Hyperledger Project
Healthcare Working Group (HCWG) Payor Subgroup Meeting
September 25, 2018
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Richard Cole - Value Based Care
Data warehouse architect - over 400 providers in every specialty - work with local hospitals
SME value based care
8:00 What is value based care?
An incentive program created by CMS - affordable care act
Better care for populations at lower cost
8:40 Clinical measures as one element of the “Triple Aim”
Reward value over volume - Outcome based measures
Insurers are members
10:00 How orgs implement VBC?
EHR systems
Patient centered certifications
Care optimization teams
Quality scorecards - provider and payor
Provider salary based on quality based care
12:30 CMS/QPP and MSSP/ACOs
Performance is heavily weighted by quality
Incentive to make sure they do well on these measures, payments adjusted
14:00 Insurers role via contracts with Health Care Organizations
HEDIS specs and benchmarks
Feedback mechanism to let them know how well they are doing
17:00 PROBLEM: Insurer member to EHR Patient matching routines
No standard format
Duplicate records
19:45 Blockchain Use Case Opportunities
Social security numbers are a big problem
Universal patient identifier
When patients change insurance companies - 360 view of patient health
21:30 Questions and discussion