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Zimmet Healthcare Services Group, LLC
Innovation in Reimbursement
August 17 - 18, 2016
CCJR: Early Lessons from the Provider Community
August 17 – 18, 2016 Atlantic City, NJ
HHS Payment Reform
• HHS Secretary Burwell: “Target to increase the number of payments that are linked to quality outcomes by 2018”
– Goal #1: 30% of all Medicare provider payments to be in alternate payment models tied to quality by 2016; 50% by 2018
– Goal #2: Virtually all Medicare fee-for-service payments to be tied to quality and value; 85% in 2016 and 90% in 2018
Value-Based Purchasing
• Goal for 30% value-based purchasing achieved 11 months early
– Largely due to ACO and Bundled Payment expansion
– Aim to continue increase to 50% by 2018 through CJR bundled project starting April 1, 2016, and New Episode Based Payment Models starting July 1, 2017
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Bundled Payments for Care Improvement
• Incentivize providers to reduce cost of episode against a target cost by coordinating acute and post-acute care
• Align incentives by providing opportunity to share gain in cost savings
• 48 DRGs which represent the clinical condition of approx. 70% of Medicare spending
• Organizations enter into arrangements that include financial and performance accountability for episodes of care
• Four models: – Model 2: Acute, Post-acute, readmission – Model 3: Post-acute and readmission
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Bundled Care Initiative
• Early results for Models 2 - 4
– Small sample size but…….
• Hospitals less likely to refer to SNFs and relied on home health agencies to reduce costs
• The Part A payment to SNFs and days billed significantly decreased for SNF and increased for HHA
BPCI Round 2
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BPCI Model
Round 1 January 2013
Round 2 June 2014
Model 1 21 15
Model 2 688 2,043
Model 3 1,895 4,514
Model 4 23 12
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New Episodic Payment Models
• CMS Proposal for New Conditions
– Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI)
• DRGs 280-282 and 246-251
– Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)
• DRGs 231-236
– Surgical hip/femur fracture treatment (excluding lower extremity joint replacements (SHFFT)
• DRGs 480-482
New Episodic Payment Models
• 5-year models (July 1, 2017 – December 31, 2021)
• Retrospective payment system
• Episode includes hospital admission and 90 days post discharge
• AMI and CABG Bundles mandatory in 98 randomly selected MSAs
• SHFFT expanded to same 67 CJR MSAs
The Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Payment Model
• Proposed rule to test Bundled Payments
• 5-year model
• 67 Geographic regions
• Hospital responsible for costs of Hip and
Knee replacement surgery through 90 days
after discharge
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The Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Payment Model
• As opposed to BPCI where participation is voluntary,
this model requires providers to participate
• Why Lower extremity replacements?
– High expenditure ($7 Billion/year), high utilization
procedure (430,000/year)
– Wide Variation in spending among Post Acute Providers
The Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Payment Model
• Model includes MS-DRGs 469 and 470
– Both With and Without major complications
• Episode would include procedure, inpatient stay, and related
care covered under Medicare Part A and B within 90 days
after discharge including PAC
• Current payments methodology would be unchanged;
retrospective calculation of actual episode payments
CJR Utilization
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AHA Initial Comments
September 2015
• The industry as a whole needs more time to prepare
• Request for waiver to Anti-Kickback Statue and Physician Self Referral Law
• Allow hospitals to form financial arrangements with other providers and to allow a limitation on post- providers
Hospital Survey
Survey of over 100 hospital representatives regarding readiness for CJR (January 2016):
