The Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) is pleased to announce the Data Analytics Public Reporting Plan for 2026, which is a list of the analytics products HCAI plans to publish. The table below lists the measure, topic area, and the quarter which HCAI is projecting product release.
| HCAI Topic Area | Measure | 2026 End Date |
| Cost Transparency | Net Patient Revenue, Discharges, and Outpatient Visits by Payer and Facility, 2024 | Q1 2026 |
| Healthcare Utilization | Patients Leaving California Hospitals Against Medical Advice (AMA) | Q1 2026 |
| Healthcare Quality | Preventable Hospitalizations for Acute Conditions, 2023 | Q1 2026 |
| Healthcare Quality | Preventable Hospitalizations for Chronic Conditions, 2023 | Q1 2026 |
| Healthcare Quality | Preventable Hospitalizations for Diabetes, 2023 | Q1 2026 |
| Healthcare Quality | Inpatient Mortality Indicators, 2024 | Q2 2026 |
| Healthcare Quality | California Postoperative Sepsis Outcomes for Inpatient Elective Surgeries, 2024 | Q3 2026 |
| Healthcare Quality | Coronary Artery Bypass Graft: Hospital Performance Ratings, 2024 | Q3 2026 |
| Healthcare Quality | California Diagnostic Catheterization Volume and Sociodemographic Comparisons | Q3 2026 |
| Cost Transparency | Wholesale Acquisition Cost (WAC) Increase Report Data – Cumulative | Q3 2026 |
| Cost Transparency | Wholesale Acquisition Cost (WAC) Increase Report Data – Current Year | Q3 2026 |
| Healthcare Utilization | Alcohol-Related Emergency Department Encounters in California, 2020-2024 | Q3 2026 |
| Cost Transparency | Prescription Drugs Introduced to Market | Q3 2026 |
| HCAI Annual Open Data Portal Update (16 datasets on the Open Data Portal) | Q3 2026 |
| Cost Transparency | HPD – Services by Category | Q3 2026 |
| Healthcare Quality/Health Workforce | Physician Supply and Preventable Hospitalizations by County | Q3 2026 |
| Healthcare Utilization/Health Workforce | Languages Spoken by Patients and Hospital-Based Providers in California | Q3 2026 |
| Healthcare Utilization | Hospitalizations for Severe Sepsis in California | Q4 2026 |
| Healthcare Utilization | Hospital Utilization Trends | Q4 2026 |
| Healthcare Utilization | Preferred Languages Spoken in California Facilities | Q4 2026 |
| Healthcare Utilization | Maternity Care Honor Roll, 2026 | Q4 2026 |
| Healthcare Quality | Pediatric Quality Indicators (PDIs) – Area Level 14 Asthma Admission Rate, 16 Gastroenteritis Admission Rate, 18 Urinary Tract Infection Admission Rate, 90 Pediatric Quality Overall Composite (area level), 2025 | Q4 2026 |
To provide comments or to submit a question regarding the 2026 Analytic Plan, please contact dataandreports@hcai.ca.gov.
