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The Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement (NRHI) and the APCD Council are pleased to announce the release of the Technical Resource for Measurement of Total Cost of Care (TCOC) using Multi-Payer Data Sets. The standardized technical specifications and lessons learned from the TCOC pilot regions have been translated into a more formal how-to guide for measuring and reporting total cost of care.

Senate Bill 440 directs the Oregon Health Policy Board (OHPB), in consultation with other state agencies, to deliver this plan for the collection and use of health care data to the legislature. Serving as a resource for both the OHPB and the Oregon State Legislature as they implement additional activities required by Senate Bill 440, this report provides a state data inventory and gap analysis, stakeholder input analysis and key findings, and gives recommendations based on the findings.

Over three years, Regional Health Improvement Collaboratives, working collectively through the Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement, have demonstrated the ability to assess, refine and standardize raw regional healthcare cost data and use it to establish meaningful, local practice level reports and comparisons within and between healthcare markets. This work advances healthcare cost transparency, a necessity for solving the healthcare cost crisis. This report summarizes key findings.

The considerable differences in the cost of health care in five states are largely driven by local patterns of resource use and pricing, according to a report released by the Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement (NRHI), a national nonprofit representing regional health improvement collaboratives and state partners working to achieve better, more affordable health care. Healthcare Affordability: Untangling Cost Drivers is NRHI’s second annual report comparing the total cost of care.