CHIA Data User Workgroup Information


 Workgroup Information

Meet with CHIA’s team of data experts to discuss analytical techniques, ask questions and find out about CHIA's latest data releases and enhancements.

The CHIA Data User Workgroup meetings answer questions specific to CHIA's data, clarify content, and enable sharing of information, tools, and methodologies.

Meetings are usually held online the fourth Tuesday of every month from 3:00 - 4:00pm.  

Join the CHIA Data User Workgroup mailing list to receive email notifications and agenda items regarding these webinars.

 

 

Data User Workgroup

Tuesday,
January 27, 2025

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Data User Workgroup

Special Meeting!
Tuesday, December 23, 2025

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 CHIA Data User Workgroup Meeting Presentations for 2025

2025 Schedule and Presentations

 

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Presentation (PDF)

Data User Support Questions

  • Use of Level 3 MA APCD
  • Medical Claims Admission Date Anomalies
  • Hospital Inpatient Discharge Data Duplicate Associate Diagnosis Codes
  • GLP-1 Receptor Agonists for Obesity
  • Status of Vision Carriers
  • Comparison of Self-Insured Trends by Release
  • Outpatient Emergency Department Services

 

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Presentation (PDF)

Data User Support Questions

  • CPT and HCPCS codes for AI-enabled medical devices and diagnostic services
  • Member Link EIDs for Behavioral Health Care Transitions
  • Payer Source Code for Medicare HMO Products


 

Tuesday, March 28, 2025

Presentation (PDF)

Data User Support Questions

  • Health Care Facility Bed Counts
  • Designating External Linkage Fields
  • MA APCD Currency Fields
  • Interfacility Transfers Revisited



Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Presentation (PDF)

Data User Support Questions

  • Master Patient Index Data Exclusion
  • Diabetes-Related Data
  • Gambling Diagnosis Codes

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Presentation (PDF)

Data User Support Questions

  • Decrease in Inpatient Procedures for Obesity
  • Patterns of Social Life Disruption Coding
  • Safety Device Coding for Traumatic Injuries
  • Shift in Inpatient Special Charges

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Presentation (PDF)

Data User Support Questions

  • Product File Deductibles
  • Substance Use Disorder Filter Frequency
  • Update to Fatal and Injury Reporting System Tool (FIRST)
  • Education Level Added to Interactive CDC WONDER Death Data

Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Presentation (PDF)

  • Behavioral Health Provider Type Classifications
  • Cardiac PET Scans
  • Injuries Related to an Encounter with a Marine Animal

Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Presentation (PDF)

  • Radiology and Advanced Imaging Data 
  • Selection of Geospatial Data
  • Primary Care Flag Fields
  • Null Values Classifications

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Presentation (PDF)

  • Specialty and Retail Clinics
  • Oral Cancer in Dental Claims vs. Medical Claims
  • Patterns of Weekend Care   
  • MemberMDM IDs for Case Mix 

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Presentation

  • Neonate/Infant data
  • Importing the MA APCD 
  • Out of state data
  • Robotic Procedures

Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Presentation
(Posted shortly after the meeting)

  • High alignment of MA APCD Medicare Advantage Codes with CMS enrollment counts
  • MA APCD, Case Mix, and CDC Wonder deaths by care setting
  • Wellness and Fitness claims   
  • Bundled Payments

Tuesday, December 23, 2025
 -- Special CHIA Data User Workgroup Meeting --

CHIA Data User-Group Year in Review

 

 


USER SUPPORT MATERIALS

 

Linking Claims Data to Member Eligibility ZIP Code Data (March 2023)

 

User Support MA APCD Slides

 

User Support Case Mix Slides

 

Tutorials