MHDO APCD and Hospital Data Release Schedules

Note: MHDO data releases reflect the most current data available. To view the full set of available data see our Data Availability page. Release dates are subject to change based on data quality processing. Any revisions to the APCD Release Schedule will be communicated on this page as soon as possible. Please check back for updates.

APCD Anticipated Release Date Data Set Data Period Date Released
Week of 4/8/2024 Commercial Q4 2023  
  MaineCare Q4 2023  
  Medicare Q1 - Q2 2023  
Week of 7/8/2024 Commercial Q1 2024  
  MaineCare Q1 2024  
  Medicare Q3 2023  
Week of 10/7/2024 Commercial Q2 2024  
  MaineCare Q2 2024  
  Medicare Q4 2023  
 
Date APCD Released Data Set Data Period Date Released
Week of 1/8/2024 Commercial Q3 2023 1/17/2024
  MaineCare Q3 2023 1/17/2024
  Medicare Q4 2022 1/17/2024
Week of 10/10/2023 Commercial Q2 2023 10/23/2023
  MaineCare Q2 2023 10/23/2023
  Medicare Q1 - Q3 2022 10/23/2023
Week of 7/11/2023 Commercial Q1 2023 7/14/2023
  MaineCare Q1 2023 7/14/2023
  Medicare Q1, Q2 and Q3 2022 N/A
Week of 4/10/2023 Commercial Q4 2022 4/20/23
  MaineCare Q4 2022 4/20/23
  Medicare Q1 & Q2 2022 N/A
Week of 01/9/2023 Commercial Q3 2022 1/20/23
  MaineCare Q3 2022 1/20/23
  Medicare Q1 2022 N/A
Week of 10/10/2022 Commercial Q2 2022 10/27/2022
  MaineCare Q2 2022 10/27/2022
  Medicare Q3 & Q4 2021 10/27/2022
Week of 7/18/2022 Commercial Q1 2022 7/28/2022
  MaineCare Q1 2022 7/28/2022
  Medicare Q1 & Q2 2021 7/28/2022
Week of 4/4/2022 Commercial Q4 2021 4/12/2022
  MaineCare Q4 2021 4/12/2022
  Medicare Q1 2021 N/A
Week of 1/20/2022 Commercial Q3 2021 1/21/2022
  MaineCare Q3 2021 1/21/2022
  Medicare Q4 2020 1/21/2022
Week of 10/11/2021 Commercial Q2 2021 10/18/2021
  MaineCare Q2 2021 10/18/2021
  Medicare Q3 2020 10/18/2021
Week of 7/19/2021 Commercial Q1 2021 07/26/2021
  MaineCare Q1 2021 07/26/2021
  Medicare Q1-Q2 2020 07/26/2021
Week of 4/5/2021 Commercial Q4 2020 4/13/2021
  MaineCare Q4 2020 4/13/2021
  Medicare No New Data Available N/A
Week of 1/11/2021 Commercial Q3 2020 1/22/2021
  MaineCare Q3 2020 1/22/2021
  Medicare No New Data Available N/A
Week of 10/12/2020 Commercial Q2 2020 10/16/20
  MaineCare Q2 2020 10/16/20
  Medicare Q3-Q4 2019 10/16/20
Week of 7/20/2020 Commercial Q1 2020 7/27/20
  MaineCare Q1 2020 7/27/20
  Medicare Q1-Q2 2019 7/27/20
Week of 4/6/2020
Revised 4/27/2020*
Commercial Q4 2019 5/4/20
  MaineCare Q4 2019 5/4/20
  Medicare No update** Not Released
Week of 1/13/2020 Commercial Q3 2019 01/17/20
  MaineCare Q3 2019 01/17/20
  Medicare Q1 2019 Not Released
Week of 10/7/2019 Commercial Q2 2019 10/11/2019
  MaineCare Q2 2019 10/11/2019
  Medicare Q4 2018 10/11/2019
Week of 7/22/2019 Commercial Q1 2019 7/26/2019
  MaineCare Q1 2019 7/26/2019
  Medicare Q2-Q3 2018 7/26/2019
*Week of 5/6/2019 Commercial Q4 2018 5/10/2019
  MaineCare Q4 2018 5/10/2019
  Medicare *Q1 2018 5/10/2019
Week of 1/14/2019 Commercial Q3 2018 1/18/2019
  MaineCare Q3 2018 1/18/2019
  Medicare * No update  
Week of 10/1/2018 Commercial Q2 2018 10/4/2018
  MaineCare Q2 2018 10/4/2018
  Medicare Q4 2017 10/4/2018
Week of 7/23/2018 Commercial Q1 2018 7/27/2018
  MaineCare Q1 2018 7/27/2018
  Medicare Q1–Q3 2017 7/27/2018
Week of 4/2/2018 Commercial Q4 2017 4/9/2018
  MaineCare Q4 2017 4/9/2018
  Medicare * No update  
Week of 1/29/2018 Commercial Q3 2017 2/6/2018
  MaineCare Q3 2017 2/6/2018
  Medicare * No update  
Week of 10/2/2017 Commercial Q1-Q2 2017 10/6/2017
  MaineCare Q1-Q2 2017 10/6/2017
  Medicare Q4 2016 10/6/2017
Week of 7/10/2017 Medicare Q1–Q3 2016 7/14/2017
Week of 4/24/2017 (updated 11/07/16) Commercial Q1–Q4 2016 5/1/2017
  MaineCare Q2–Q4 2016 5/1/2017
  Medicare Q3–Q4 2015 5/1/2017
Week of 7/4/16 Commercial * No Update  
  MaineCare Q1 2016 7/15/16
  Medicare Q1 & Q2 2015 7/8/16

