CHIA Data User Workgroup Information


 Workgroup Information

The CHIA Data User Workgroup are opportunities for external data users and other interested parties to meet with CHIA’s in-house data experts to discuss analytical techniques and data-related matters. The meetings are also held to answer questions about CHIA's data as well as to announce news on data releases and enhancements.

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

You can attend workgroups at the links below. Meetings usually take place on the 4th Tuesday of every month at 3:00 p.m. with the presentations posted shortly after the meetings.

 

 

 

Data User Workgroup

Tuesday,
September 26, 2025 @ 3:00 pm

Join Data User Workgroup Meeting

 

Data User Workgroup

Tuesday,
August 26, 2025 @ 3:00 pm

Join Data User Workgroup Meeting


 
 
 


 
 
 


 

 


 CHIA Data User Workgroup Meeting Presentations

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

 

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

 


 

 


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