New York Services
Keep Your SPARCS Reporting on Track.
Deadlines, volume targets, rejections, contacts and data access, organized into a routine your team can keep.
Questions this work helps answer
- Are we meeting the 60-day and 180-day submission deadlines?
- Why are our accepted volumes below target, and are rejections the cause?
- Do we have the right Coordinators, Submitters and contacts, and are access rules being followed?
- What changed in 2026 for ticketing, contacts and security reviews?
- How do we use public or requested SPARCS data responsibly?
What we typically look at
- The Department of Health’s compliance protocol, reports and quarterly forum summaries
- Your weekly audit reports, monthly compliance reports and rejection reports
- Contact lists, access and login practices
- File and record rules and the most-triggered edits
- Your internal routine: who checks what, and when
How it works
- Understand. We start with the decision you are facing and the questions behind it.
- Gather. We bring together the relevant data, documents and public information.
- Analyze and investigate. We look for patterns, problems, opportunities and likely causes, and we say what the evidence does and does not establish.
- Evaluate. We compare options and scenarios, including their trade-offs.
- Recommend. We translate the findings into clear priorities and next steps.
What you receive
A written summary of what we found, the evidence behind each finding and prioritized recommendations. Depending on what you need, we can also provide models, dashboards, presentations or implementation plans.
See what the public SPARCS data shows
Try our free Explore New York Hospitals experience: select a hospital to see inpatient volumes, payer mix, service lines and what changed between 2023 and 2024, built from the Department of Health’s public SPARCS files.
A note on scope
We help teams understand the Department’s published requirements and organize their own routine. We do not speak for the Department, and we do not submit data on a facility’s behalf.
Guides to read first
These plain-language guides from our Blogs explain the questions behind this work, with their sources.
Reporting basics and deadlines
- What Is SPARCS, and Which New York Facilities Must Report to It?
- SPARCS Submission Deadlines: The 60-Day and 180-Day Rules, Month by Month
- How the SPARCS Compliance Calendar Works: From Reporting Period to Statement of Deficiency
- How SPARCS Volume Targets Work: The 80% and 75% Benchmarks
- SPARCS Coordinators: Who Is Accountable for a Facility’s Data?
- SPARCS Extensions and Exceptions: Which to Request and What to Include
- What Changed in SPARCS Compliance in 2026: Ticketing, Contacts and Security Reviews
- Why SPARCS Records Get Rejected and How to Fix Them
- How to Read SPARCS Audit Reports and Compliance Dashboards
- SPARCS Data Quality Audits: The 90-Day Correction Window
- SPARCS Race and Ethnicity Reporting: What Every Claim Must Carry
- What SPARCS Public Use Files Are Available on Health Data NY
- What Is in the SPARCS De-Identified Inpatient File, and What Is Left Out
- SPARCS Data Limitations Every Analyst Should Know Before Drawing Conclusions
- How to Request Limited or Identifiable SPARCS Data
- Publishing From SPARCS Data: Review, Disclaimer and Small-Cell Rules
- A Practical Monthly Routine for Staying Compliant With SPARCS
Frequently asked questions
How long does it take and what does it cost?
It depends on the scope and the data available. After a first conversation we describe the approach and agree what is in scope before any work begins.
Do you need patient information?
Reviews like this generally work from aggregate financial, operational and public data. If a question would require patient-level data, we would discuss how to handle it before anything is shared.
Is this legal or regulatory advice?
No. Two Pillars is not a law firm. SPARCS requirements come from the New York State Department of Health, and we point to its published materials. For legal questions, consult counsel.
Talk to us about sparcs compliance and data review
Tell us what you are trying to understand or decide, and we will tell you how we would approach it.