*Note Regarding APCD Releases:

4/3/20 - The change in the release date from the week of 4/6/20 to the week of 4/27/20 is due to an unexpected QC issue with the release files. We are working on correcting the issue and will provide more details with the release.
**Medicare data updates are contingent upon when MHDO receives data from CMS. The Q1-Q2 2019 Medicare data will be available during the release scheduled for the week of July 20, 2020.

3/26/19 - The change in the release date from 4/8/18 to 5/6/19 is due to an unexpected issue with two of the largest payers submitting data to MHDO. The issues have been resolved but unfortunately the delay in data submission has created the need for MHDO to revise the release date.

2/25/19 - Medicare data updates are contingent upon when MHDO receives data from CMS. We anticipate receiving Q1 2018 Medicare data by March 1, 2019 which means the April 2019 release will include Q1 2018 Medicare data. If we receive the data after this date, the Medicare Q1 2018 data will be available in the July 2019 release. As soon as we have a better sense of the timing of the receipt of 2018 Medicare data we will update the data release schedule.

12/6/17 - Medicare data updates are contingent upon when MHDO receives data from CMS. We will update this schedule as information becomes available.>

June 2015 - The United States Supreme Court decision in Gobeille v. Liberty Mutual (March 1, 2016) has negatively impacted the submission of commercial claims data to MHDO. Several of our largest payers (who represent about 80% of our commercial claims data) notified the MHDO following the decision that they were suspending all data submissions to the MHDO until they worked out the technical and legal issues raised as a result of the decision.

In response to these concerns the MHDO sent a communication to the payers stating that the MHDO will suspend the enforcement of data submission requirements under Rule Chapter 243, Uniform Reporting System for Health Care Claims Data Sets, for a five month (March – July 2016) period.

We hope after this five month period we will all gain some clarity regarding the direction of claims submissions post Gobeille decision. During this interim period we will not be releasing updated commercial claims data. The most current commercial claims data available is through December 2015.

