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Midas+™ DataVision and 3M Potentially Preventable Readmission Enhancements Plus a special overview of the Hospital Readmission Reduction ProgramVicky A. Mahn-DiNicola RN, MS,

CPHQVice President, Solutions Strategy

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21st Annual Midas+ User Symposium • May 20–23, 2012 • Tucson, Arizona 2

Potentially Preventable Readmissions Added in

DataVision Web Application in May!

321st Annual Midas+ User Symposium • May 20–23, 2012 • Tucson, Arizona

Report Parameters Allow You to Run Reports for 15 or 30

Day Readmissions


Potentially Preventable Readmissions

Added to APR DRG Service Line Profile


Readmissions Tab added to APR DRG Subclass Detail Report in May


More PPR Reports Coming in July

• Adding Tab for Saved Readmissions


APR DRG Encounter Level Data

• Now being provided to all DataVision clients

• Separate license with 3M not required

• Data planted back on your server in May 2012

• Transitioning to monthly plant back in August so that data will be 2 months old instead of six

• Standard Reports on server to drill down to patient and provider level potentially preventable data coming in August


And it just keeps getting better…

More Cool Stuff Under Construction!• PPRs to be added to

Physician Reports in the DataVision Web Application in October 2012

• Potentially Preventable Complications to be added in January 2013 DataVision Web Update

• PPC Server based reports for patient drill down planned for May 2013


Benefits of 3M™ Potentially Preventable

Readmissions & Complications Focuses attention on cases

that you can affect through improved clinical and care management processes

Helps you understand the needs of your key populations

Trended PPR & PPC performance more sensitive to performance improvement initiatives

Optimally used with APR DRG LOS and Mortality findings to understand changing populations


Training Webinars for APR DRG PPRs

• June 13, 2012 - 10:30 am Pacific Time

• June 15, 2012 - 8:30 am Pacific Time• June 21, 2012 - 1:30 pm Pacific Time

Register on the Midas+ Clients Only Website


Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program

• Begins with October 1, 2012 discharges • Payments to hospitals will be reduced for excess

30-day readmissions following an index discharge – NQF #0505 Acute MI 30-day Risk Standardized

Readmission– NQF #0330 Heart Failure 30-day Risk Standardized

Readmission– NQF #0506 Pneumonia 30-day Risk Standardized

Readmission • Excludes patients with in-hospital death, without at

least 30 days post-discharge enrollment in Medicare FFS, discharged AMA or under the age of 65.

• Only 1 readmission during 30 days following discharge from the initial hospitalization will count as a readmission for purposes of calculating adjustment factors


CMS Readmission Risk Adjustment Methodology

• Patient demographic factors• Co-morbid diagnoses and indicators of frailty• Data source is from Medicare Part A and B claims

(excluding Medicare Advantage) 12 months prior to and including the index admission

• Discharges July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2011 will be used by CMS to calculate the excess readmission ratios used to determine payment in FY 2013

• Midas+ can NOT replicate this measure• Methodology is available at:

http://qualitynet.org/dcs/ContentServer?c=Page&pagename=QnetPublic%2FPage%2FQnetTier4&cid=1219069855841

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http://qualitynet.org/dcs/ContentServer?c=Page&pagename=QnetPublic/Page/QnetTier4&cid=1219069855841




Review of Proposed IPPS Rule CMS-1588-P

Posted April 26, 2012

Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program

Proposed Modification to Payment Calculation

• The hospital’s DRG base payment will be modified by an “Adjustment Factor”

• The “Adjustment Factor” will be the higher of either the “Ratio” or the “Floor” values (rounded to fourth decimal place)

– Ratio = 1 (aggregate payment for excessive readmissions)

(aggregate payment for all discharges)

– Floor adjustment set at 0.9900 for FY 2013, 0.9800 for FY 2014 and 0.9700 for FY 2015 and subsequent fiscal years

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Steps to Estimate Impact of Readmission Reduction

