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MONTHLY MEETING RECAP July 2015 Board of Managers ICD10 Dr. Stuart provided an update on ICD10 and the upcoming changes. One of the variables is the hospital can be prepared, however, the payers might not be. EvergreenHealth has shared information, including test claims, to get a sense of how ready they are, however, we can’t prep them completely. Dr. Stuart also provide a handout of the September training schedule. There is no need to register for a training class, you are welcome to attend on the date/time that works best for your schedule. 30Day Readmissions Dr. Palazzo provider an overview of our 30day readmission stats, including an overall history of how we have progressed. The best way to we have found to decrease readmission rates is to publicize each provider’s stats. Provider’s want to do the right thing and are also competitive so if you post stats, they will want to improve on their own. PSHVN – HCA Accountable Care Program Mr. Martin provided an update on the PSHCN/HCA contract as follows: Signed the contract in early June Are now deep into the implementation phase Anticipate 5,000 lives – 30% will convert 30% premium discount, $0 cost for PCP visits Gearing up for open enrollment – call center, website, marketing materials, rosters Quality Care Transformations is in place Started process to make PSHVN as its own LLC organizational elements of operating agreement are in place There are still several unanswered questions we are working through Executive Director / Quality Committee Update In Ms. Ruyle’s absence, Mr. Martin provided an update as follows: Benefits Captive started a process of looking at a captive, your practice manager received an email from Tiffanie If we put EH we may be enough to make it beneficial Medical Director Update Dr. Buehrens provided an update as follows: It has been close to a year we have had an RN Care Coordinator. As Debi visits practices, she is hearing that the provider’s feel very disconnected from information regarding EHP. Dr. Buehrens also reviewed the PCP/Specialist compact. Should the BOM review and provide feedback or would you like the Quality Committee to edit and bring a final version back to this group? Have the Quality Committee review and bring back a final version for review in September. Quality Committee Quality Initiatives Dr. Russell and Ms. Rutherford provided an update as follows: 2015 Aetna Targets: We expect to have a meeting with Aetna within the next few weeks to set 2015 the targets. There are 8 quality measures, 2 are double weighted. We need additional information from Aetna before we can accurately set the targets. Dr. Buehrens met with Dr. Bartholomew earlier in the year to discuss targets, however, no one seems to remember what they are. 2015 First Choice Improvement Strategy Confirmed the measures chosen. Now, how can Debi & I help the practice managers wrap their minds around this? How do we communicate this information in a meaningful way? Do we have any data we can show them so they can see where each provider stands so we can work to improve? Can we ask for strategies of providers who are doing well? Cigna Update To answer the coronary artery disease questions that came up last month, we only have 7 unique patients in the denominator.

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Page 1: EHP Monthly Meeting Recap July 2015 - files.ctctcdn.comfiles.ctctcdn.com/8fe53318201/a3111747-c87c-4eac-a726-6b7c4cba… · MONTHLY(MEETING(RECAP((July(2015(Boardof(Managers! (ICDC10(Dr.!Stuart!provided!an!update!on!ICD210and!the!upcoming!changes.!!One!of!the!variables!is!the!hospital!can

MONTHLY  MEETING  RECAP    July  2015  

Board  of  Managers    

ICD-­‐10  Dr.  Stuart  provided  an  update  on  ICD-­‐10  and  the  upcoming  changes.    One  of  the  variables  is  the  hospital  can  be  prepared,  however,  the  payers  might  not  be.    EvergreenHealth  has  shared  information,  including  test  claims,  to  get  a  sense  of  how  ready  they  are,  however,  we  can’t  prep  them  completely.    

Dr.  Stuart  also  provide  a  handout  of  the  September  training  schedule.    There  is  no  need  to  register  for  a  training  class,  you  are  welcome  to  attend  on  the  date/time  that  works  best  for  your  schedule.    

