kuwait healthcare reform 2009 presented by julie b. decker managing director, lynxcom partners...
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Kuwait Healthcare Reform 2009
Presented by Julie B. DeckerManaging Director, Lynxcom Partners
Operating Partner, Director of Healthcare Practice, FocalPoint Partners
Healthcare Market and Growing Costs
Defining the Alternate Site of Care
Home Infusion
Ambulatory Infusion Centers
Hospice
Home Health
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• Law
• Public accounting
• Strategy consulting
• Senior lending
• Payer relations, reimbursement and regulatory affairs
• Business development and operations
• Healthcare information services
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Healthcare Expenditures as Percent of Gross Domestic Product
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102007 Total Expenditure = $2.241 trillion USD
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TRADITIONAL SITES OF CARE ALTERNATE SITE OF CARE
Hospital Inpatient
Physician Office
Hospital Outpatient
Aggregating disease-specific patients into centers to provide cost effective care
Hospital without walls• Dialysis• Surgery Centers• Infusion Centers• Home Care• Skilled Nursing facilities• Emergency Room• Urgent Care• Retail Clinic
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Pharmacy-based, decentralized patient care• Expertise in sterile drug compounding• Provides care to patients with acute or chronic
conditions in home and alternate sites
Services include:• Professional pharmacy services• Care coordination• Infusion nursing services• Supplies and equipment
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4,000 pharmacies nationwide Market size $12 Billion Types
• Hospital based infusion pharmacy• National chains• Independent - local and regional
Most are Accredited by JCAHO, CHAP, ACHC
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USP 797-Compliant Sterile Compounding
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Often providing ongoing therapy for chronically ill patients
• Rheumatoid arthritis• Multiple sclerosis• Neuromuscular disease• Immune deficiency• Crohn’s disease• Psoriasis• Oncology
Common drugs provided• ABC• Rituximab• Remicade (3)• IVIG• Orencia• Tysabri• Methotrexate• SoluMedrol
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Administration of infusible and injectable therapies• Biologicals• Oncology therapies• Anti-infectives
Patient and caregiver instruction on self-injection PICC and peripheral line placement Additional clinical services
• Clinical trials• Hospital inpatient bed-day reduction programs• Diagnostics and imaging• Vaccinations and flu shots • Wound care • PT/OT
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One to many relationship (4:1)
Reduces costs
Improves efficiencies
Manages the nursing shortage
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AIC
Physician Office
Home Infusion
AIC placement determined by understanding utilization:• Patient population• Disease• Drug/Therapy• Physician Spend• Geography
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End of life and palliative care• Major healthcare costs are at the end of the
patient’s life• Hospice offers cost savings by treating
terminal patients at home Rx, RN, pain management, social services
Covered as a Medicare benefit in 1986• Adopted by commercial payers
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Utilized during last 6 months of life
Difficult to determine prognosis
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High-touch patient care in the home• Low cost alternative to facility-based care• Provides access to care for the homebound
and non-ambulatory
Licensed in accordance with State or local law
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Services include:
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How to decide which patients are appropriate for alternate site• Clinical factors: high-risk, severity• Home setting: appropriate assessment• Support/caregiver factors
Understanding utilization• Patient populations and costs• Disease states• Utilization of drugs and services• Geographic distribution of patients
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Medicare Medicaid Commercial payers
• ER Triage• Bed Day Reduction
Reimbursement is covered in alternate sites of care
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Understanding patient populations is key
Know the costs associated with the major diseases and therapies
Building hospitals without walls will reduce administrative costs
Patients respond positively to care in the home
Alternate site improves patient wellbeing
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