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,
March 24, 2026

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Data User Workgroup

Tuesday,
February 24, 2026

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 CHIA Data User Workgroup Meeting Presentations

2026 Meetings and Presentations

 

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Presentation (Available shortly after the meeting)

Data User Support Questions

  • Neglect or Abandonment
  • Capitated Claims
  • Denied Claims
  • Inpatient Medications
  • National Emergency Medical Services Information System (NEMSIS) Case Definitions

 

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Presentation (Available shortly after the meeting)

Data User Support Questions

 

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Presentation (Available shortly after the meeting)

Data User Support Questions




Recent Month's 2025 Presentations

 

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Presentation

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

 

Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Presentation

  • 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

Presentation

  • Mapping Sites of Service and Facility Types in the Massachusetts APCD
  • Admission Source Codes and Transfer Pathways
  • Historical Hospital Volume: Trends and Variability
  • CHIA Data in Action: A 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