Bundled Payment Changes:
Learn What’s New and How to Succeed
Jonas Varnum - Population Health
Management Consultant, Health
Goals of Today’s Webinar:
• Share what’s new with bundled payments
• Learn about the ramifications that bundles can
have across organizations
• Leverage data and strategic analysis to identify
opportunities for bundled payment success
• Operationalize payment and care transformation
tactics to be successful in bundles
Agenda Items:
• Summary of Bundled Payment Programs
• What is Bundled Payments for Care Improvement
(BPCI) Advanced?
• Data Sources and Organizational Diligence
• Operationalizing Bundle Success
Agenda
• Summary of Bundled Payment Programs
• What is Bundled Payments for Care
Improvement (BPCI) Advanced?
• Data Sources and Organizational Diligence
• Operationalizing Bundle Success
Agenda
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The Challenge: Rising Health Spend….
US Health Expenditures have risen to 18% of GDP
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Driving Toward PHM: Definitions Abound
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….To A Contract-Based Focus…
“Meeting contractual requirements from commercial insurers, Medicaid and the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) related to dollars saved and quality
metrics upheld in the context of small but growing at-risk contracts, while remaining
successful in FFS contracts.” — Partners Healthcare
…To An Aspirational Long-Term Goal
“The science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health
through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations,
public and private communities, and individuals.”
— C-E.A. Winslow, Founder, Yale Department of Public Health
From The Pragmatic…
“The proactive management of the health of a given population by a defined
network of financially linked providers in partnership with community stakeholders”
— Chilmark Research
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CMS Categories of Payments to Providers
and the percentage of payments linked to quality (historical, target)
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Credit: Partners Center for Population Health
Category 1
fee for service
– no link to value
Category 2
fee for service
– link to quality
Category 3
alternative payment
models built on fee-for-
service architecture
Category 4
population-based
payments
2016
30%
85%
2018
50%
90%
2014
~20%
>80%
2011
0%
~70%
GoalsHistorical Performance
All Medicare FFS (Categories 1-4)
FFS linked to quality (Categories 2-4)
Alternative payment models (Categories 3-4)
FFV (fee-for-value)
FFS (fee-for-service)
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A Framework for Transformation
PHM leadership lays groundwork for a
high-functioning analytic platform
Analytics leadership builds a structure to
identify and evaluate opportunities
Financial leadership balances risks and helps
set a sustainable course forward
Clinical leadership identifies and implements
appropriate changes in care delivery
KEY ACTIVITIES
1. Ensure baseline understanding of current
requirements, goals
2. Interview stakeholders for context
3. Assess available data to identify quick wins,
long-term focus areas
4. Synthesize and prioritize opportunities
5. Plan for ongoing evaluation, analysis
KEY ACTIVITIES
1. Align PHM with financial plans
2. Look to benchmarks to set expectations
3. Ensure you’re paid for value you provide
4. Pace utilization efforts carefully
5. Increase ability to understand true cost of care
KEY ACTIVITIES
1. Streamline your approach to quality measures
2. Optimize care management
3. Shore up primary care infrastructure
4. Seek opportunities for inpatient transformation
5. Ensure appropriate site of care
6. Develop patient engagement strategy
• 50+ analytic accelerators in high-opportunity areas
(readmissions, sepsis, COPD, joint replacement, CLABSI,
CAUTI, labor & delivery, CABG, C. diff, diabetes, SSI, etc.)
• Expert guidance on care & payment transformation strategies
• Data Operating System (DOS)
• 150+ data sources
(EMR <10% of data needed)
• Patient Stratification
• Touchstone
• PMPM Analyzer
• HCC Insights
• CORUS: Activity-based Costing, Cost Insights
• Care Management
• Community Care
• Leading Wisely executive monitoring
Near term
 Meet contractual
requirements
in FFV contracts
 Remain successful in FFS
business
Long term
 Better quality of care
across the continuum
 Lower costs
 Stronger organization
 Healthier community
Population Health Management
• Opportunity analysis: PHM readiness
assessment, key queries/reports
• Measures Manager
• Population Explorer
1 2
3a
3b
KEY ACTIVITIES
1. Prioritize data sources, starting
with claims data
2. Educate stakeholders on the
available data
3. Define supporting logic—like attribution
4. Invest in staffing
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• Bundled Payments – or Clinical Episode Payment Models – pay providers
across the continuum of care a single sum of money for a tightly-defined
set of clinical services over a set period of time
— Adopted from the Health Care Payment and Learning Action Network
• In general, CMS’ Medicare initiatives lead bundles adoption, also known
as Clinical Episode Payment Models
o BPCI Advanced – newest iteration
o CJR – scaled-down mandatory models
o Oncology Care Model
• Other bundle arrangements: commercial and employer settings
What Are Bundled Payments
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Components of a Bundle
• Goal of ACOs: Reduce annual
total cost of care across the care
continuum
• Scale PHM Infrastructure
HCPLAN’s Components of
Episodes of Care Components of PHM Infrastructures:
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Source: Health Care Payment Learning & Action Network. (2016). Clinical
Episode Payment Models [White paper].
https://www.friends.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ElectronicReference.pdf
Accountable
Entity
IPA
Entity
Ind.
MDs
Hospital
/ Health
System
Post-
Acute
Care
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How Do You Succeed In Bundles?
