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September 23, 2008. Strategies for Medicaid Care Management Programs. The 2 nd National Predictive Modeling Summit Linda Shields, RN, BSN, Senior Associate. Predictive Modeling Objectives & Techniques.
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September 23, 2008 Strategies for Medicaid Care Management Programs The 2nd National Predictive Modeling Summit Linda Shields, RN, BSN, Senior Associate
Predictive Modeling Objectives & Techniques • Identify members that are projected to be high cost in the future for additional interventions, in an effort to reduce their future expenditures • Stratify members by their projected health care needs to be able to determine the appropriate intervention • Identify members that are currently inexpensive and are at the early stages of a disease onset, that would have not been identified by more traditional risk adjustment techniques • The Adjusted Clinical Groups (ACGs) and Diagnostic Cost Groups (DCGs) risk adjustment system have both developed predictive modeling components that are included in their risk adjustment models • Mercer has recently completed several projects that utilized the ACG system to evaluate the efficiency of managed care organizations (MCOs) and Fee for Service populations
Medicaid Case Study • A review of a State’s Fee-for-Service Medicaid population was performed using the ACG model to better understand the underlying population and identify care management opportunities • The ACG system offers multiple measures that can be used to identify subsets of members that would benefit the most from a care management program. These measures include: • Predictive Modeling Score • 93 Mutually Exclusive Risk Groups • 6 Resource Utilization Bands (RUBs) • Chronic Condition Markers • Co-morbidities • Hospital Dominant Conditions
Predictive Modeling • The PM score represents the probability that an individual will be in the top 5% most expensive members the following year • PM scores range from 0 to 1 • A PM score of 0.95 indicates that there is a 95% chance that a member will be among the top 5% most expensive members the next year • Members with a PM score of 0.9 or higher will likely be very expensive the next year, but this score will identify a small number of members • Selecting a lower PM score will identify more members, however some of these members will have lower costs in the following year
Year 1 PM Score High Risk Members: (PM score of 0.6 or higher) Year 2 Utilization
Risk Groups and RUBs • Another alternative is to look at a member’s RUB group assignment • The distribution of members across the 93 risk groups can also be used to evaluate the health status of the members and identify members for care management programs • This comparison can be simplified by looking at the distribution of members across the six Resource Utilization Bands (RUBs) • RUBs group ACGs with similar expected costs
Chronic Condition Markers & Co- Morbidities • The ACG grouper also identifies members with chronic conditions that are amenable to care management interventions • These chronic condition markers can be used to evaluate the prevalence of chronic conditions within a population • The cost and complexity of caring for a patient with any of these chronic conditions will be affected by the number of co-morbidities that each member has, which will impact their health status • Members with multiple chronic conditions would have a marker for each condition • To avoid counting a member in multiple disease categories, a chronic condition hierarchy was used to assign each member to 1 chronic disease category • The hierarchy that was used to assign members is as follows: • Renal Failure, CHF, COPD, Ischemic HD, Depression, Asthma, Diabetes, Hyperlipidemia, Hypertension, Arthritis, and Low Back Pain
Hospital Dominant Conditions • A hospital dominant condition is a diagnosis that has a high probability of requiring the member to be hospitalized in the following year • The higher the number of hospital dominant conditions a member has, the greater their health care needs will be in the following year • The following chart relates a member’s Year 1 number of hospital dominant conditions to their Year 2 expenditures • Members with 1 or more hospital dominant conditions were significantly more expensive the following year
Combined Risk Index • The combination of PM score, RUB group, number of chronic conditions, and number of hospital dominant conditions can be used to identify a subset of members that will be high cost in the following year • Within each chronic condition category the Combined Risk Index identifies a cohort of significantly more expensive members • Parameters of the Combined Risk Index can vary to identify more members, which will result in less separation between the high and low risk group, or identify a smaller subset that will have greater separation
Care Management Applications • Risk scores can be used to identify members with high predicted concurrent and prospective scores. These members can be expected to be high-cost now and into the future • ACG and RUB groups can be used to identify members with multiple significant health problems • Predicted modeling scores identify members who are predicted to be high-cost in the annual time period following the risk assignment period • EDC groups can be used to identify members with chronic conditions that will likely need services in the future • Hospital dominant conditions identify members, who will likely require hospitalizations in the near future • Combinations of these factors can be used to create a Care Management Profile which identifies members who will likely have high health care utilization in the future • Helps to identify specific patients at risk and to develop appropriate interventions to both improve clinical outcomes and potentially avoid or decrease future utilization patterns and costs
Factors to Consider When Selecting Disease Category • Prevalence rates of disease conditions • Service utilization levels and costs associated with each condition • Existence of evidence-based treatment guidelines • Generally recognizable problems in therapy documented in the literature or large variation in practice • Large number of patients exists whose therapy could be improved • Preventable acute events • The potential of cost savings within a relatively short period • The ability of behavior change to impact the disease conditions
Considerations when Choosing a Care Management Program • Each program may be used by itself or in combination with any other • Individual components within each program should be selected for use based upon program goals and available resources • The largest opportunities to achieve substantial and early cost savings lie in decreasing ER usage, inpatient admissions, readmissions or length of hospital stays • Care improvements exist in implementing strategies that decrease member disease burden, elicit member behavior change and support compliance with evidence-based guidelines
Top 10 Disease Conditions Identified As Most Prevalent in Year 2 (Members with a Risk Score of > .60) • Low Back Pain • Asthma • Hypertension • Hyperlipidemia • Depression • Arthritis • Diabetes • Ischemic Heart Disease • Congestive Obstructive Pulmonary Disease • Congestive Heart Failure • Chronic Renal Failure
Disease Focus: Why Asthma? • Clinical Guidelines • Nationally Recognized & Accepted • Readily Available • Volume • Largest # Members • Greatest % • Dollars • Total PMPM approx. $600 • Impactable • ER Usage • Avoid Triggers • Medication Management • Short Term Return • Manage Costs • Improve Outcomes
Member Complexity When considering Care Management strategies it is essential to understand clinical relationships, interactions and frequency of conditions within the targeted population.