There are questions about the future of the commercial ERISA data in our APCD. The MHDO is committed and actively working on a solution that will minimize disruption and allow us to maintain a comprehensive claims database. We will continue to communicate updates at our data user group meetings. In the interim, please do not hesitate to contact the MHDO with any questions.

Hospital Data Release Schedule

Note: Release dates are subject to change based on data quality processing. Any revisions to the Hospital Release Schedule will be communicated on this page as soon as possible. Please check back for updates.

Calendar Year Data Set Anticipated Release Date Actual Release Date
2023 Q2 Outpatient Week of 12/18/2023  
2023 Q3 Inpatient Week of 3/5/2024  
2023 Q3 Outpatient Week of 3/19/2024  
2023 Q4 Inpatient Week of 6/3/2024  
2023 Q4 Outpatient Week of 6/17/2024  
2024 Q1 Inpatient Week of 9/3/2024  
2024 Q1 Outpatient Week of 9/17/2024  
 
Hospital Data Previously Released:
2023 Q2 Inpatient Week of 12/4/2023 12/15/2023
2023 Q1 Outpatient Week of 9/18/2023 10/6/2023
2023 Q1 Inpatient Week of 9/4/2023 9/26/2023
2022 Q4 Outpatient Week of 9/18/2023 10/6/2023
2022 Q4 Inpatient Week of 6/5/2023 6/14/2023
2022 Q3 Outpatient Week of 3/20/2023 4/4/2023
2022 Q3 Inpatient Week of 3/6/2023 3/14/2023
2022 Q2 Outpatient Week of 12/19/2022 1/3/2023
2022 Q2 Inpatient Week of 12/5/2022 12/12/2022
2022 Q1 Outpatient Week of 9/26/2022 10/21/2022
2022 Q1 Inpatient Week of 9/12/2022 9/26/2022
2021 Q4 Outpatient Week of July 11th* 6/20/2022 7/19/2022
2021 Q4 Inpatient Week of 6/6/2022 6/23/2022
2021 Q3 Outpatient Week of 3/21/2022 3/29/2022
2021 Q3 Inpatient Week of 3/7/2022 3/10/2022
2021 Q2 Outpatient Week of 12/20/2021 01/10/2022 1/14/2022
2021 Q2 Inpatient Week of 12/6/2021 12/13/2021 12/21/2021
2021 Q1 Outpatient Week of 10/04/2021 10/07/2021
2021 Q1 Inpatient Week of 9/13/2021 9/17/2021
2020 Q1-Q4 Outpatient Week of 6/21/2021 7/2/2021
2020 Q4 Inpatient Week of 5/31/2021 6/10/2021
2020 Q3 Inpatient Week of 3/1/2021 3/16/2021
2020 Q1-Q2 Inpatient Week of 9/7/20 12/7/20 12/11/20
2019 Q1 - Q4 Outpatient Week of 6/22/20 8/3/20 8/10/20 8/24/20
2019 Q4 Inpatient Week of 6/1/20 6/15/20 6/22/20
2019 Q3 Inpatient Week of 3/13/20 3/11/20
2019 Q2 Inpatient *Week of 12/2/2019 12/9/2019 12/13/2019
2019 Q1 Inpatient Week of 10/14/2019 *Week of 9/9/2019 10/21/2019
2018 Q1 - Q4 Outpatient Week of 7/8/2019
*Week of 6/24/2019
7/12/2019
2018 Q4 Inpatient Week of 5/27/2019 5/31/2019
2018 Q3 Inpatient Week of 5/27/2019
Week of 3/4/2019
5/31/2019
2018 Q2 Inpatient Week of 12/10/2018
Week of 11/26/2018
12/21/2018
2018 Q1 Inpatient Week of 10/22/2018
*Week of 8/27/2018
10/26/2018
2017 Q1 - Q4 Outpatient Week of 6/25/2018 7/11/2018
2017 Q4 Inpatient Week of 5/28/2018 6/1/2018
2017 Q3 Inpatient Week of 2/26/2018 3/2/2018
2017 Q1 - Q2 Inpatient Week of 11/27/2017 12/1/2017
2016 Q1 - Q4 Outpatient *Week of 6/26/2017 6/30/2017
2016 Q1 - Q4 Inpatient *Week of 6/5/2017 6/13/2017
2015 Q1 - Q4 Outpatient Week of 4/17/2017 4/21/2017
2015 Q1 - Q4 Inpatient Week of 3/13/2017 3/17/2017
2014 Inpatient & Outpatient 4/29/2016 4/29/2016
2013 Outpatient 3/11/2016 3/11/2016
*2013 Inpatient 11/3/2015 11/4/2015
*2012 Inpatient & Outpatient 11/3/2015 11/4/2015

