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Essentials: Databases and documents to investigate health. Jeff Porter Special Projects Director Association of Health Care Journalists [email protected] www.healthjournalism.org. (and more!). 1. Nursing Home Compare. www.medicare.gov/NHCompare OR - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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www.medicare.gov/NHCompareOR
www.healthjournalism.org/data
Counting “Quality Care Deficiencies:
Low nursing staff ratings
Comparing ownership types
www.hospitalcompare.hhs.govOR
www.healthjournalism.org/data
Worse at least two years in a row
Looking at those with “Worse” rates in 2010
Department of Health (hospital) DHS Office of Long Term Care (nursing
home)◦https://ardhs.sharepointsite.net/OLTC (follow the
link titled “Public Downloads”)◦One caveat – they do not include Plan of
Correction, which can be very important. Ask OLTC.
HHS Region 6 offices ◦www.hhs.gov/about/regions/r6contacts.html
The facility
www.guidestar.org The institution itself (perhaps a more recent
version) Attorney general’s office
Revenue/expenses
Compensation
Coming soon
Medicaid spending information: Department of Human Services (www.medicaid.state.ar.us/InternetSolution/Research/newres.aspx; then click “Transforming Arkansas Medicaid”)
Cost report data: www.cms.gov/costreports Bonds: www.munios.com
Looking at Medicaid payments by provider
Cost reports: Complex but full of info
Bond documents can include financial details often unreleased
www.hospitalconsumerassist.com www.countyhealthratings.org www.healthy.arkansas.gov/programsServices/healthStatistics/
Hospital-specific pricing information
Ranking Arkansas counties by health factors
From simple county profiles to hospital discharge data
