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Data Organizations Participating in the NASS

The NASS is based on the data collection efforts of data organizations in participating States that maintain statewide data systems and that have partnered with AHRQ. The NASS would not be possible without the following organizations that contribute data to HCUP. Many of the organizations have websites describing their data or providing statistics based on their State data. Links to these websites are provided below. Not all states necessarily appear in every year of the NASS. See Availability of HCUP Data for a list of State database participation and availability by year.
 
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Alaska Iowa New Jersey Tennessee
California Kansas New York Texas
Colorado Kentucky North Carolina Utah
Connecticut Maine North Dakota Vermont
District of Columbia Maryland Ohio Wisconsin
Florida Michigan Oklahoma
Georgia Minnesota Oregon
Hawaii Missouri Pennsylvania
Illinois Nebraska South Carolina
Indiana Nevada South Dakota
Alaska
Rosa Avila
Acting Section Chief
Health Analytics & Vital Records
Alaska Department of Health
3601 C Street, Suite 250
Anchorage, AK 99503-5928
Phone: (907) 269-6936
Email: rosa.avila@alaska.gov
Website: https://health.alaska.gov/Pages/default.aspx
 
California
Data and Reports Help Desk
Customer Engagement and Data Resources Group
Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI)
2020 West El Camino Avenue, Suite 1100
Sacramento, CA 95833
Phone: (916) 326-3802
Email: DataAndReports@hcai.ca.gov
Website: https://www.hcai.ca.gov/
 
Colorado
Krista Smith
Manager, Data Quality and Security Information Services
Colorado Hospital Association
7335 East Orchard Road, Suite 100
Greenwood Village, CO 80111
Phone: (720) 330-6064
Fax: (720) 489-9400
Email: krista.smith@cha.com
Website: https://cha.com/
 
Connecticut
Lisa Douglas
Senior Director, Performance Analytics
Connecticut Hospital Association
110 Barnes Road
Wallingford, CT 06492-0090
Phone: (203) 294-7315
Email: douglas@chime.org
Website: https://cthosp.org/
 
District of Columbia
Annette Kotna
Health Data Analyst
District of Columbia Hospital Association
1152 15th Street, NW, Ste. 900
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 682-1585
Email: akotna@dcha.org
Website: https://dcha.org
 
Florida
Patricia Vidal
Unit Administrator, Office of Data Dissemination
Florida Agency for Health Care Administration
Agency for Health Care Administration
2727 Mahan Drive, Mail Stop 16
Room 1403B, Building 3
Tallahassee, FL 32308
Phone: (850) 412-3785
Fax: (850) 488-1261
Email: patricia.vidal@ahca.myflorida.com
Website: https://ahca.myflorida.com/SCHS/index.shtml
 
Georgia
Bill Wylie
Senior Vice President Business Operations
Georgia Hospital Association
380 Interstate N Pkwy SE
Suite 150
Atlanta, GA 30339
Phone: (770) 249-4512
Fax: (770) 249-4512
Email: bwylie@gha.org
Website: https://www.gha.org/
 
Hawaii
Tang Song
Senior Data Analyst
Laulima Data Alliance, a non-profit subsidiary of the Healthcare Association of Hawaii
707 Richards Street (PH2)
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: (808) 669-0382
Email: tsong@laulimadata.org
Website: https://www.hah.org
 
Karen Pellegrin
Director of Continuing Education & Strategic Plan
Center for Rural Health Science
University of Hawaii at Hilo
34 Rainbow Drive
Hilo, HI 96720
Phone: (808) 933-2914
Email: karen3@hawaii.edu
Website: https://pharmacy.uhh.hawaii.edu/
 
Illinois
Dejan Jovanov
Discharge Data Manager/System Architect
Illinois Department of Public Health
122 S. Michigan Ave, 7th Floor
Chicago, IL 60603-6152
Phone: (312) 814-1627
Fax: (312) 814-1953
Email: Dejan.Jovanov@illinois.gov
Website: https://dph.illinois.gov/
 
