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Healthcare Resource GroupsHealthcare Resource Groups
What are HRGs?What are HRGs?
Casemix methodology underpinning system of payment to providers and contract pricing
Aggregation of OPCS or ICD codes with similar resource requirements
UK standard Phased programme Vision: HRGs designed as the currency of Care
Pathways
HRG DevelopmentHRG Development
Chapters – clinical relevance Working groups
Chapter working parties Expert reference panels
Anaesthesia in chapter A Neurosciences
HRG VersionsHRG Versions DRGs Currently ver 3.5
Interim change from 3 via 3.1 Implemented October 2003 No anaesthesia HRGs – Pain management Ver 3.5 project recommended OPCS change
Project in progress ver 4 More widespread financial proposed use Use greater detail of OPCS replacement - NIC
NIC structureNIC structure Proposed coding structure more comprehensive than OPCS Anaesthesia poorly represented in OPCS Includes in addition to OPCS4
Laterality Surgical approach/method ‘Extent’
Problems Communication Changes of leadership
More recently – change of direction – on hold
‘‘Payment by Results’ ObjectivesPayment by Results’ Objectives Pay providers fairly & transparently for services
delivered Reward efficiency & quality in providing services Contract price negotiation on volume and mix of
services Match capacity to demand Improve patient choice? Use HRG ver 4
HRG ver 4HRG ver 4 Suitable for a plurality of providers Reflect change in clinical practice Setting independent ( I/P D/C O/P ) Take advantage of new procedure classification Improve suitability for use in specialist services
e.g.Paediatrics; also chronic conditions
HRG ver 4HRG ver 4 Based on Spells rather than FCEs Unbundling of components within the pathways Completion of missing areas
Chemotherapy Critical Care Radiology Pathology A&E Radiotherapy Anaesthesia
Care PathwayCare PathwayCare Package
(Episode)
Healthcare Resource Groups (HRGs)
Healthcare Resource Components (HRCs)
Intervention Classification
Consultation A&E
Critical Care
Chemotherapy
Radiotherapy
Palliative CareMental health
Pathology
ICD OPCS NIC
SCONI
A A A A A A AAA
Radiology
Interventions
A
Future DevelopmentFuture Development
For service commissioning beyond Admitted Patient Care, April 2008
Caveats Problems and FolliesCaveats Problems and Follies PBR dependent on ver4 HRG in turn dependent on
NIC project Medical HRGs
ICD international – changes!! Length of stay
Setting independence Clinical relevance Cross chapter resource/cost comparison Cherry picking! Not much historic anaesthetic data
Proposed Anaesthetic HRGsProposed Anaesthetic HRGs Using BUPA Classification and ASA
1 Anaesthesia assessment (I/P or O/P) only
2 MIN or INT surgery and patient ASA I or II
3 MIN or INT surgery and ASA > II
4 MAJ or MAJ + and ASA I or II
5 MAJ or MAJ + and ASA > II
6 COMPLEX