Advanced Practitioners Now in Physician Patterns APCD

It is becoming more and more common for patients to see mid-level providers rather than a physician. In order to give our customers a more complete picture of the physician referrals in their market, Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants are now available in APCD Physician Patterns across all reports: Overview, Service Lines, Sites of Care, […]

APCD Encounter ID Methodology Enhancements

Often times, there is a series of claims for the same inpatient stay, which vary across multiple care settings (Emergency Room->IP Admission -> others –>Continued IP stay). Instead of only generating a single encounter activity to the inpatient facility, these different activities were often generating a claim and an encounter. This methodology has been enhanced […]

APCD 837 ER Claims: Care Settings Updated Based on Revenue Codes

There are observed claims which have an ER revenue code on the claim, but which have a point of sale or type of bill code that is assigned a “Hospital Outpatient” care setting. These ER Revenue codes are: 0450, 0451, 0452, 0456, 0459, 0981. This is the standard set of revenue codes used throughout state […]

Blackbird Experience Enhancements

We have recently released enhancements to our All-Payer Claims output in Blackbird, to improve the in-app experience. Updates include the following: Age Range Category column and filter capabilities have been added to our all-payer claim database curated data view. Age Range Categories Added: 0-17 18-44 45-64 65+ Important Note: It is recommended that users also include […]

APCD Update: Clearinghouse Added

Significant Data Addition from the #1 ASC Claims Provider Stratasan is pleased to announce that our All-Payer Claims Data (APCD) has been updated to include data from a new major clearinghouse with approximately 550M annual claim volume. This means our APCD users now have access to significantly more data, including: 30% increase in claims 25% […]