• Post-Acute / Post-Discharge
operational changes, waste
• Care redesign activities
o Examples: Readmission reduction
programs, care management and
coordination tactics
• Patient engagement and
education
o Multiple levels: Assessments,
post-hospital stay
Clinical Variation Reduction Care Transformation Tactics
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• Clinical standardization
• Reduce inpatient waste
(labor, device, supplies)
• Summary of Bundled Payment Programs
• What is Bundled Payments for Care
Improvement (BPCI) Advanced?
• Data Sources and Organizational Diligence
• Operationalizing Bundle Success
Agenda
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• CMS Advanced Alternative Payment Model creates a 90-day episode period for specific
“Clinical Episodes”
• Maximum risk or gain of 20%
• Share in savings if Episode Initiators meet the Clinical Episode’s target price minus a 3%
adjustment
• Can participate in up to 29 Inpatient Clinical Episodes + 3 Outpatient Clinical Episodes
• Seven quality metrics impact shared savings total
• Three waivers available
BPCI Advanced Overview
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CMS continues to provide another tightly-defined program that allows organizations to scale PHM
tactics to drive costs down and quality up across populations
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BPCI Advanced Bundles
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Cardiology
•Acute myocardial
infarction
•CABG
•Cardiac arrhythmia
•Cardiac defibrillator
•Cardiac valve
•Congestive heart
failure
•Pacemaker
•Percutaneous
coronary
intervention
Gastroenterology
•Disorders of liver
except malignancy,
cirrhosis or
alcoholic hepatitis
•Gastrointestinal
hemorrhage
•Gastrointestinal
obstruction
•Major bowel
procedure
Joint and Spine
•Back and neck
except spinal fusion
•Cervical spinal
fusion
•Combined anterior
posterior spinal
fusion
•Double joint
replacement of the
lower extremity
•Fractures of the
femur and hip or
pelvis
•Hip and femur
procedures except
major joint
•Lower
extremity/humerus
procedure except
hip, foot, femur
•Major joint
replacement of the
lower extremity
•Major joint
replacement of the
upper extremity
•Spinal fusion (non-
cervical)
Outpatient
•Back or next except
spinal fusion
•Cardiac defibrillator
•Percutaneous
coronary
intervention
Respiratory
•COPD, bronchitis,
asthma
•Simple pneumonia
and respiratory
infections
Other Medical
•Cellulitis
•Sepsis
•Urinary tract
infection
•Renal failure
•Stroke
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How many Episodes of Care does your organization anticipate
participating in during 2019?
1. 1-3 — 16%
2. 4-6 — 12%
3. 7-10 — 2%
4. 10+ — 11%
5. Not Applicable — 58%
Poll Question
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BPCI Advanced Clinical Episode Example
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Patient admitted to
hospital for specific
episode
Patient discharged to
Post-Acute Care
Patient discharged
home, receives home
health
Day 1
Day 4
Day 11
Day 25
Day 32
Patient
Readmitted
to Hospital
Patient follow-up
appointment with
physician Day 90
Bundled
Payment
ends
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BPCI Advanced Mechanics
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$0
$200,000
$400,000
$600,000
$800,000
$1,000,000
$1,200,000
$1,400,000
$1,600,000
$1,800,000
2013 2014 2015 2016
Part A Part B
$0
$200,000
$400,000
$600,000
$800,000
$1,000,000
$1,200,000
$1,400,000
$1,600,000
$1,800,000
$2,000,000
Perf Period 1 Perf Period 2 Perf Period 3
Historical Spend Historical Minus Discount
BPCI Advanced Baseline Prices (Example) BPCI Advanced Target Prices (Example)
-3% -3%
-X%
10/1/18 – 6/30/19 6/30/19 – 12/31/19 1/1/2020 – 12/31/20
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All-cause Hospital Readmission Measure
(NQF #1789)
Advanced Care Plan
(NQF #0326)
AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators (PSI 90)
Perioperative Care: Selection of Prophylactic Antibiotic: First or Second Generation Cephalosporin (NQF #0268)
Hospital-Level Risk-Standardized Complication Rate (RSCR) Following Elective Primary THA and/or TKA
(NQF #1550)
Hospital 30-Day, All-Cause, Risk-Standardized Mortality Rate (RSMR) Following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
(NQF #2558)
Excess Days in Acute Care after Hospitalization for Acute Myocardial Infarction (NQF #2881)
Quality Metrics
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May 2018 (June 2018): CMS provides historical claims data and Target Prices
• April-May: Initial data validation of Clinical Episode opportunities. Use appropriate available
data for first-level analysis
• June-July: Use Claims Data and qualitative approach to validate clinical episode opportunities,
finalize episode list
Submit Clinical Episode list by understanding data and organizational elements
• Due: August 1
Submit Care Redesign, Financial Arrangements List, and PGP List
• Due: September 3
CMS Timeline and Specific Deliverables
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• Summary of Bundled Payment Programs
• What is Bundled Payments for Care
Improvement (BPCI) Advanced?
• Data Sources and Organizational
Diligence
• Operationalizing Bundle Success
Agenda
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Analytically, how have you evaluated BPCI Advanced opportunities?