Indiana
Matt Browning
Vice President, Data and Member Solutions Data Services
Indiana Hospital Association
500 N. Meridian St.
Suite 250
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: (317) 423-7739
Email: mattbrowning@ihaconnect.org
Website: https://www.ihaconnect.org
 
Iowa
John Richardson
Director, IPOP and Data Analytics
Iowa Hospital Association
100 East Grand Avenue, Suite 100
Des Moines, IA 50309
Phone: (515) 288-1955 ext.350
Fax: (515) 283-9366
Email: richardsonj@ihaonline.org
Website: https://www.ihaonline.org
 
Kansas
Sally Othmer
Vice President
Data and Strategic Analytics
Kansas Hospital Association
215 SE 8th Avenue
Topeka, KS 66603-3906
Phone: (785) 233-7436
Fax: (785) 233-6955
Email: sothmer@kha-net.org
Website: https://www.kha-net.org
 
Kentucky
Michael Lawson
Healthcare Data Administrator
Office of Data Analytics
Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services
275 E. Main Street 5-CA
Frankfort, KY 40621
Phone: (859) 265-1888
Email: michaelc.lawson@ky.gov
Website: https://chfs.ky.gov/agencies/ohda/Pages/analyticsdiv.aspx
 
Maine
Karynlee Harrington
Acting Director
Maine Health Data Organization
151 Capitol Street
102 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0102
Phone: (207) 287-6722
Fax: (207) 287-6732
Email: karynlee.harrington@maine.gov
Website: https://mhdo.maine.gov/
 
Maryland
Oscar Ibarra
Chief
Information Mgmt and Program Administration
Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission
4160 Patterson Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21215
Phone: (410) 764-2566
Fax: (410) 358-6217
Email: Oscar.Ibarra@Maryland.gov
Website: https://www.hscrc.state.md.us
 
Michigan
Laura Peariso
Senior Director, Health Care Information
Michigan Health & Hospital Association
2112 University Park Drive
Okemos, MI 48864
Phone: (517) 886-8353
Fax: (517) 703-0620
Email: lpeariso@mha.org
Website: https://www.mha.org
 
Minnesota
David Haverberg
Director of Data Analytics
Minnesota Hospital Association
Capitol Ridge Building
161 Saint Anthony Ave., Ste 915
St. Paul, MN 55103-3454
Phone: (218) 310-4376
Fax: (651) 645-0002
Email: dhaverberg@mnhospitals.org
Website: https://www.mnhospitals.org
 
Missouri
Theresa Roark
Senior Vice President
Research, Data & Information Services
Hospital Industry Data Institute
4712 Country Club Drive
Jefferson City, MO 65109-4541
Phone: (573) 893-3700 x1354
Fax: (573) 635-9638
Email: troark@mhanet.com
Website: https://www.mhanet.com
 
Nebraska
Anne Skinner
Data Director
Nebraska Hospital Association
3255 Salt Creek Circle, Ste. 100
Lincoln, NE 68504-4778
Phone: (402) 647-0021
Email: askinner@nebraskahospitals.org
Website: https://www.nebraskahospitals.org/
 
Nevada
Previously Center for Health Information Analysis University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Community Health Sciences
Center for Health Information Analysis
 
 
New Jersey
Markos Ezra
Research Scientist, Healthcare Quality
Health Care Quality & Informatics
Office of Population Health
New Jersey Department of Health
55 North Willow Street, 3rd Floor | PO Box 360
Trenton, NJ 08625
Phone: (609) 913-5768
Fax: (609) 984-7334
Email: markos.ezra@doh.nj.gov
Website: https://www.nj.gov/health/healthcarequality
 
New York
Natalie Helbig
Deputy Director, Division of Information & Statistics
Acting Director, Bureau of the All Payer Database
Office of Quality and Patient Safety
New York State Department of Health
Phone: (518) 474-3189
Email: Natalie.Helbig@health.ny.gov
Website: https://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/sparcs/
 
North Carolina
For North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, contact:
Sandra Greene
Professor Health Policy and Management
Senior Research Fellow, Sheps Center for Health Services Research
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sheps Center
725 MLK Jr. Blvd.
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Phone: (919) 966-0993
Email: sbgreene@email.unc.edu
Website: https://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/data/nc-hospital-discharge-data/
 
North Dakota
Minnesota distributes data for North Dakota. See Minnesota Hospital Association.
 
