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June 2015Dear Friends and Colleagues,
Welcome to the 32nd Arizona State-of-the-State.
Thank you for choosing The Hertel Report (THR) as your trusted resource for news and information
impacting the Arizona healthcare industry. THR is proud to follow in the footsteps of Jim Hertel, founder
of the Arizona Managed Care Newsletter and former State-of-the-State host and sponsor.
As the publisher of The Hertel Report, I’m responsible for ensuring the information you receive on THR’s
website, monthly newsletter, data editions and this State-of-the-State is timely, accurate and impartial.
With three decades in the healthcare industry and a passion for healthcare policy, I’m equally commit-
ted to encouraging professional collaboration and dialogue on the important topics facing the health-
care industry today.
During this morning’s presentation we’re excited to provide you a Medicare & AHCCCS industry update,
an opportunity to explore how Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are growing in Arizona and how
the new Regional Behavioral Health Authority is progressing in the state.
ACOs are accelerating the pace of change across the country, and Arizona is leading the effort. The
Affordable Care Act encourages the healthcare industry to create organizations designed to improve
quality and reduce costs for the traditional Medicare population. Arizona has one of the 19 remaining
Pioneer ACO’s and 11 Medicare Shared Savings ACO’s. The Medicare ACO’s are the focus of today’s
panel discussion. We have Medicare ACO leaders from across the state joining us to share information
and data with us.
Integrating behavioral and physical health is the impetus behind the new Regional Behavioral Health
Authority (RBHA) structure in Arizona. The new RBHA in Maricopa County, Mercy Maricopa Integrated
Care (MMIC), has been delivering coordinated care for five months now, and we will hear a progress
report from Jennifer Sommers, Director, Network Development & Contracting at Mercy Care Plan and
MMIC.
My thanks to Jennifer and the representatives of our state’s leading Accountable Care Organizations, as
well as my friend and colleague Steve Rees for joining me in today’s discussion. We encourage you to
be a part of the discussion, too.
Thank you for joining us today.
Jim HammondCEO/PublisherThe Hertel Report, LLC
Continue the conversation as a member of The Hertel Report at www.thehertelreport.com or contact us at [email protected]
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Good Morning,
Welcome to the 37th edition of the Winter State of the State breakfast meeting.
For nearly two decades, our membership organization has brought together leaders from throughout the Arizona healthcare industry to learn the latest market trends while gaining additional insight and intelligence from our collection of unbiased, locally sourced data, and our curated collection of federal and state reports.
This year, the State of the State is hosting seven industry experts to share their perspectives on a specific industry segment. We will learn about the roll-out of new legislation and explore potential legislative changes coming in 2019. We’ll hear about the impacts of changes to our Medicaid program, and updates on the health insurance marketplace including enrollment and new players. The program also includes exciting changes and trends impacting Medicare Advantage from new benefits and health plans to new enrollment periods. Attendees will also hear the latest on ACOs and value-based medicine and get a bird’s eye view of the latest commercial rules, short term plans and trends in narrow networks and self-funded plans. Today’s experts are listed on our agenda page, please review their information to learn more.
As the Publisher of The Hertel Report it’s my mission to ensure our Arizona healthcare community receives trusted, impartial and timely news and data. As the host and moderator of the State of the State, it brings me great pleasure to share the stage with other industry professionals who share our commitment to providing solution-focused insights for our growing healthcare community across Arizona.
Please let us know how we are doing in that effort and share what you think we can do to improve future sessions.
Thank you very much,
JimJim HammondCEO/Publisher - The Hertel Report, [email protected]
January 2019
7AM NETWORKING BEGINS
7:30AM BREAKFAST
8AM PROGRAM BEGINS
WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS PAULA BLANKENSHIP & JIM HAMMOND
HEADLINE NEWS JIM HAMMOND & JIM WHITFILL, MD
MARKET UPDATE JIM HAMMOND & JIM WHITFILL, MD • AHCCCS • MA • HIM • ACOS
A BRIEF HISTORY OF U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY LEONARD KIRSCHNER, MD
ACA REPEAL & REPLACE JIM HAMMOND, JIM WHITFILL, MD & LEONARD KIRSCHNER, MD
THANK YOU & CLOSING REMARKS
10:30AM PROGRAM ENDS
2019 Winter State of the State Agenda8amIntroductions
Breakfast Sponsor Managing Editor Paula BlankenshipPublisher Jim Hammond Founding Sponsors
8:30amProgram Begins
Discussion Facilitated by Publisher Jim Hammond
Jeff Buehrle, CFO at Banner and current AZ HFMA President, will welcome attendees and speak about collegiality, community cooperation and the path toward value.
