Initiative for Data Exchange between
Managed Care Organizations and Registries Is on Its Way

We are pleased to announce that the Managed Care Organization (MCO)/Registry Data Exchange Initiative is well on its way. Every Child by Two (ECBT) and AIRA have put together a wonderful group of advisory committee members representing MCOs, immunization registries, National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Therese Hoyle, AIRA Board member and Michigan Childhood Immunization Registry (MCIR) Coordinator of the Michigan Department of Community Health, is the committee Chair.

The committee is finalizing a survey to immunization registries on data exchange. The survey will establish a baseline on the status of data exchange between immunization registries and MCOs in the United States. In addition, it will help us garner successful data exchange best practices that will be showcased in a “how-to” start up guide on MCO/registry data exchange collaborations. We will also be asking registries who are currently exchanging data with MCOs to become part of a group of “mentor” registries that can provide their expertise and lessons learned to their peers. The survey will be sent to registries by the end of April and will be available on AIRA’s web site: www.immregistries.org.

If you have a successful data exchange story to share, we would love to learn more about it. Please e-mail Aurora Oliva at aoliva@health.nyc.gov.

Source: Aurora Oliva, AIRA

April 2003 SnapShots Headlines