1. How prepared is your hospital for CJR?
– Only 9% responded would be fully prepared
2. What is your goal date for fully implemented CJR program?
– 56% responded after April 1, 2016
3. What investments are you making for CJR?
– 75% hiring staff to mange bundle patients (navigator/coordinator)
The Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Payment Model
• Actual episode payment would be compared to established target cost after performance year
• If episode cost is below target, hospital is paid the difference (reconciliation payment)
• If episode cost is above target, hospital is responsible to repay difference (repayment would start after year 2)
• Bonus/Penalty Ceiling and Floors to limit risk – Stop loss policy in place
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August 17 - 18, 2016
The Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Payment Model
• Target price then blended between hospital and regional average costs and updated each year
• Regional comparison to one of 9 US census divisions
• 2% Medicare savings/discount applied to target
The Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Payment Model
• Initial Target Price based on 3 year historical data:
Performance Year(s)
Historical Date Range
Hospital Portion
Regional Portion
1 and 2 Jan 1, 2012-Dec 31,
2014
2/3 1/3
3 and 4 Jan 1, 2014- Dec 31,
2016
1/3 2/3
5 Jan 1, 2016-Dec 31,
2018
N/A 100%
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Reconciliation Forecast
“Initial studies show that up to 60% of participating hospitals currently
have an episodic cost higher than the regional average”
*Avalere March 30, 1016
Hospital Target Price Pressure
NYU DRG Payment
Average SNF
payment
Total Acute + SNF
Episode Cost
Middle Atlantic Regional Historical Average
DRG 469 $32,815 $20,086
(28 days @ RUB)
$52,901 $52,028
DRG 470 $21,290 $10,043
(14 days @ RUB)
$31,333 $27,406
CJR Spend
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Stop Loss/Gain
Performance Year Stop Loss Stop gain
1 NA 5%
2 5% 5%
3 10% 10%
4 20% 20%
5 20% 20%
Hospital Quality Measures
• Hospital can only receive reconciliation payment is
the score well on the following Quality Measures:
– Complication measure
– Readmission measure
– Beneficiary experience survey measure (HCAHPS)
• All 3 have PAC implications
Data Sharing
• Directly with Hospitals
– Detailed and summary level claims data for Part A and B
– 3-year Historical claim history at the start of CJR
– Quarterly data including episode claim data and aggregate regional claims data
– Initial quarterly report was
due end of July.
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SNF Implications and Keys Factors
The Proactive Approach to Success under CJR
Opposing Incentives
• SNFs still paid on the current PPS system; RUGs, LOS still matter to bottom line
• But acute care partners will rely on PAC partners to curb episodic spend
• Cost-Benefit analysis by admission
• DO NOT arbitrarily change operations without expectation to maintain or expand referrals
Short Stay Dilemma
• 5-day vs. 6-day Clinical Protocols
* Scheduled discharge date
Medicare Day 1 2 3 4 5*
Date 8/1 8/2 8/3 8/4 8/5
Therapy Minutes 120 120 120 120 0
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Short Stay Dilemma
• Can’t do Short Stay (> 4 days from start of rehab)
• Surgical wound = CC1 @ $362/day vs. anticipated RUB @ $717/day
• Therapy Charge = $138/day ($1.15/minute)
• Could have started on Day #2 (Short Stay applies) or provide 20 minute training on day of discharge to capture RVB
Marketing Analysis
• Use of publically available data from CMS to:
1. Evaluate market referral patterns (number of referrals, percentage of referrals from each acute care facility)
2. Determine how your performance compares to competition (Medicare ALOS, Medicare episodic cost, re-hospitalization rates, 5-star rating)
3. Develop “Angles” to Market for referrals
Preferred Provider Concept
• Hospital likely to determine based on following criteria: 1. Risk-adjusted readmit rate
2. CMS quality measures
3. Staffing
4. Patient complaints
5. Processes and outcomes
6. Compliance and government surveys
• Ongoing analysis of key performance indicators to determine inclusion
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Provider Questionnaire • Medicare FFS ALOS
• Managed Care ALOS
• Days per month Medical Director visits SNF
• Onsite Specialty Consultants (Psych, Wound Care, Resp Tx)
• Nursing Hours/Day, Staff turnoff %
• Use of Interact tools
• Any Care Transition post-discharge
• In-house or outsource therapy, day/week of therapy, use of FIM/outcomes tests
• Clinical/medical management (IVs, Trach/Vents, Dialysis)
