Standards group say they hope to free  health insurers, public health plans and other payers from variations in state medical claims reporting requirements.

The Accredited Standards Committee X12 (ASC X12), Falls Church, Va., and the All-Payer Claims Database (APCD) Council, Durham, N.H., are starting a Uniform Medical Claims Payer Reporting Standard project to help states a single reporting standard.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (2010) and other legal and market changes have increased states' interest in gathering and pooling medical claims data.

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Allison Bell

Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.