Market Driven Health Care Reform in Maine: How Market Principles can Improve the Health Care System and Why Maine is Leading the Country Elizabeth Mitchell CEO Maine Health Management Coalition www.mhmc.info & www.mehmc.org
Maine Health Management Coalition www.mhmc.info Purchasers 19 Private Employers 5 Public Purchasers The MHMC is an purchaser-led partnership among multiple stakeholders working collaboratively to maximize improvement in the value of healthcare services delivered to MHMC members employees and dependents. Providers 21 Hospitals 14 Physician Groups The Maine Health Management Coalition Foundation is a public charity whose mission is to bring the purchaser, consumer and provider communities together in a partnership to measure and report to the people of Maine on the value of healthcare services and to educate the public to use information on cost and quality to make informed decisions. Health lthplans the value of healthcare services and to educate 5 Health Plans Collectively 35% of Comm. Market www.mhmc.info & www.mehmc.org 2
MHMC Value Equation quality / outcomes + Value = change in health status + employee satisfaction cost Best quality health care Best outcomes and quality of life Most satisfaction For the most affordable cost For all Maine citizens www.mhmc.info & www.mehmc.org
Costs of Premiums Eroding Wages www.mhmc.info & www.mehmc.org 4
If food prices had risen at medical inflation rates since the 1930 s s. *Source: American Institute for Preventive medicine 2009 1 dozen eggs $85.08 1 pound apples $12.97 1 pound sugar $14.53 1 roll toilet paper $25.67 1d dozen oranges $114.47 47 1 pound butter $108.29 1 pound bananas $17.02 1 pound bacon $129.94 1 pound beef shoulder $46.22 1 pound coffee $68.08 10 Item Total $622.27 www.mhmc.info & www.mehmc.org
Good News and Bad News The Good News: Maine s health care quality is good and improving. 2010: Biggest improvement in US The Bad News: We can t afford it. Maine s health care cost 2 nd highest in US. www.mhmc.info & www.mehmc.org
4 Steps to Improving Health Care Value 1) Transparent Cost and Quality Information 1) Informed Consumer Choice 1) Value Based Purchasing 2) Effective Incentives www.mhmc.info & www.mehmc.org
Maine Hospitals PTE Steering Committee Determines Pie and Blue Ribbon Cut Points. www.mhmc.info Source: CMS & www.mehmc.org 8 Leapfrog & MHMC CMS
% Variance in Inpatient & Outpatient Hospital Allowed Payments, CY2005, Adjusted for Patient Mix by DRG & APG Unadjusted variances in provider or insurer coding and processing of data may contribute to the variances shown in this report. Unadjusted variances in provider or insurer reimbursement arrangements, which may not be reflected in the administrative files, may contribute to the variances shown in this report. Although the Maine Health Information Center makes every effort to ensure the validity and accuracy of the report, the report is based on data provided by other organizations. Therefore, it is subject to the limitations of coding and financial information inherent in administrative files. This is provided to enhance the user s understanding of relative payment for services. *** Critical Access Hospital before 2005 * New Critical Access Hospital during 2005 www.mhmc.info & www.mehmc.org
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Paying for Value: Better Coverage for Better Care State of Maine and The Jackson Laboratories: Tiered Networks Hospitals based on PTE Metrics - 2006 Waive $200 co-pay PCPs based on PTE Metrics - July 2007 Waive co-pay and deductible on office visits Several other Maine employers planning tiered benefits in 2011 www.mhmc.info & www.mehmc.org 11
You Get What You Pay For Employers Want: Informed Employees Improved Outcomes Care Coordination Prevention Functional Status Return to Work Employers Pay For: Tests Visits Procedures Prescriptions Errors & Complications www.mhmc.info & www.mehmc.org
Current Payment Systems Reward Bad Outcomes, Not Better Health Healthy Consumer Continued Health Preventable Condition No Hospitalization Acute Care Episode Efficient Successful Outcome $ High-Cost Successful Outcome Complications, Infections, Readmissions www.mhmc.info & www.mehmc.org 13
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