1. Reviewed BPCI Advanced claims data — 9%
2. Reviewed BPCI Advanced claims data and other claims data sets —
11%
3. Reviewed multiple different data sources (e.g. claims and EMR
clinical data) — 27%
4. None of the above — 10%
5. Not applicable — 43%
Poll Question
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Data Sources
EMR and Accounting
Clinical and Costing
Data
• Inpatient volumes,
costs, and payments
• Limited details across
the care continuum
Other Claims Files
• Highlight post-anchor
opportunities
• Analysis per bundled
payment identifier (e.g.
Clinical Episode)
• Generally limit
analysis to few metrics
Health Catalyst
Touchstone*
(Claims Data)
• Compares most
impactful opportunities
• Benchmarking per
Clinical Episode and
DRG
• Benchmarking only for
specific metrics
Payer’s Claims Data
• Historical data set
• Consistent data feeds
• Data across care
continuum
Conduct First-Level Analysis Prior to Receiving Payer-Specific Data Sets
Generally Program’s
Primary Source of Truth
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Health Catalyst Bundles Selection
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Align Episode of Care selection
process with strategic direction,
available data and data source
opportunities, clinical improvement
lines, and PHM goals.
1 2
1. Use data from various data sources to
determine opportunities across continuum.
2. Align data with qualitative review.
Opportunity Matrix
Service
Line
Bundled
Payment
Quantitative
Findings
Qualitative
Findings
Cardiology
Acute
myocardial
infarction
Diabetes
Sepsis
Readmissions
Common, linkable
vocabulary
Financial
Source Marts
Administrative
Source Marts
Departmental
Source Marts
EMR
Source Marts
Patient
Satisfaction
Source Mart
FINANCIAL SOURCES
(e.g. EPSi, Peoplesoft, Lawson)
ADMINISTRATIVE SOURCES
(e.g. API Time Tracking)
EMR SOURCEs
(e.g. Cerner, Allscripts, NextGen)
DEPARTMENTAL SOURCES
(e.g. Apollo)
Pt. SATISFACTION
SOURCES
(e.g. NRC Picker, Press Ganey)
Spreadsheet
Silos
• Silos or pockets of analysis
• Conflicting spreadsheet reports and
interpretations of data
• Battles over data ownership
• Most time spent on hunting for and
gathering data
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Health Catalyst Opportunity Matrix
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Quantitative Internal Findings Qualitative Evaluation Overall Recommendations
Service Line Bundled Payment
Volume
Profile
Key Cost
Metrics
General
Impactability
KPI Metrics
Strategic and
Episode-specific
Financial Impact
Metrics
Physician
Champion
Specialist
Readiness
Care Management
and Transitions
Spectrum
Evaluation
Clinical Impr.
Evaluation
PAC Impact
Opportunity
BPCI Advance
Participation
Outcomes
Improvement
Only
Cardiology
Congestive heart
failure
Other
Medical
Urinary tract
infection
Goals of Analysis:
• Identify appropriate strategic volume, cost,
operational, and financial metrics to determine
if organization will be successful in which types
of bundles
• Include historical trends and anticipated impact
based upon provider buy-in and participation
goals
• Review holistic impact – e.g. would minimal
participation still provide meaningful 5% bump
through Advanced APM involvement
Goals of Analysis:
• Determine clinical readiness and buy-in
• Identify clinical champions
• Define operational interventions required and scalability impact
across organization
• Review network management and post-acute care opportunities
• Identify clinical variation goals ahead of time
Goal of Opportunity Matrix:
 Finalize bundles to
green-light versus
bundles to focus on
internal improvement
work only
Joint and
Spine
Major joint
replacement of the
lower extremity
Respiratory
COPD, bronchitis,
asthma
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Qualitative Assessment
Identify strategic and tactical approaches
per hospital and service line level
Obtain feedback from multiple leaders
across centralized and local levels.
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Domain Example Leaders
Physician Representation
1. CMO
• 2-4 leaders across validated Service Lines:
 Cardiology
 Internal Medicine
 Neurology
 Gastroenterology
 Surgery
 Urology
 Hospitalist
Care Management
1. Care Management Director
2. Lead Care Manager
3. Transitions of Care Leader
Strategic Influence
1. Appropriate C-Suite
2. PHM Executive
3. Strategic Planning Leader
Quality
1. Chief Quality Officer
2. Lead Quality Initiative Manager
Pop Health Operations
Specialists
1. PHM Intervention Leader
2. Post-Acute Care Intervention Leader
CM Readiness
Assessment
PHM Readiness
Assessment
• Summary of Bundled Payment Programs
• What is Bundled Payments for Care
Improvement (BPCI) Advanced?
