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InterCase Accountable Care Blog. Framework for Discussion of Population Health Management IT Tools. September 17, 2014. In Care Management Tools. I am pleased by the frenzy of investment in tools that support the various elements of accountable care/population health. I am a little surprised how rarely the advertised tools are detailed by the business functions that the tools support. I would suggest there are three broad categories of tools in support of accountable care:. There are literally dozens of ...
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8211; InterCase’s mission is to enable providers to decrease the cost of care through improved care coordination. We believe it is critical to improve care quality and patient engagement as well, but reduction in the cost of care (against trend) is our main objective. Multiple separate provider organizations. To coordinate management of a patient population against an integrated plan of care for each patient. Alignment of incentives is required but common organization ownership is not. InterCase ...On Wh...
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Why Use InterCase? - InterCase
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We understand clinical processes, clinical change management and clinical analytics. But the real objective is not a successful technical implementation. The objective is to enable care delivery systems to significantly reduce the cost of care delivery without sacrificing quality. We accomplish this end by 1) establishing care management objectives (e.g., reduced ED use, improved performance of ADLs, improved medical adherance, improved reporting of clinical risks, etc.), and 2) deplo...Like many innovat...
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Stratify Patients - InterCase
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How ought we target patients for “special” care management attention? Generally, the process used to proactively identify patients for increased care management focus is called stratification. The virtue of “Accountable Care”. Who are the highest utilizers now? There are many rules-of-thumb that characterize the disparity of utilization across a general population. It is often noted that:. 5% of patients consume 45% of costs. 45% of patients consume about 5% of costs, and. For our purposes, the above num...
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What is “Virtualized Access”? We use “virtualized access” to mean exactly one thing:. All participants in the plan of care can see (and act on) the same plan of care. In those environments where all. Providers and patients are attached to a single medical group or provider system and. That provider system has a broadly-installed EMR system and. The patient portal gives patients access to the electronic chart, existing clinical systems might. Be able to support virtualized access to a plan of care. Care m...
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Engage Patients - InterCase
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Health plans versus provider organizations in “accountable care”. Much of the discussion related to accountable care is led by payers. Undeniably, the role of the payer is critical in that the payer must agree to changes in provider compensation to reward accountable behavior on the part of providers. In our humble view,. This is the easy part. Some of the elements of provider payment are indeed complex, including:. Global payment, capitation and subcapitation. Share savings arrangements, and. Providers ...
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Comprise experienced senior healthcare executives from consulting and operating environments. Our team’s median healthcare industry management experience is approximately 25 years. Includes a range of clients from across the spectrum of the healthcare industry. The following list is a subset of our client experience:. AARP Health Care Options. Blue Shield of California. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island. Boston Children’s Hospital. New York Presbyterian Hospital. Northwest Permanente Medical Group.
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Http:/ insurancethoughtleadership.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/bg-h1.png. Aaron Blackledge is a bridge builder, game planner and thought leader at GeauxPoint Consulting, which operates out of Baton Rouge, La. He specializes in helping businesses to navigate the rapid pace of innovation and change. Aaron has more than 15 years of experience in business management and technology. See all articles by this author . See all articles by this author . See all articles by this author . Adam K. Levin is a c...
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The final post…probably. January 19, 2017. Dear Loyalty Readers of Cracking Health Costs,. You haven’t heard much from me lately and I owe you an explanation. In all likelihood this will be my last post on this blog. I am not retiring in any sense but just plan to spend more time on execution and less on generating information. Al Lewis and I wrote a book named after this blog, Cracking Health Costs, which become an Amazon trade best seller. If you bought the book, many thanks. I turn age 70 this year an...