Program at Your Hospital1. Go to Hospital Compare and calculate

your hospital’s excessive readmission ratio

2. Calculate aggregate payments for all discharges

3. Calculate aggregate payments for excess readmissions

4. Calculate your ratio and determine your readmission adjustment factor

Note that the data for the 3-year applicable period of July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2011 Has not been completed yet. CMS to post a review period before June 20, 2012

Step 1: Calculate your excessive readmission ratio for each population and

retrieve your population volumes from Hospital Compare Website

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Step #2: Calculate Aggregate Payments for All Discharges

(Base DRG payment x AMI volume) +$6877 x 498 = $3,424,746

(Base DRG payment x CHF volume) +$6877 x 671 = $4,614,467

(Base DRG payment x PN volume)$6877 x 833 = $5,728,541

Aggregate payments for all discharges$13,767,754


Step #3: Calculate Aggregate Payments for Excess

Readmissions(Base DRG payment x AMI volume) x (ERR – 1) =

(18.0 Hospital /19.8 National) – 1 = -.0909 $3,424,746 x -.0909 = < 1 = NO EXCESS PAYMENTS

(Base DRG payment x CHF volume) x (ERR – 1) =(24.9 Hospital /24.8 National ) – 1 = .0040

$4,614,467 x .0040 = $18,606.73 in Excess Payments

(Base DRG payment x PN volume) x (ERR -1) =(18.8 Hospital /18.4 National) – 1 = .0217

$5,728,541 x .0217 = $124,309.34 in Excess Payments

Aggregate payments for excess readmissions

$142,916.07You have to perform better than the national median in all three populations

in order to avoid a reduction in your DRG base payment rate


Step #4: Calculate your ratio

Ratio = 1 – (Aggregate payments for excess readmits / Aggregate payments for all

discharges)

Ratio = 1 – ($142,916.07/$13,767,754)1 – 0.0104

Ratio = .9896

FY 2013 Floor value of 0.9900 is greater than ratio Hospital Readmission Adjustment Factor

is .9900 Base Rate Decreased from $6,877 to

$6,808.23


Tips for Preparing for Readmission Reduction

Program • Excess readmission ratios used for Readmission Reduction

Program are not identical to those posted on Hospital Compare for HIQR Program. Review confidential reports and patient level details about your hospital readmissions, which will be delivered to your secure QualityNet accounts by June 20, 2012 (30-day review period)

• Only 34.5% of American hospitals will have no adjustment. Have your CFO and Quality Officer review the proposed rule in detail and comment, comment, comment to CMS on or before June 25, 2012

• Review readmission patterns for your hospital wide and total knee and hip populations NOW to determine impact on your organization because these populations may be added to the Hospital Inpatient Quality Program


Proposed New Claims-Based Measures for FY 2015 Payment

Determination• Hip/Knee

Readmission: Hospital-Level 30-day All-Cause Risk Standardized Readmission Rate following elective primary total hip and knee arthroplasty NQF #1551

• 2008 Medicare FFS claims data show rates range from 3.06 to 50.94 percent (median 6.06%)

• Repeat hip/knee arthoplasty in 30 days excluded

• Risk adjusted similar to AMI, HF and PN readmission metrics


Proposed New Claims-Based Measures for FY 2015 Payment

Determination• Hospital Wide

Readmission– All-Cause readmissions

within 30 days of discharge

– Single summary score derived from five specialties: medicine, surgery and gynecology, cardiorespiratory, cardiovascular and neurology

– Exclusions include planned procedures, cancer and psychiatric conditions

– Pending NQF endorsement

• 20% of all Medicare beneficiaries are re-hospitalized within 30 days of discharge

• Preventable readmissions estimated from 12 to 76 percent

• If national rates could be lowered to levels achieved by top performing regions $1.9 billion saved annuallyMeasure specifications can be

found on NQF Website athttp://www.qualityforum.org/Projects/Readmissions_Endorsement_ Maintenance.aspx

http://www.qualityforum.org/Projects/Readmissions_Endorsement_Maintenance.aspx