Strategies for Managing Increasing Member Complexity Multiple Chronic Conditions Predictive Modeling Decision Support Nurse Advice Line High Cost/High Use Health Risk Assessment Self Care Mailers Population Health Management Targeted Risk Assessment Case Management Disease Management Self Management Training High Disease Burden Low Level Use for Minor Conditions & Potential for Risk Factors Single High Impact Disease Unknown Risk Factors Users Users & Non-Users Population Segment
What is Disease Management? “Disease Management is a system of coordinated health care interventions and communications for populations with conditions for which patient self-care efforts are significant.” –-Disease Management Association of America (DMAA)
Typical Disease Management Programs • Asthma • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease • Congestive Heart Failure • Ischemic Heart Disease • Diabetes • Depression • Anxiety • Hypertension • Hyperlipidemia
Disease Management Components for Success • Decreasing treatment variability • Closing the gap between current treatment patterns and optimal treatment guidelines • Provider adherence to nationally accepted guidelines • Clinical pathways available to direct interventions • Appropriate adjustments are made to guidelines to account for multiple co-morbid conditions or unique member situations • Guidelines, translated into layman’s language, are shared with members as a means of supporting self-care behaviors • Member & Provider Buy In
What is Case Management? “Case management is a collaborative process of assessment, planning, facilitation and advocacy for options and services to meet an individual's health needs through communication and available resources to promote quality cost-effective outcomes.” –-Case Management Society of America (CMSA)
Typical Cases Managed • Terminally Ill (Cancers) • Major Trauma (Accidents, Loss of Limb, Traumatic Brain Injury) • Physical Disability (Quadriplegia, Spina Bifida) • Fatal Conditions (HIV/AIDS) • Sudden Event (MI, Stroke) • Chronic Conditions (CHF, Asthma, Diabetes) • High Risk (Pregnancies, Preemies) • Complex Cases (Comorbidities, Psycho/Social/Economic Issues) • Transplants (Organ, Skin, Corneal)
Case Management Success • Decreased Utilization • Improved Clinical Conditions • Provider & Member Buy In • Collaboration Across Disciplines • Financial Savings primarily achieved through coordination of interventions among complex care providers & benefit management
Key Principles: Total Health Management • Address entire health care continuum • Everyone in Population • Emphasize Long-Term Behavioral Change & Risk Modification • Data Driven Programs • Not limited to single disease condition
Stages of Change CDC–Strategy of Change http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/physical/everyone/stages_of_change/index.htm
Impact of Risk Factors • Those with Lifestyle Risk Factors cost 10% - 70% more than those not at risk • Managing risk factors can: • Decrease the disease burden to the individual • Improve quality outcomes • Decrease the consumption of costly resources
Member’s Involvement & Buy In Necessary • Active participation • Understand the importance of compliance with the treatment plan • Understand their condition • Identify and avoid trigger points • Reduce Risk Factors • Utilize tools and self-help materials provided to assist in taking an active role in self-care
Medicaid Specific Barriers to Care • Transportation • Language • Literacy Level • Medical Literacy • Knowledge Gaps • Economic Issues • Lack of Technology • Demographics/Locating the Member • Provider Reimbursement
Option #2: Proactive Care Management Program • Traditional health care management focused on treating existing illness or disease. Proactive Care Management focuses interventions along the health care continuum from optimal health to illness • Options include building a program, contracting with a vendor to provide a program or a combination of building, and outsourcing/assembly • Program strives to proactively teach self-help behaviors that promote health, decrease development of risk factors, avoid behaviors that trigger acute events and help avoid disease development or to slow disease progression • For proactive care management programs to be successful, a careful analysis of the required skills and resources must occur • Due to the focus on prevention, behavioral change, and compliance with evidence-based guidelines additional resources not currently in place may be required
Indicators of Success • HEDIS &/or HEDIS-like Scores • Client Specific Goals • Enrollment • Satisfaction • Member • Provider • Utilization of Resources • ER • Inpatient • Rx
Currently In Progress • Care Management Program Gap Analysis • Systems Review • Evidence-based practice guidelines • Provider Education • Review practice models • Analysis of Routine reporting/feedback loop • ER Strategy