• Data Sources and Organizational Diligence
• Operationalizing Bundle Success
Agenda
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1. Use data from various data sources to
determine opportunities across continuum
2. Continuously ingest, analyze, and review data
for bundles success
Opportunity Matrix
Service
Line
Bundled
Payment
Quantitative
Findings
Qualitative
Findings
Cardiology
Acute
myocardial
infarction
• Identify appropriate incentive structure
(gainsharing) to maximize clinical changes
• Build data systems to understand and project
bundle success on regular intervals
Payment
Transformation
• Engage clinical, financial, data, IT teams
through appropriate structure / workgroups
• Launch operational tactics (e.g. readmission
reduction programs) to impact metric success
Care Redesign
• Identify and refine care management
populations specific to selected bundles
• Incorporate tailored services – pre- and post-
discharge planning – to match patient needs
Care
Management
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BPCI Adv. Operational Governance Structure
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Bundles Executive /
Steering Committee
IT Committee
Network Management
Committee
Example Tasks:
1. Oversee data
security,
management, and
analytics
2. Produce intelligence
for success
Example Tasks:
1. Utilization
management
2. Post-acute
alignment
Finance
Committee
Example Tasks:
1. Oversee
Gainsharing
Workgroup
2. Financial reporting
3. Review
reconciliation
Scalable across PHM Operations
Care Transformation
Structure
Oversee BPCI Care Redesign and Quality
Efforts
Example tasks:
• Oversee Care Redesign implementation
• Oversee protocol implementation
• Oversee quality measures and reports
• Review data reports
• Coordinate across committees
Specific
Work group
(e.g. CHF)
Either specific to BPCI or
PHM Operations
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How Do You Succeed In Bundles?
• Post-Acute / Post-Discharge
operational changes, waste
• Care redesign activities
o Examples: Readmission reduction
programs, care management and
coordination tactics
• Patient engagement and
education
o Multiple levels: Assessments,
post-hospital stay
Clinical Variation Reduction Care Transformation Tactics
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• Clinical standardization
• Reduce inpatient waste
(labor, device, supplies)
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• 42 Physicians performed 1-5 Episodes
• Avg. # of Episodes: 4.2; Median: 2
• 7 physicians accounted for 68% of Episodes
• 4 of 7 have consistent outcomes across risk-adjusted population
• Other KPIs: Supply cost, LOS, and Readmissions show opportunity
• Use Claims data to review care continuum performance
Cross Continuum Variation Example
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Row Labels
Clinical
Episode
Count
Congestive Heart Failure 422
Provider A 78
Provider B 66
Provider C 42
Provider D 42
Provider E 38
Provider F 12
Provider G 8
Provider H 7
Provider I 7
5
4
4
4
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
EMR and Financial Data Touchstone Benchmarking + Claims and/or EMR Analysis Claims Data
Row Labels
Clinical
Episodes
Count
Median Total
Variable Cost
Supply
Variance
Average of
Opportunity
Index
LOS
Obs/Exp
(Avg)
Avg 30-Day Readmission
(Observed/Expected)
% of SNF as
1st PAC Prov.
SNF
Rehospitalization
Rate
Congestive Heart
Failure
422 $6,821 $182,670 2.78 1.38 1.72 22% 12%
Provider A 78
Provider B 66
Provider C 42
Provider D 42
Provider E 38
Provider F 12
Provider G 8
All data represented is fictional
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Episode of Care Intelligence Needs
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• Bundle Data
o Dive deeply into chosen bundles’
KPIs and the data behind them
o Need to see high-level variation,
opportunities, but also drill into
claim-line details
o Include costing and payment
insights, outcome measures, and
broad intelligence
• Leading Wisely
o Proactive notification system that
ensures nothing falls through the
cracks
o Put-out-the-fire daily: If there are
outliers that need adjustments,
users are emailed as quickly as
any source of data is refreshed
(cannot just be claims)
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Prerequisites
 Recruit team
 Train team
7. Measure Progress
1. Best Practices
2. Define Cohort
3. AIM Statement
4. Design Metrics
5. Rollout Plan
6. Rollout
Work Streams
• Solicit front line plan
input
• Finalize analytics dev,
testing, and rollout
support
• Finalize intervention
rollout plan
• Guidance team
validation
Rollout
• Review initial results
• Identify, approve any
modifications to
intervention rollout
• Review lessons
learned
• Create next AIM
statement
• Repeat process
Results
• Finalize cohort
• Identify intervention(s)
• Direct observation
• Solicit front line input
on AIM and
intervention
• Define intervention
rollout plan
• Guidance team
validation
Intervention
• Review visualized
drafts of AIM cohort
findings
• Identify data quality
issues
• Direct observation
• Prioritize and select
AIM #1
• Review cohort criteria
and visualizations
• Guidance team
validation
AIM
• Confirm team mission,
charter, roles
• Review AIM options
• Gather best practices
• Profile and visualize
preliminary data
• Select 2-3 potential
AIMs
• Guidance team
validation
Kickoff
Select Build and Refine Build and Refine Build and Refine
Rollout Date
Major
Milestones
Care Redesign Required
Make sure to include Care Redesign and performance improvement work as a component of
BPCI Advanced. Below is an example of the efforts required.
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Care Transformation
1. Identify and/or refine the populations targeted for care
management
2. Design services and processes to meet those
patients’ needs
3. Craft job descriptions for the new care management
program, and hire and train staff to take on those roles
4. Leverage technology to identify and register patients,
coordinate care and services, engage patients—and then
monitor the performance of the program and surface
additional areas for improvement
1. Example specifics within Readmission
Program
2. Establish communication channels
through assessments, technology
Care Management Specifics Patient Engagement Tactics
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Pre-Hospitalization
Discuss
expectations, care
continuum
options, care
management
needs
Day 1 of Hospitalization
Assess Health
Literacy and
initiate self-
management of
condition
Inpatient Days pre-discharge
Identify post-
discharge care
continuum
providers
Review
readmission and
poor outcome risk-
factors
Day After Discharge
Complete
discharge
summary and
specific cross-
continuum follow-
up
Post-Anchor
Period
Track patient
needs across
continuum
Provider visits
inside SNF, other
facilities
Care Management
Guidebook
CM Strategic
Conversation
Guide
Intervention Services for CM Programs
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Bundled Payment Changes: Learn What’s New and How to Succeed

  • 1.