30-­‐Day  Readmissions  Dr.  Palazzo  provider  an  overview  of  our  30-­‐day  readmission  stats,  including  an  overall  history  of  how  we  have  progressed.    The  best  way  to  we  have  found  to  decrease  readmission  rates  is  to  publicize  each  provider’s  stats.    Provider’s  want  to  do  the  right  thing  and  are  also  competitive  so  if  you  post  stats,  they  will  want  to  improve  on  their  own.    PSHVN  –  HCA  Accountable  Care  Program  Mr.  Martin  provided  an  update  on  the  PSHCN/HCA  contract  as  follows:  • Signed  the  contract  in  early  June  • Are  now  deep  into  the  implementation  phase  • Anticipate  5,000  lives  –  30%  will  convert  • 30%  premium  discount,  $0  cost  for  PCP  visits  • Gearing  up  for  open  enrollment  –  call  center,  website,  marketing  materials,  rosters  • Quality  Care  Transformations  is  in  place  • Started  process  to  make  PSHVN  as  its  own  LLC  -­‐  organizational  elements  of  operating  agreement  are  in  place  • There  are  still  several  unanswered  questions  we  are  working  through  

 

Executive  Director  /  Quality  Committee  Update  In  Ms.  Ruyle’s  absence,  Mr.  Martin  provided  an  update  as  follows:  • Benefits  Captive  -­‐  started  a  process  of  looking  at  a  captive,  your  practice  manager  received  an  email  from  Tiffanie  • If  we  put  EH  we  may  be  enough  to  make  it  beneficial    Medical  Director  Update  Dr.  Buehrens  provided  an  update  as  follows:  It  has  been  close  to  a  year  we  have  had  an  RN  Care  Coordinator.    As  Debi  visits  practices,  she  is  hearing  that  the  provider’s  feel  very  disconnected  from  information  regarding  EHP.      

Dr.  Buehrens  also  reviewed  the  PCP/Specialist  compact.      Should  the  BOM  review  and  provide  feedback  or  would  you  like  the  Quality  Committee  to  edit  and  bring  a  final  version  back  to  this  group?    Have  the  Quality  Committee  review  and  bring  back  a  final  version  for  review  in  September.    

Quality  Committee    

Quality  Initiatives  Dr.  Russell  and  Ms.  Rutherford  provided  an  update  as  follows:  2015  Aetna  Targets:  We  expect  to  have  a  meeting  with  Aetna  within  the  next  few  weeks  to  set  2015  the  targets.    There  are  8  quality  measures,  2  are  double  weighted.    We  need  additional  information  from  Aetna  before  we  can  accurately  set  the  targets.    Dr.  Buehrens  met  with  Dr.  Bartholomew  earlier  in  the  year  to  discuss  targets,  however,  no  one  seems  to  remember  what  they  are.    

2015  First  Choice  Improvement  Strategy  Confirmed  the  measures  chosen.    Now,  how  can  Debi  &  I  help  the  practice  managers  wrap  their  minds  around  this?    How  do  we  communicate  this  information  in  a  meaningful  way?    Do  we  have  any  data  we  can  show  them  so  they  can  see  where  each  provider  stands  so  we  can  work  to  improve?    Can  we  ask  for  strategies  of  providers  who  are  doing  well?    

Cigna  Update  To  answer  the  coronary  artery  disease  questions  that  came  up  last  month,  we  only  have  7  unique  patients  in  the  denominator.    

Page 2: EHP Monthly Meeting Recap July 2015 - files.ctctcdn.comfiles.ctctcdn.com/8fe53318201/a3111747-c87c-4eac-a726-6b7c4cba… · MONTHLY(MEETING(RECAP((July(2015(Boardof(Managers! (ICDC10(Dr.!Stuart!provided!an!update!on!ICD210and!the!upcoming!changes.!!One!of!the!variables!is!the!hospital!can

Can  we  somehow  negotiate  to  remove  the  category  if  we  only  have  xx  number  of  patients?    

Nurse  Care  Coordinator  Update  Ms.  Jefferson  provided  an  update  as  follows:    We  have  a  new  high  risk  number  of  patients  -­‐  279  70%  of  those  have  been  presented  to  the  providers  they  are  attributed  to  Currently,  this  information  is  provided  to  the  practice  manager  who  sends  it  to  the  MA  or  MD.        

Nurse  Care  Coordinator  Update  Dr.  Buehrens  discussed  the  Primary  Care  /  Specialist  compact.    Tiffanie  will  send  the  draft  to  the  committee  for  review,  edits  and  comments.    An  updated  draft  will  be  brought  to  the  August  meeting  for  discussion.    

