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Transparency John Yindra, MD Associate Medical Director October, 2012. MMC PHO Overview. Joint venture: MMC and Community Physicians of Maine Board of Directors 50/50 Formed in 1994; not-for-profit, taxable organization __________________________________________
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Transparency John Yindra, MD Associate Medical Director October, 2012
MMC PHO Overview • Joint venture: MMC and Community Physicians of Maine • Board of Directors 50/50 • Formed in 1994; not-for-profit, taxable organization __________________________________________ P = Community Physicians of Maine (CPM) • 1080 members • 57% employed • Greater Portland, Norway, Boothbay Harbor, Damariscotta, MidCoast, Belfast, Rockland, Biddeford H = Maine Medical Center (Soon to be all MH Hospitals)
MMC PHOEvolution 250 docs 1100 docs One community Eight communities
What is Transparency? • The process by which data regarding quality and cost/utilization of healthcare services is made available for review and reflection in order to effect positive change • Internal transparency occurs when data is shared by the health care providers in an integrated health care delivery system • External transparency refers to the sharing of quality and cost data with the consumers of health care.
Driving Change • Encourage quality improvement, innovation • Understand variation • Appeal to professionalism • Spur competition to attain the goals of the organization • Share best practices • Achieve trust in accuracy of data • Create a sense of team/allegiance/responsibility • Strengthen the PHO by increasing accountability • Support Accountable Care • Cost and Quality = Value Source: May 2012. The Commonwealth Fund. Explaining High Health Care Spending in the United States: An International Comparison of Supply, Utilization, Prices and Quality
Guiding Principles We will: • Protect patient privacy in all transparency efforts • Display measures electronically for physicians (password protected) • Engage all PHO members with quality and cost/utilization data - physicians now, hospitals in the future • Align measures with PHO organizational objectives • Risk adjust data when possible • Review of data by the appropriate PHO committee • Share data with appropriate members of the PHO
Existing & New Efforts • Public Reporting (Pathways to Excellence) • Internal transparency among Primary Care Providers through monthly Clinical Improvement Registry (CIR)practice level reports • Creation of an Accountable Care Organization • Participation in the Medicare Shared Savings Program • ACO Quality Metrics • Committees to review and respond to data • Central & Regional • Northern New England Accountable Care Collaborative (NNEACC) - a data trust
Maine Health Management Coalition Pathways to Excellence Program http://getbettermaine.org/
What is an ACO? • A group of healthcare providers who agree to work together and assume responsibility for improving the quality and reducing the cost of care for their patients
Accountable Care • The MaineHealth Accountable Care Organization (MHACO) requires a transparent approach to engaging Participants in discussions regarding performance and healthcare value • These “discussions” must serve at least two purposes: • Pro-active identification of opportunities and setting of goals for improvement on specific efficiency and quality measures • Predictable and transparent way to respond to / correct challenges relating to unwarranted variance • Measures: • Quality • Cost/Utilization
Northern New England Accountable Care Collaborative (NNEACC)
What does it mean for you? Beginning now…. • Engage in data collection & quality reporting • Participate in active review of your data • Assess your data for accuracy • Review benchmarks and your data for performance comparison • Develop plans within your practice to improve where needed, and if accuracy is a problem work to understand and fix any issues
What does it mean for your patients? Over time….. Public reporting will expand • External reporting is already a reality • Many primary care members of CPM and many hospitals already report quality measures on the Get Better Maine public website Data reporting expectations will increase • The number of quality measures will increase • Cost will need to be addressed