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Managed Care is not only about containing costs Geraldine Bartlett
Medical Scheme FINANCIALS
Medical Scheme Financials Health of member
fee arrangements with providers hospital utilisation management pre-authorisations drug utilisation review (DUR) baskets of care risk sharing and risk transfer arrangements disease management programmes co-payments case management preferred providers & DSPs formularies capitation predictive modelling provider profiling gate-keeping second opinions
Managed Care • Broad and varied strategies and tools • Involves interventions by the MCO
Managed care interventions Costs Care
What is your MCO doing to manage the health of your members? • What is your MCO measuring re the health of your members? • What do you know about the health of your members? • What types of reports should you be asking for?
The Health Continuum Wellness Illness
Do you know ? • How many members have chronic illnesses? • What chronic illnesses? • How many are receiving quality care? • What is being done to improve care? • What are the outcomes?
Measuring Care DonabedianModel
Diabetes - measuring care (process) Case study : Diabetes Disease Management Programme
Diabetes - measuring care Case study : Diabetes Disease Management Programme
% of diabetic patients having HbA1c test Case study: Diabetes Disease Management Programme
Benefits of Good Control Ref: SEMDSA Guidelines on Management of Type 2 Diabetes 2012 South African Dyslipidaemia Guidelines Consensus statement 2012 South African Hypertension Guideline 2011
Diabetes - measuring care Case study: Diabetes Disease Management Programme
Diabetes- Improving Outcomes Hospital admissions * Per annum
Asthma Number of patients using medicines correctly GINA: Update 2014
Asthma – Health status Asthma control Ref: GINA Update 2014
Asthma- Improving Outcomes Hospital admissions Case study: Asthma Disease Management Programme
HIV – Health status WHO Consolidated guidelines on use of antiretroviral drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection. June 2013
? Are these patients having Viral load tests CD4 counts
HIV – Health status Ref: HIV Disease Management Programme
Prevention and Screening • Flu vaccines • Pneumococcal vaccines • Mammograms • Cervical cytology • HIV screening • Cholesterol screening • Glaucoma screening • Colorectal cancer screening
Managed Care is not only about cost savings • Managed Care is also about CARE - members’ health • MCO’s should be measuring costs and care • MCO’s should be reporting on members’ health/care Every Board of Trustees should have at least one person who has a medical background.