Arkansas APCD Announcements
Online Data Dictionaries Replaces .pdf format (NEW! 1/3/2020)
The Arkansas APCD now provides online data dictionaries with improved searching capabilities. The new data dictionary format is printable, too. They can be found at the same link: https://www.arkansasapcd.net/Resources/DataDictionaries/. The .pdf versions are still available upon request.
New Member Data Versioning Methodology
The Arkansas APCD Version Rank Methodology document helps the data requester identify the most recent version of an enrollment data. This is applicable only if data requester receives all member records. Best practice provides only the most recent record.
New Arkansas APCD Data Available
Data Requester Tools Available (NEW! 7/2/2019)
Tip Sheet for APCD Data Requesters (NEW! 12/5/2019)
The Tip Sheet contains information about data quality or data nuances that affect data in the Arkansas APCD. This information is provided
at the Submitting Entity (SE) level where applicable, otherwise, the issue described affects all SEs. Data requesters should review and consider
each of these as they move forward with their stated use of the data. Where possible, issues will be addressed in future Arkansas APCD releases. Tips cannot or will not be addressed, but work-arounds are provided where available. Resolution is being addressed for issues categorized as “Active.” Resolved
issues are categorized as “Resolved.”
If you have any questions while reviewing the document, please contact Data Requester Technical Support at adrs@achiapcd.atlassian.net.