healthcare industry at large—can take to improve the process, according to a report from...

CMS Launches Review Program for HIPAA-Covered Health Plans

March 27, 2019 by Jessica Kent

CMS has launched a Compliance Review Program to ensure that health plans, payers, providers, and other covered entities are complying with HIPAA Administrative Simplification rules for electronic...

Provider-Owned Health Plans Adopt Interoperability Standards

April 27, 2017 by Jesse Migneault

Three provider-owned health plans have recently completed multiple phases and been awarded CAQH CORE certification. This achievement places the provider-owned health plans at a level...

Aetna, Cigna Join 300 Organizations in CAQH CORE Phase III

March 13, 2017 by Thomas Beaton

A new press release confirmed that Aetna and Cigna are now certified under CAQH CORE Phase III Operating Rules. Their certification will provide the entire CAQH CORE collaboration interoperable access...

How the Affordable Care Act Influenced CORE Certification

June 22, 2016 by Vera Gruessner

Health plans, vendors, and providers will need to meet CORE certification requirements in order to comply with mandates under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. CORE stands for Committee...