Payer  Committee    

Mr.  Martin  provided  an  update  from  the  Payer  Committee  meeting  as  follows:  D2B  -­‐  Now  that  we  are  1  ½  years  into  payer  contracts  and  are  seeing  positive  data  trends,  we  can  approach  potential  employers  about  opportunities  to  partner  with  us.    Examples  of  potential  partners  are:  • Windham  Hotels  –  regional  office  in  Renton,  340  employees  locally  of  which  72  are  attributed  to  us,  hosted  a  Be  Well  Day  

and  invited  us  to  join  in.    Will  continue  to  talk  to  them.  • Blue  Print  Consulting  Group  –  with  Cigna  and  we  plan  to  meet  with  them  next  week.  • City  of  Kirkland  –  with  First  Choice,  1,400  lives,  value  =  Tiered  benefit  design,  can  steer  patients  into  EHP  and  lower  costs.      • EHP  Active  Care  –  Regence  -­‐  we  met  with  them  today  to  discuss  how  we  can  expand  this  program.  • Master  Builders  Association  –  with  Regence  –  we  think  we  can  save  them  money.  • Denali  Advanced  Integration  –  with  Regence,  250  employee  group  • Canyon  Creek  Cabinets,  Monroe  • Premera  ACO  contract  –  Alaska  Airline,  Microsoft  –  longer  lead  times  but  an  opportunity  

 Medicare  Advantage  Several  months  ago,  we  asked  The  Polyclinic  to  come  and  present  their  medical  advantage  plan.    The  Payer  Committee  has  reviewed  it  and  decided  that  we  aren’t  ready  to  take  that  on  in  2016,  so  we  deferred  to  approaching  those  contracts  until  2017.    EvergreenHealth  is  looking  at  those  contracts  in  2016  and  we  will  either  build  or  buy  the  infrastructure.    

EvergreenHealth  Incentive  Bonus  Payout  –  Memo  from  Gregg  Aoyama  below  Last  year,  EvergreenHealth  offered  EvergreenHealth  Partners  (EHP)  an  incentive  bonus  performance  plan.    Its  purpose  was  to  reward  the  physician  participants  of  EHP  in  the  “adoption,  implementation  and  adherence  to  the  Quality  Program…in  an  effort  to  improve  quality  and  costs  for  healthcare  delivered  to  EvergreenHealth  beneficiaries.”    

According  to  the  2014  EvergreenHealth  Self-­‐Insured  Employee  Benefits  Program  Incentive  Bonus  Performance  Plan  document:    “For  purposes  of  determining  the  savings  achieved,  EvergreenHealth  will  compare  the  “2014  Projected  Medical  Expense  Budget”  with  the  “2014  Actual  Medical  Expenses”  on  a  risk  adjusted  basis  to  yield  a  savings  amount…EvergreenHealth  will  share  half  (50%)  of  the  saving  achieved  for  the  2014  benefit  plan  year  with  EHP  as  a  bonus  to  be  distributed  to  participating  EHP  providers.”    

As  of  today,  I  wanted  to  report  to  the  Board  of  Managers  the  following:  • As  planned,  we  have  obtained  the  final  reports  from  First  Choice  for  plan  year  2014;  those  reports  allowed  for  5  months  of  

claims  run-­‐out  into  the  beginning  of  2015.  • On  a  risk-­‐adjusted  per  member  per  month  (PMPM)  basis,  the  plan  generated  an  annualized  savings  of  $780,696,  which  

would  result  in  a  payout  to  EHP  in  the  amount  of  $390,348.  • These  figures,  shown  on  Page  2,  are  close  to  the  projections  provided  at  the  beginning  of  2015  before  the  applicable  

claims  run-­‐out.  • They  still  need  to  be  reconciled  by  the  EvergreenHealth  Finance  Department  and  confirmed  by  AON/Hewitt  (EH’s  benefits  

consultant)  –  this  is  currently  in  process.  • At  this  point,  we  remain  on  schedule  of  expecting  EHP  distribution  to  physicians/groups  by  the  end  of  July.  

 

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