• Readmission Rates (short vs. long-term residents)
• If SNF would commit to use of network preferred HHA
Care Coordinators
• NaviHealth
– PAC management contracted by hospital
– Aim to reduce PAC utilization variations
– Utilize proprietary software to predict beneficiaries recovery capacity
– Recommend care setting and PAC utilization levels
• Remedy Partners
– “The Episode of Care Company”
– Utilizes ‘Episode Direct’ Analytics Program
Post Acute Care Coordinators
• NaviHealth Process 1. Admission to Facility
2. Initial clinical documentation (Day 2-3 post admission)
3. LiveSafeOPT (Outcome Prediction Tool) report sent to Facility
4. Clinical update every 7 days following admission
5. Updated LiveSafeOPT report sent
6. Patient Discharge
7. Discharge documentation submitted 2 - 3 days post-discharge
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LiveSafeOPT
• Indicates the following:
– Admission scores
– Impairment and Diagnostic Groups
– Estimated length of stay (“ELOS”)
– Therapy hours per day
– Projected DC scores
– Likelihood of Discharge Setting
– Recommendations
– Placement Decisions
Performance Dashboard
What It Means to You
• Need to understand the Tools directing the decisions
– Need to address Cognition
• Who’s making treatment/therapy decisions
– NaviHealth feels that residents generally get better with
540-575 minutes per day
• Who’s making discharge decisions
• Relationship/communication with care coordinators
• Impact on future referral (census maintenance)
– Conveners will use outcomes to direct future referral
patterns
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Collaborators
• Collaborators for gainsharing arrangements could be with PAC providers including SNFs
• Must engage in care redesign strategies to be eligible for gainsharing; can have two-sided risk
• Hospital must retain at least 50% repayment risk with CMS, can’t share more than 25% with any one collaborator
Re-Hospitalizations
The 800-pound Pink Elephant in the room!
• SNF must have clinical programs and protocols in place to reduce readmissions (use of NP/PAs) and re-hospitalizations (post-discharge follow-up).
• Emphasis should be placed on clinical assessments and interventions prior to ER discharge, avoiding premature discharges, and communication between patients, caregivers and providers
• Use of Technology for “Care Transitions” to ensure post-discharge compliance
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CJR Readmission
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Telehealth
• New incentive for hospitals to provide follow-up services post discharge
• Waiver for both patient geographic and originating site requirements
• New G-codes to report home telehealth visits furnished to CJR beneficiaries
• These patients lend themselves to this form of monitoring as the clinical condition typically without cognitive impairment, age range 65 - 75 and without significant co-morbidities in most cases
SNF 3-Midnight Waiver
• Waiver for SNF 3-day hospital stay to a discharge SNF with at least a 3 star rating.
• Begins Year 2 of Program
• SNF will only get the more acute and complex cases
• 5-star Nursing Home Compare rating now significantly impacts discharge decisions
• Now Annual survey and Nurse staffing imperative to financial success
New Quality Measures
• Five of six will be phased into 5-star Quality Ratings system over a 9-month period
• Only the measure on anti-anxiety or hypnotic medication not used
• Benchmark data will be a year of information up to July 2015
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New Quality Measures
• Claims Based Data 1. % of Short-stay that have ER visits 2. % of Short-stay discharged to community (and remained
home for 30 day post-d/c) 3. % of Short-stay re-hospitalized after SNF admission
(includes observation)
• MDS Based Data 1. % of Short-stay that made improvements in physical
functioning and locomotion 2. % of Long-stay that ability to move independently
worsened 3. % of Long-stay that received an anti-anxiety or hypnotic
medication
Success Under Bundling
• Investigate current market dynamics and where your SNF “fits in”
• Engage hospital with proactive clinical initiatives
• Analyze data specific to your utilization patterns
• Know your key metrics (SNF Episodic Costs, ALOS, 5-star rating, readmission rate)
• Develop integrated care transition programs
• Monitor and report outcomes
Conclusion
• Pressure to have and promote quality outcomes
–Aggressively market and develop preferred partner relationships
–Demonstrate a focus on reducing readmission rates
–Maintaining (at least) a 3-star rating is key