    Bundled Payment Changes: LearnWhat’s New and How to Succeed Jonas Varnum - Population Health Management Consultant, Health
  • 2.
    Goals of Today’sWebinar: • Share what’s new with bundled payments • Learn about the ramifications that bundles can have across organizations • Leverage data and strategic analysis to identify opportunities for bundled payment success • Operationalize payment and care transformation tactics to be successful in bundles Agenda Items: • Summary of Bundled Payment Programs • What is Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) Advanced? • Data Sources and Organizational Diligence • Operationalizing Bundle Success Agenda
  • 3.
    • Summary ofBundled Payment Programs • What is Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) Advanced? • Data Sources and Organizational Diligence • Operationalizing Bundle Success Agenda
  • 4.
    © 2018 Health Catalyst The Challenge:Rising Health Spend…. US Health Expenditures have risen to 18% of GDP 4
  • 5.
    © 2018 Health Catalyst Driving TowardPHM: Definitions Abound 5 ….To A Contract-Based Focus… “Meeting contractual requirements from commercial insurers, Medicaid and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) related to dollars saved and quality metrics upheld in the context of small but growing at-risk contracts, while remaining successful in FFS contracts.” — Partners Healthcare …To An Aspirational Long-Term Goal “The science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private communities, and individuals.” — C-E.A. Winslow, Founder, Yale Department of Public Health From The Pragmatic… “The proactive management of the health of a given population by a defined network of financially linked providers in partnership with community stakeholders” — Chilmark Research
  • 6.
    © 2018 Health Catalyst CMS Categoriesof Payments to Providers and the percentage of payments linked to quality (historical, target) 6 Credit: Partners Center for Population Health Category 1 fee for service – no link to value Category 2 fee for service – link to quality Category 3 alternative payment models built on fee-for- service architecture Category 4 population-based payments 2016 30% 85% 2018 50% 90% 2014 ~20% >80% 2011 0% ~70% GoalsHistorical Performance All Medicare FFS (Categories 1-4) FFS linked to quality (Categories 2-4) Alternative payment models (Categories 3-4) FFV (fee-for-value) FFS (fee-for-service) 6
  • 7.
    © 2018 Health Catalyst A Frameworkfor Transformation PHM leadership lays groundwork for a high-functioning analytic platform Analytics leadership builds a structure to identify and evaluate opportunities Financial leadership balances risks and helps set a sustainable course forward Clinical leadership identifies and implements appropriate changes in care delivery KEY ACTIVITIES 1. Ensure baseline understanding of current requirements, goals 2. Interview stakeholders for context 3. Assess available data to identify quick wins, long-term focus areas 4. Synthesize and prioritize opportunities 5. Plan for ongoing evaluation, analysis KEY ACTIVITIES 1. Align PHM with financial plans 2. Look to benchmarks to set expectations 3. Ensure you’re paid for value you provide 4. Pace utilization efforts carefully 5. Increase ability to understand true cost of care KEY ACTIVITIES 1. Streamline your approach to quality measures 2. Optimize care management 3. Shore up primary care infrastructure 4. Seek opportunities for inpatient transformation 5. Ensure appropriate site of care 6. Develop patient engagement strategy • 50+ analytic accelerators in high-opportunity areas (readmissions, sepsis, COPD, joint replacement, CLABSI, CAUTI, labor & delivery, CABG, C. diff, diabetes, SSI, etc.) • Expert guidance on care & payment transformation strategies • Data Operating System (DOS) • 150+ data sources (EMR <10% of data needed) • Patient Stratification • Touchstone • PMPM Analyzer • HCC Insights • CORUS: Activity-based Costing, Cost Insights • Care Management • Community Care • Leading Wisely executive monitoring Near term  Meet contractual requirements in FFV contracts  Remain successful in FFS business Long term  Better quality of care across the continuum  Lower costs  Stronger organization  Healthier community Population Health Management • Opportunity analysis: PHM readiness assessment, key queries/reports • Measures Manager • Population Explorer 1 2 3a 3b KEY ACTIVITIES 1. Prioritize data sources, starting with claims data 2. Educate stakeholders on the available data 3. Define supporting logic—like attribution 4. Invest in staffing 7
  • 8.
    © 2018 Health Catalyst • BundledPayments – or Clinical Episode Payment Models – pay providers across the continuum of care a single sum of money for a tightly-defined set of clinical services over a set period of time — Adopted from the Health Care Payment and Learning Action Network • In general, CMS’ Medicare initiatives lead bundles adoption, also known as Clinical Episode Payment Models o BPCI Advanced – newest iteration o CJR – scaled-down mandatory models o Oncology Care Model • Other bundle arrangements: commercial and employer settings What Are Bundled Payments 8
  • 9.