Pele Fisher of Peacock Legal will address pending legislation, opioids, surprise billing, credentialing, prior authorization fixes, CHIP, Medicaid expansion and other Arizona news.
Beth Kohler of Beth Kohler Consulting and former Deputy Director of AHCCCS will address integrated care, new geographic service areas, work requirements and other trends in Medicaid. Marcus Johnson, Director of State Health Policy and Advocacy at Vitalyst Health Foundation will give an update on the health Insurance marketplace and the uninsured rate in Arizona.
Paul Rose, Co-CEO of Western Asset Protection (WAP) will give an update on Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplemental, agent climate and more.
Blue Beckham of Blue Sky Consulting will present the latest trends in value-based networks and ACOs as well as discussions on risk transfer, provider readiness, Stark Law changes, network culling, MLR and more.
Chris Scherzer of The Clear Group will share his take on the commercial market, including narrow networks and the impact of non-ACA plans.
10:15amDiscussion/Audience Questions
10:30amProgram Ends
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Arizona Foundation is an independent, not-for-profit Preferred Provider Organization. Originally established by physicians in 1969 as an alternative to health maintenance organizations, we have grown into Arizona’s largest statewide, independent network by providing highly-accessible, quality care.
We work directly with brokers, consultants, general agents, third party administrators, and insurance companies to provide the freedom of choice by offering and/or endorsing a variety of healthcare solutions.
Our Workers’ Compensation Plan, Foundation Comp, was designed for self-funded employers and workers’ compensation carriers. Foundation Comp offers its clients aggressive discounts and the largest, most accessible network of hospitals, occupational health medical centers, urgent care centers, physical therapy centers, and outpatient surgery centers, as well as a comprehensive network of physicians.
To help control the rising costs of healthcare, Arizona Foundation - through our strategic partnerships - has compiled a comprehensive package of nationwide Medical Management services and Wellness Programs that include:
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2019 Arizona Winter State of the State Market Update
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2019 Arizona LegislaIve Session
Corporate Members
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Elec,ons Ma:er Republicans held majority in Arizona Legislature …
Senate 17(Rs) -‐ 13(Ds) House of RepresentaIves 31(Rs) -‐ 29(Ds)
Republican trifecta stands (House, Senate and Governor) Democrats picked-‐up:
U.S. Senate Seats: Krysten Sinema (D) Congressional Seat District 2: Ann Kirkpatrick (D) Secretary of State: KaIe Hobbs (D) Superintendent of Public InstrucIon: Kathy Hoffman (D)
Is Arizona turning purple? CompeIIve? Appointed to fill McCain’s Senate Seat – Martha McSally (R)
2019 Legisla,ve Session • Session begins on January 14th
• State of the State & ExecuIve Budget
• President of the Senate: Karen Fann (R) LD-‐1 • House Speaker: Rusty Bowers (R) LD-‐25 • Senate Health Chair: Sen. Kate Brophy-‐McGee (R) LD-‐28
• Sen. Heather Carter (R) LD-‐15, Vice Chair • House Health Chair: Rep. Nancy Barto (R) LD-‐15
• Rep. Jay Lawrence (R) LD-‐23, Vice Chair
Priority Issues • Budget • Water • Tax Conformity • Red for Ed -‐ EducaIon Funding • EducaIon Reforms • Infrastructure / TransportaIon • State Employee Raises • School Safety • Criminal JusIce Reforms
Health Issues
• Fixing the Kids Care “Trigger” • Dental Benefits for Pregnant Women • HIE Reforms • Telemedicine Coverage • PBM Reforms • Opioids
Public Health Issues
• Public Health • Tobacco 21 • Vaping Reforms • TexIng and Driving • Prohibit indoor tanning
for kids under 18 • Needle Exchange /
Syringe Access Programs • IntervenIons to Improve
ImmunizaIon Rates
Implementa,on: Surprise Out-‐of-‐network Bill Dispute Resolu,on • Dispute ResoluIon Process administered through DOI
– For Healthcare services received on or aser January 1, 2019 in the amount of $1,000 or more aser deducIng the enrollee’s copay, coinsurance, and deducIble.