 
Ohio
Heidi Mannix
Senior Director, Data Services
Ohio Hospital Association
155 East Broad Street, Suite 301
Columbus, OH 43215-3640
Phone: (614) 221-7614
Email: heidi.mannix@ohiohospitals.org
Website: https://www.ohiohospitals.org/
 
Oklahoma
Jennifer Harper
Administrative Program Manager - Data Acquisition
Oklahoma State Department of Health
123 Robert S. Kerr Ave., Ste 1702
Oklahoma City, OK 73102-6406
Phone: (405) 426-8030
Fax: (405) 900-7604
Email: Jennifer.harper@health.ok.gov
Website: https://www.ok.gov/health/
 
Oregon
Edward Lee
Data Collection & Client Service Analyst, Apprise Health Insights
4000 Kruse Way Place
Building 2, Suite 100
Lake Oswego, OR 97035
Phone: (503) 479-6025
Email: edward.lee@apprisehealthinsights.com
Website: https://www.oahhs.org/
 
Pennsylvania
JoAnne Nelson
Supervisor
Special Requests
Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council
225 Market Street, Suite 400
Harrisburg, PA 17101
Phone: (717) 232-6787
Fax: (717) 232-3821
Email: jnelson@phc4.org
Website: https://www.phc4.org
 
South Carolina
Chris Finney
Program Manager
Health & Demographics
South Carolina Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office
1000 Assembly Street, Suite 240
Rembert C. Dennis Building
Columbia, SC 29201
Phone: (803) 898-9969
Fax: (803) 734-0268
Email: chris.finney@rfa.sc.gov
Website: https://rfa.sc.gov/
 
South Dakota
Becky Heisinger
Director of Quality Integration
South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations
3708 W Brooks Place
Sioux Falls, SD 57106
Phone: (605) 789-7527
Fax: (605) 361-5175
Email: becky.heisinger@sdaho.org
Website: https://www.sdaho.org
 
Tennessee
Patrick Turri
Assistant VP for Data Analysis
Department of Information Services
Tennessee Hospital Association
5201 Virginia Way
Brentwood, TN 37027
Phone: (615) 401-7449
Fax: (615) 242-4803
Email: pturri@tha.com
Website: https://www.tha.com
 
Texas
Tarik Brown
Director
THCIC Unit
Department of State Health Services
1100 W. 49th Street, Suite 630
Austin, TX 78751
Phone: (469) 684-6372
Email: Tarik.Brown@dshs.texas.gov
Website: https://www.dshs.state.tx.us/thcic/
 
Utah
Kimberly Partain McNamara
Senior Business Analyst
Office of Health Care Statistics
Utah Department of Health
288 North 1460 West, 4th Floor
P.O. Box 144004
Salt Lake City, UT 84116
Phone: (801) 538-9179
Fax: (801) 538-9916
Email: kmcnamara@utah.gov
Website: https://stats.health.utah.gov/
 
Vermont
Matt Griffith
Director of Health Care Data Services
Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems
148 Main St
Montpelier, VT 05602
Phone: (802) 223-3461 x 115
Email: matt@vahhs.org
Website: https://www.vahhs.org
 
Wisconsin
DHSDPH Data Resource Center
Division of Public Health
Wisconsin Department of Health Services
1 West Wilson Street, Room 250
Madison, WI 53702
Phone: (608) 267-0233
Email: DHSDPHDataResourceCenter@dhs.wisconsin.gov
Website: https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/
 

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