    © 2018 Health Catalyst Components ofa Bundle • Goal of ACOs: Reduce annual total cost of care across the care continuum • Scale PHM Infrastructure HCPLAN’s Components of Episodes of Care Components of PHM Infrastructures: 9 Source: Health Care Payment Learning & Action Network. (2016). Clinical Episode Payment Models [White paper]. https://www.friends.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ElectronicReference.pdf Accountable Entity IPA Entity Ind. MDs Hospital / Health System Post- Acute Care
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    © 2018 Health Catalyst How DoYou Succeed In Bundles? • Post-Acute / Post-Discharge operational changes, waste • Care redesign activities o Examples: Readmission reduction programs, care management and coordination tactics • Patient engagement and education o Multiple levels: Assessments, post-hospital stay Clinical Variation Reduction Care Transformation Tactics 10 • Clinical standardization • Reduce inpatient waste (labor, device, supplies)
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    • Summary ofBundled Payment Programs • What is Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) Advanced? • Data Sources and Organizational Diligence • Operationalizing Bundle Success Agenda
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    © 2018 Health Catalyst • CMSAdvanced Alternative Payment Model creates a 90-day episode period for specific “Clinical Episodes” • Maximum risk or gain of 20% • Share in savings if Episode Initiators meet the Clinical Episode’s target price minus a 3% adjustment • Can participate in up to 29 Inpatient Clinical Episodes + 3 Outpatient Clinical Episodes • Seven quality metrics impact shared savings total • Three waivers available BPCI Advanced Overview 12 CMS continues to provide another tightly-defined program that allows organizations to scale PHM tactics to drive costs down and quality up across populations
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    © 2018 Health Catalyst BPCI AdvancedBundles 13 Cardiology •Acute myocardial infarction •CABG •Cardiac arrhythmia •Cardiac defibrillator •Cardiac valve •Congestive heart failure •Pacemaker •Percutaneous coronary intervention Gastroenterology •Disorders of liver except malignancy, cirrhosis or alcoholic hepatitis •Gastrointestinal hemorrhage •Gastrointestinal obstruction •Major bowel procedure Joint and Spine •Back and neck except spinal fusion •Cervical spinal fusion •Combined anterior posterior spinal fusion •Double joint replacement of the lower extremity •Fractures of the femur and hip or pelvis •Hip and femur procedures except major joint •Lower extremity/humerus procedure except hip, foot, femur •Major joint replacement of the lower extremity •Major joint replacement of the upper extremity •Spinal fusion (non- cervical) Outpatient •Back or next except spinal fusion •Cardiac defibrillator •Percutaneous coronary intervention Respiratory •COPD, bronchitis, asthma •Simple pneumonia and respiratory infections Other Medical •Cellulitis •Sepsis •Urinary tract infection •Renal failure •Stroke
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    © 2018 Health Catalyst How manyEpisodes of Care does your organization anticipate participating in during 2019? 1. 1-3 — 16% 2. 4-6 — 12% 3. 7-10 — 2% 4. 10+ — 11% 5. Not Applicable — 58% Poll Question 14
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    © 2018 Health Catalyst BPCI AdvancedClinical Episode Example 15 Patient admitted to hospital for specific episode Patient discharged to Post-Acute Care Patient discharged home, receives home health Day 1 Day 4 Day 11 Day 25 Day 32 Patient Readmitted to Hospital Patient follow-up appointment with physician Day 90 Bundled Payment ends
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    © 2018 Health Catalyst BPCI AdvancedMechanics 16 $0 $200,000 $400,000 $600,000 $800,000 $1,000,000 $1,200,000 $1,400,000 $1,600,000 $1,800,000 2013 2014 2015 2016 Part A Part B $0 $200,000 $400,000 $600,000 $800,000 $1,000,000 $1,200,000 $1,400,000 $1,600,000 $1,800,000 $2,000,000 Perf Period 1 Perf Period 2 Perf Period 3 Historical Spend Historical Minus Discount BPCI Advanced Baseline Prices (Example) BPCI Advanced Target Prices (Example) -3% -3% -X% 10/1/18 – 6/30/19 6/30/19 – 12/31/19 1/1/2020 – 12/31/20
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    © 2018 Health Catalyst All-cause HospitalReadmission Measure (NQF #1789) Advanced Care Plan (NQF #0326) AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators (PSI 90) Perioperative Care: Selection of Prophylactic Antibiotic: First or Second Generation Cephalosporin (NQF #0268) Hospital-Level Risk-Standardized Complication Rate (RSCR) Following Elective Primary THA and/or TKA (NQF #1550) Hospital 30-Day, All-Cause, Risk-Standardized Mortality Rate (RSMR) Following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery (NQF #2558) Excess Days in Acute Care after Hospitalization for Acute Myocardial Infarction (NQF #2881) Quality Metrics 17
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    © 2018 Health Catalyst May 2018(June 2018): CMS provides historical claims data and Target Prices • April-May: Initial data validation of Clinical Episode opportunities. Use appropriate available data for first-level analysis • June-July: Use Claims Data and qualitative approach to validate clinical episode opportunities, finalize episode list Submit Clinical Episode list by understanding data and organizational elements • Due: August 1 Submit Care Redesign, Financial Arrangements List, and PGP List • Due: September 3 CMS Timeline and Specific Deliverables 18
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    • Summary ofBundled Payment Programs • What is Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) Advanced? • Data Sources and Organizational Diligence • Operationalizing Bundle Success Agenda
