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HFMA December 2012 . Change is Upon Us. Attacking Rising Costs. 23% of the Medicare population has a chronic condition with 5 or more co-morbid conditions that compel them to see 12 (different) physicians per year, to fill 16 prescriptions and account for
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HFMA December 2012
Change is Upon Us • Attacking Rising Costs • 23% of the Medicare population has a chronic condition with • 5 or more co-morbid conditions that compel them to see • 12 (different) physicians per year, to fill • 16 prescriptions and account for • 68% of total Medicare spending Source: Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Strategy #1: Physician IntegrationMercy Health Physician Base Continues To Expand Mercy Health employs physicians (primary care and specialists) in every planning area. * *includes MD extenders
Strategy #3: Population Health Management 20,000 Patients Coming up in 2013 22,000 Patients 800 Patients
Strategy #4: Increasing Efficiency Good Target approximates top quartile Good Benchmark approximates top quartile
An Accountable Care Organization (ACO) is a group of providers willing and capable of accepting accountability for the total cost and quality of care for a defined population. What is an ACO? • Core Components: • People Centered Foundation • Health Home • High-Value Network • Population Health Data Mgmt • ACO Leadership • Payor Partnerships • Payer Partners • Insurers • Employers • States • CMS 9
Mercy Health Select / ACO Vision • MHS is a virtual partnership between Mercy Health hospitals, Mercy Health Physicians, community PCPs, specialist groups contracted with MH hospitals, and potentially other health care professionals who accept responsibility for and are dedicated to improving the health status of residents in the Tri-State region through improved access, coordination of care and clinical performance management
Mercy Health Select - Building the ACO • Approved by Medicare to be an ACO in July 2012 • Mercy Health Physicians and Affiliated Physicians • 22,000 attributed lives • PCP determined by a plurality of visits • Developing population health management skills • Exploring commercial ACO opportunities
There are two important goals the ACO must accomplish before it can get shared savings
33 Quality MeasuresMeasure and Report • Patient experience • Care Coordination • Preventive Care • Management of Population Health for at-risk chronic populations • Diabetes • Hypertension • IVD • CAD
Key strategies to bend the cost curve • PCMH that is fully implemented in all of our practices • Care Coordination to proactively manage patients • Reduce re-admits by improving • communication among PCPs/ ED/ Hospitalists • Reduce ED utilization by expanding access • CarePATH Common IT Platform
PCMH Care Coordination Pilot Results • Admission rate ↓ 51% • Readmission rate ↓ 35% • ER visit rate ↓ 37% • Diabetes A1C control improved: ↑ 33% • LDL (% Ideal) ↑ 6.45% • Goal of not smoking: ↑ 11.8%
Pulling it All Together: Comprehensive Population Health Management • Physician-led Governance Body and Committees • PCMH & Nurse Care Coordinator Program • Risk Stratification, Disease Mgmt., Wellness, High-Cost Claims, Data Warehousing/Reporting