Revisions to Hospital Data Release Dates:

06/03/22*Q4 2021 Hospital Outpatient Data - The Q4 2021 hospital outpatient data release has been rescheduled to the week of July 11th due to data quality issues we are addressing with a hospital.

11/19/19*Q2 2019 Hospital Inpatient Data - The Q2 2019 hospital inpatient data release has been rescheduled for the week of December 9th due to a data submission issue with one of our hospitals.

8/6/19*Q1 2019 Hospital Inpatient Data - The Q1 2019 hospital inpatient data release has been rescheduled for the week of October 14th due to a data submission issue with one of our hospitals.

6/17/19*CY2018 Hospital Outpatien Data The CY2018 hospital outpatient data release has been rescheduled for the week of July 8th due to some data quality issues that the MHDO is working on with specific hospitals.

9/6/18*Status of 2018-Q1 - St. Joseph's Hospital successfully submitted their Q1 2018 inpatient data. The release date is scheduled for the week of October 22nd.

8/3/18*Status of 2018-Q1 - St. Joseph's Hospital in Bangor Maine recently transitioned to a new EMR system and as such has experienced significant delays with submitting their hospital Q1 2018 inpatient data to the MHDO as required by Rule. St. Joseph's is the only hospital that is missing Q1 2018 data. MHDO data users have told the MHDO in the past that they would rather we hold off on the release until the missing data is included. As such we have revised the anticipated release date to TBD. St. Joseph's is still working on successfully submitting their Q1 2018 hospital inpatient data to the MHDO. MHDO will update the anticipated release date as soon as St. Joseph’s submits their data to the MHDO.

6/22/17 *CY2016 Hospital Outpatient Data - scheduled for release to authorized users the week of June 26, 2017.

03/17/16: *2012 and 2013 Inpatient & 2012 Outpatient Files - Refresh files are now available by request.

01/26/16: *2012 and 2013 Inpatient Patch Files - In December we reported that the patch files as described in the release notes would be released in February. We are revising that date to March 11, 2016.

01/22/16: *2015 Q1 & Q2 Inpatient and Outpatient Data Release - Release date revised to November 2016, so that the entire year of data will be released together.

11/4/15: *2012 Inpatient and Outpatient Data Release Information - Inpatient and Outpatient data were previously released (Summer of 2014 and Falls of 2015), but additional data have been received since, and incorporated into the November 2015 release. See the release notes for more details.

11/4/15: *2013 Outpatient Data Release - The data is currently undergoing an internal Q.C. process; therefore the release date is TBD.

October 9, 2015 Note: Once we transition to our new hospital data submission system in July 2016, we will be working toward our goal of making inpatient hospital data available 90 days after the close of the submission period (as many of you requested).

Example:
Hospitals are required to submit 2016 Q2 data 90 days after the end of the quarter, approximately September 30th. Our policy will be to make the data available for release 90 days after submitted –in this example by January 1, 2017. The feedback regarding the release of outpatient files was that it is not required as frequently and that annual release would be fine. We will release the annual outpatient data on the same date that we release Q4 inpatient data of a given year.