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    © 2018 Health Catalyst Analytically, howhave you evaluated BPCI Advanced opportunities? 1. Reviewed BPCI Advanced claims data — 9% 2. Reviewed BPCI Advanced claims data and other claims data sets — 11% 3. Reviewed multiple different data sources (e.g. claims and EMR clinical data) — 27% 4. None of the above — 10% 5. Not applicable — 43% Poll Question 20
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    © 2018 Health Catalyst Data Sources EMRand Accounting Clinical and Costing Data • Inpatient volumes, costs, and payments • Limited details across the care continuum Other Claims Files • Highlight post-anchor opportunities • Analysis per bundled payment identifier (e.g. Clinical Episode) • Generally limit analysis to few metrics Health Catalyst Touchstone* (Claims Data) • Compares most impactful opportunities • Benchmarking per Clinical Episode and DRG • Benchmarking only for specific metrics Payer’s Claims Data • Historical data set • Consistent data feeds • Data across care continuum Conduct First-Level Analysis Prior to Receiving Payer-Specific Data Sets Generally Program’s Primary Source of Truth 21
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    © 2018 Health Catalyst Health CatalystBundles Selection 22 Align Episode of Care selection process with strategic direction, available data and data source opportunities, clinical improvement lines, and PHM goals. 1 2 1. Use data from various data sources to determine opportunities across continuum. 2. Align data with qualitative review. Opportunity Matrix Service Line Bundled Payment Quantitative Findings Qualitative Findings Cardiology Acute myocardial infarction Diabetes Sepsis Readmissions Common, linkable vocabulary Financial Source Marts Administrative Source Marts Departmental Source Marts EMR Source Marts Patient Satisfaction Source Mart FINANCIAL SOURCES (e.g. EPSi, Peoplesoft, Lawson) ADMINISTRATIVE SOURCES (e.g. API Time Tracking) EMR SOURCEs (e.g. Cerner, Allscripts, NextGen) DEPARTMENTAL SOURCES (e.g. Apollo) Pt. SATISFACTION SOURCES (e.g. NRC Picker, Press Ganey) Spreadsheet Silos • Silos or pockets of analysis • Conflicting spreadsheet reports and interpretations of data • Battles over data ownership • Most time spent on hunting for and gathering data
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    © 2018 Health Catalyst Health CatalystOpportunity Matrix 23 Quantitative Internal Findings Qualitative Evaluation Overall Recommendations Service Line Bundled Payment Volume Profile Key Cost Metrics General Impactability KPI Metrics Strategic and Episode-specific Financial Impact Metrics Physician Champion Specialist Readiness Care Management and Transitions Spectrum Evaluation Clinical Impr. Evaluation PAC Impact Opportunity BPCI Advance Participation Outcomes Improvement Only Cardiology Congestive heart failure Other Medical Urinary tract infection Goals of Analysis: • Identify appropriate strategic volume, cost, operational, and financial metrics to determine if organization will be successful in which types of bundles • Include historical trends and anticipated impact based upon provider buy-in and participation goals • Review holistic impact – e.g. would minimal participation still provide meaningful 5% bump through Advanced APM involvement Goals of Analysis: • Determine clinical readiness and buy-in • Identify clinical champions • Define operational interventions required and scalability impact across organization • Review network management and post-acute care opportunities • Identify clinical variation goals ahead of time Goal of Opportunity Matrix:  Finalize bundles to green-light versus bundles to focus on internal improvement work only Joint and Spine Major joint replacement of the lower extremity Respiratory COPD, bronchitis, asthma
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    © 2018 Health Catalyst Qualitative Assessment Identifystrategic and tactical approaches per hospital and service line level Obtain feedback from multiple leaders across centralized and local levels. 24 Domain Example Leaders Physician Representation 1. CMO • 2-4 leaders across validated Service Lines:  Cardiology  Internal Medicine  Neurology  Gastroenterology  Surgery  Urology  Hospitalist Care Management 1. Care Management Director 2. Lead Care Manager 3. Transitions of Care Leader Strategic Influence 1. Appropriate C-Suite 2. PHM Executive 3. Strategic Planning Leader Quality 1. Chief Quality Officer 2. Lead Quality Initiative Manager Pop Health Operations Specialists 1. PHM Intervention Leader 2. Post-Acute Care Intervention Leader CM Readiness Assessment PHM Readiness Assessment
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    • Summary ofBundled Payment Programs • What is Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) Advanced? • Data Sources and Organizational Diligence • Operationalizing Bundle Success Agenda
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    © 2018 Health Catalyst Health CatalystBundles Selection 26 2 3a 3b 1. Use data from various data sources to determine opportunities across continuum 2. Continuously ingest, analyze, and review data for bundles success Opportunity Matrix Service Line Bundled Payment Quantitative Findings Qualitative Findings Cardiology Acute myocardial infarction • Identify appropriate incentive structure (gainsharing) to maximize clinical changes • Build data systems to understand and project bundle success on regular intervals Payment Transformation • Engage clinical, financial, data, IT teams through appropriate structure / workgroups • Launch operational tactics (e.g. readmission reduction programs) to impact metric success Care Redesign • Identify and refine care management populations specific to selected bundles • Incorporate tailored services – pre- and post- discharge planning – to match patient needs Care Management
