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Page 1: Risk Adjustment: A Roadmap to Success

©2016 Availity, LLC | AV706-0816

RISK ADJUSTMENT: A Roadmap to Success

AVAILITY WHITE PAPER

AN AVAILITY E-BOOK

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QUANTITY

Quality over Quantity: New payment models are compensating health plans and providers for the quality of care they deliver rather than individual services.

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QUALITY

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This means new risk adjustment models MUST:

• Be more precise

• Include the direct costs of primary care services and the management of chronic conditions

• Include the indirect costs of care coordination.

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The need for more precise risk adjustment models means it’s more important than ever for accurate and timely data. But existing processes for managing this data don’t fit the bill.

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Multiple departments within a health plan collect provider data for different purposes and store it separately.

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Organizational silos are inefficient and disruptive to providers, who must field multiple requests—via phone call, fax, and in-office visits—from health plan employees looking for access to the same patient medical records. This is the Chart Chase.

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Because providers are a critical source of patient information, health plans must have a way to capture data in a less intrusive way, or the quality of data will continue to suffer.

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RISK ADJUSTMENT: A ROADMAP FOR SUCCESS

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Health plans need a digital, scalable, enterprise-wide solution that:

• Works seamlessly over existing systems;

• Ensures data accuracy and eliminates inefficiencies; and

• Is able to pull components for HEDIS, STARS, and Care Management alongside risk adjustment and bundle them together.

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DIGITAL

SCALABLE

ENTERPRISE