MHA DATABANK (DATABANK) is a web-based database of hospital utilization and financial performance indicators.  The DATABANK is a source of comparable information on average length of stay, outpatient statistics, charges and expenses per day and per stay, uncollected charges, number of days in accounts receivable, gross profitability and a number of personnel statistics.  Access to the DATABANK is part of MHA Membership and available at no charge to participating hospitals.

MHA SMALL AND RURAL HOSPITAL MARKET UTILIZATION FORECAST REPORTS available through MHA Solutions’ endorsement of Health Forecasts.  This special reporting product for small acute care and critical access hospitals with less than 1,000 annual inpatient discharges is available only to MHA member hospitals.

Health Forecasts provides forecasts based on true local market utilization history

• The only one, three and five year independent estimate of population by age/sex/race available from any source.
• Comprehensive model of the impact on future utilization patterns of New Drugs, New Treatment Plans, New Devices, Shifts in Payment Rules and  Enhanced Medical Management

Small and Critical Access hospitals may subscribe on an annual basis and receive a series of market specific reports using the most updated local market data available.   Several of these reports may also be drilled down for more detailed data for an additional charge.

MISSISSIPPI DISCHARGE DATA PROGRAM – a partnership with COMPdata

The Mississippi Legislature enacted changes to Code Section 41-63-4 during the 2008 Regular Session authorizing the establishment of a central data bank by the Mississippi Department of Health (MSDH).  MSDH is responsible for the establishment of the data registry program, collection of the data, dissemination of that data and analysis of that data to improve the quality and efficiency of medical care provided in Mississippi health care facilities.  The Mississippi Hospital Association (MHA) is designated as the organization the hospitals may submit data to at the close of each calendar quarter.

MHA has selected one of the most experienced and accurate data programs as our partner to provide the services for the statewide discharge data bank.  COMPdata is the most comprehensive and multidisciplinary source of comparative utilization, clinical, physician, financial, demographic, market share, quality, performance measurement, and severity-adjusted information. Since 1987 COMPdata has provided the most timely data, information, report generation, mapping and graphics capabilities, and data manipulation tools for local-area community healthcare analysis. COMPdata consistently makes data available to subscribers 91 days after the close of each calendar quarter

COMPdata is the most powerful, complete and comprehensive source of comparative information and tools for Market Analysis, Quality and Performance Measurement, Financial Analysis, and Physician Information.

Marketing and Planning

• Focused Hospital-specific Market Share Reports
• On-target Utilization Rate Estimates and Projections
• Uncover Physician Admission Patterns
• Perform Disease Trending
• Valuable Border State Data
• Evaluate Service Line Expansion
• Recognize Community Needs
• Trending by Customized Time Points

Vital Physician Information

• Timely Physician Market Data and Profiles
• Crucial Physician Discharge Patterns and Utilization Rates
• Severity (MS-DRG) by Physician
• Improve Medical Staff Relations
   

Financial Applications

• Extensive Hospital-specific Charge Comparisons
• Meaningful Cost-to-Charge Reports
• Detailed Hospital Charge Comparisons
• Evaluating Network or Affiliation Opportunities 

COMPdata ROLAP

• COMPdata ROLAP (Relational Online Analytical Processing) is a powerful, customized, ad-hoc query tool for targeted reporting and analysis.
• Perform extensive, real-time, drill-down analysis.
• Dimensional Analysis -- easily shift between service line, market, and time analysis.
• Accessing individual values of key variables -- including individual revenue codes and all diagnostic and procedure codes.
• Analyze the specific secondary diagnoses (e.g., diabetes or cancer) associated with a targeted principal diagnosis.
• Easily load data into the AHRQ Quality and Patient Safety Indicator software.
• Create your own conditional formatting and modeling -- determine the outcomes of a charge adjustment or market shift.
• Flexible and powerful graphics -- including bar, pie, line, and scatter bubble graphs.
• Viewer capabilities -- multiple users can access the same queries simultaneously under your hospital's secure account.
• And much more...

Mapping

• Easily analyze market by geography, service lines, payer mix and much more.
• Visualize community needs, utilization rates and quickly spot trends.
   

Graphics

• Easily study variation by specific hospital.
• Quickly compare and visualize average length-of-stay, DRG volumes, market share, and MS (severity-adjusted) DRG and more.
• Revealing bubble charts and quadrant graphs.
• Informative control charts. 

Unparalleled Support and Education

• Customer-focused training and attentiveness (in-person, Webinars, group sessions)
• COMPdata Monitor
• Responsive e-mail and telephone Hotline support
• Targeted customer support material
• Ongoing and consistent communication with all subscribers

Over 500 hospitals and health systems utilize COMPdata's exceptional data collection services. COMPdata ensures that the most timely and high quality data are available on COMPdata while also meeting state-specific and federal requirements.

Data efficiently collected and meticulously edited and audited by COMPdata includes Administrative, Outpatient Surgical, Emergency Department and Observation Care. COMPdata consistently makes data available to product subscribers 91 days after the close of each calendar quarter.

 

MEDICARE HOSPITAL REVENUE FORECASTER is an interactive planning tool to help hospitals prepare their Medicare budgets. The Forecaster provides a summary of Medicare reimbursement for each hospital and post-acute care payment category.  This program is available to MHA member hospitals from DataGen for a nominal price.

 

KeySTATS – MHA has established a relationship with a Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) company offering information-based tools that support MHA’s mission of advocacy and education for our members.  The tools include timely and affordable financial analyses of major reimbursement changes providing real-time information on legislative changes affecting hospitals.  This tool was developed for association use to support advocacy and education on behalf of hospitals.  Impact information and relevant reports are distributed at no charge to all MHA member hospitals.