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    © 2018 Health Catalyst BPCI Adv.Operational Governance Structure 27 Bundles Executive / Steering Committee IT Committee Network Management Committee Example Tasks: 1. Oversee data security, management, and analytics 2. Produce intelligence for success Example Tasks: 1. Utilization management 2. Post-acute alignment Finance Committee Example Tasks: 1. Oversee Gainsharing Workgroup 2. Financial reporting 3. Review reconciliation Scalable across PHM Operations Care Transformation Structure Oversee BPCI Care Redesign and Quality Efforts Example tasks: • Oversee Care Redesign implementation • Oversee protocol implementation • Oversee quality measures and reports • Review data reports • Coordinate across committees Specific Work group (e.g. CHF) Either specific to BPCI or PHM Operations
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    © 2018 Health Catalyst How DoYou Succeed In Bundles? • Post-Acute / Post-Discharge operational changes, waste • Care redesign activities o Examples: Readmission reduction programs, care management and coordination tactics • Patient engagement and education o Multiple levels: Assessments, post-hospital stay Clinical Variation Reduction Care Transformation Tactics 28 • Clinical standardization • Reduce inpatient waste (labor, device, supplies)
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    © 2018 Health Catalyst • 42Physicians performed 1-5 Episodes • Avg. # of Episodes: 4.2; Median: 2 • 7 physicians accounted for 68% of Episodes • 4 of 7 have consistent outcomes across risk-adjusted population • Other KPIs: Supply cost, LOS, and Readmissions show opportunity • Use Claims data to review care continuum performance Cross Continuum Variation Example 29 Row Labels Clinical Episode Count Congestive Heart Failure 422 Provider A 78 Provider B 66 Provider C 42 Provider D 42 Provider E 38 Provider F 12 Provider G 8 Provider H 7 Provider I 7 5 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 EMR and Financial Data Touchstone Benchmarking + Claims and/or EMR Analysis Claims Data Row Labels Clinical Episodes Count Median Total Variable Cost Supply Variance Average of Opportunity Index LOS Obs/Exp (Avg) Avg 30-Day Readmission (Observed/Expected) % of SNF as 1st PAC Prov. SNF Rehospitalization Rate Congestive Heart Failure 422 $6,821 $182,670 2.78 1.38 1.72 22% 12% Provider A 78 Provider B 66 Provider C 42 Provider D 42 Provider E 38 Provider F 12 Provider G 8 All data represented is fictional
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    © 2018 Health Catalyst Episode ofCare Intelligence Needs 30 • Bundle Data o Dive deeply into chosen bundles’ KPIs and the data behind them o Need to see high-level variation, opportunities, but also drill into claim-line details o Include costing and payment insights, outcome measures, and broad intelligence • Leading Wisely o Proactive notification system that ensures nothing falls through the cracks o Put-out-the-fire daily: If there are outliers that need adjustments, users are emailed as quickly as any source of data is refreshed (cannot just be claims)
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    © 2018 Health Catalyst Prerequisites  Recruitteam  Train team 7. Measure Progress 1. Best Practices 2. Define Cohort 3. AIM Statement 4. Design Metrics 5. Rollout Plan 6. Rollout Work Streams • Solicit front line plan input • Finalize analytics dev, testing, and rollout support • Finalize intervention rollout plan • Guidance team validation Rollout • Review initial results • Identify, approve any modifications to intervention rollout • Review lessons learned • Create next AIM statement • Repeat process Results • Finalize cohort • Identify intervention(s) • Direct observation • Solicit front line input on AIM and intervention • Define intervention rollout plan • Guidance team validation Intervention • Review visualized drafts of AIM cohort findings • Identify data quality issues • Direct observation • Prioritize and select AIM #1 • Review cohort criteria and visualizations • Guidance team validation AIM • Confirm team mission, charter, roles • Review AIM options • Gather best practices • Profile and visualize preliminary data • Select 2-3 potential AIMs • Guidance team validation Kickoff Select Build and Refine Build and Refine Build and Refine Rollout Date Major Milestones Care Redesign Required Make sure to include Care Redesign and performance improvement work as a component of BPCI Advanced. Below is an example of the efforts required. 31
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    © 2018 Health Catalyst Care Transformation 1.Identify and/or refine the populations targeted for care management 2. Design services and processes to meet those patients’ needs 3. Craft job descriptions for the new care management program, and hire and train staff to take on those roles 4. Leverage technology to identify and register patients, coordinate care and services, engage patients—and then monitor the performance of the program and surface additional areas for improvement 1. Example specifics within Readmission Program 2. Establish communication channels through assessments, technology Care Management Specifics Patient Engagement Tactics 32 Pre-Hospitalization Discuss expectations, care continuum options, care management needs Day 1 of Hospitalization Assess Health Literacy and initiate self- management of condition Inpatient Days pre-discharge Identify post- discharge care continuum providers Review readmission and poor outcome risk- factors Day After Discharge Complete discharge summary and specific cross- continuum follow- up Post-Anchor Period Track patient needs across continuum Provider visits inside SNF, other facilities Care Management Guidebook CM Strategic Conversation Guide Intervention Services for CM Programs
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