• DOI plans to have an electric system up and running starIng on January 14, 2019
• Process: – Enrollee submits request for dispute resoluIon – DOI evaluates if the request qualifies – Informal seSlement teleconference between the parIes – If no agreement is reached, arbitraIon
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Opioid Update …
June 15, 2017 – December 27, 2018
Arizona Opioid Epidemic Act • Expanding access to naloxone • Prescriber EducaIon • Prescribing Limits
– 5-‐day limit on iniIal opioid prescripIons with excepIons – 90 MME dosage limits
• ProhibiIon on dispensing of opioids • E-‐prescribing of controlled substances • RegulaIon and licensing of pain management clinics • Electronic prescribing required for Schedule II opioids • ExpediIng Prior AuthorizaIon
In 2018, Arizona has seen . . . • 36% decrease in the number of opioid prescripIons, compared to 2016; • 60% decrease in the number of paIents potenIally doctor shopping, compared to
July 2017; • 58% increase in the percent of overdoses referred to behavioral health providers,
compared to July 2017; • 296% increase in the number of naloxone doses dispensed by pharmacies,
compared to September of 2017; • 37% increase in the percent of providers who are checking the Controlled
Substances PrescripIon Monitoring Program, compared to July 2017; • 78% decrease in the number of opioid naive paIents given prescripIons for over
90MME since 2016; • And 56% decrease in the number of opioid naive paIents given prescripIons longer
than 5 days compared to 2016.
CoaliIon Members Create 5-‐point plan to Reduce AdministraIve Burden of Prior AuthorizaIon
– American Hospital AssociaIon (AHA) – America’s Health Insurance Plans
(AHIP) – American Medical AssociaIon (AMA) – American Pharmacists AssociaIon
(APhA) – Blue Cross Blue Shield AssociaIon
(BCBSA) – Medical Group Management
AssociaIon (MGMA)
1. SelecIve ApplicaIon Based on Quality, Performance or Evidence-‐based Medicine
2. Program Review & Volume Adjustment
3. Transparency & CommunicaIon 4. ConInuity of PaIent Care 5. AutomaIon to Improve
Transparency & Efficiency
Independent Agency Perspec,ve on Provider Topics
Paul Rose, Co-‐CEO Agency in business since 1982 Large MAPD/Med Supp Insurance Distributor 500+ cerIfied agents in Arizona
Topics • Provider/Agent RelaIonship • Mobile Urgent Care – Benefits of • Mobile PCP – Benefits of • Telemedicine • ACO/Network Membership Growth Concerns
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Provider /Agent RelaIonships
• Providers can’t steer specific plans • CredenIaled advisors can • Opportunity to develop relaIonships • Partnership benefits
– RetenIon, paIent growth, value – Partnership benefits
• Ways to grow/retain – Calls, mailings, educaIon/sales events
MOBILE URGENT & PCP CARE
New added value benefit in some MA plans Cost effecIve way to deliver care Key is to educate brokers how to leverage Could see a significant shis next 2-‐3 years
TELE-‐MEDICINE
Network adequacy challenges Boomers more prepared for mobile medicine IntroducIon on moderate tele co-‐pays Expect a lot more virtual visits 2020 and on
ACO/NETWORK MEMBERSHIP GROWTH CONCERNS
Future of MAPD High performance network challenges:
Size of major metro areas Agent confidence & educaIon Less provider choice Takes Ime to build
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Medicare is not just one thing
Dual Medicare/Medicaid Zero premium & Low premium Premiums vary based on benefits Premiums vary Very High Income
Dual Medicare and Medicaid Integrated AHCCCS Medicare
Advantage Plan
Medicare Advantage
Medicare Advantage plus Part D
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TradiIonal Medicare Plus Part D
Plan
TradiIonal Medicare
TradiIonal Medicare Plus a Supplement
High Income Part B Premiums
AHCCCS Complete Care = Integrated MCO Responsible for Physical and Behavioral Health October 2018 CC Contract Awards
Central GSA* Maricopa, Gila & Pinal Coun1es
• UnitedHealthcare Community Plan • Banner-‐University Family Care Plan • Care1st Health Plan Arizona • Health Choice Arizona (Steward) • Arizona Complete Health (Health Net) • Magellan Complete Care of Arizona • Mercy Care +
South GSA Cochise Graham, Greenlee, La Paz Pima, Santa Cruz & Yuma Coun1es • Arizona Compete Health (Health Net) + • Banner-‐University Family Care Plan • UnitedHealthcare Community Plan (Pima County only). North GSA Apache, Coconino, Mohave, Navajo & Yavapai Coun1es • Care1st Health Plan Arizona • Health Choice Arizona (Steward) + *Central GSA zip codes 85542, 85192 & 85550
are in the South GSA + RBHA Affiliated En,ty
RBHA Changes 10.1.18 No Longer Serving Most Adults & Children – Services Provided by ACC Plans
EXCEPTIONS
• Foster Children Enrolled in CMDP (~13,000)
• Members Enrolled with DES/DD (~33,000)
• Individuals with a Serious Mental Illness (~40,000)
• Crisis Services, Grant-‐Funded and State Only Funded Services 21
Care Delivery System as of Oct. 1, 2018
As Of October 1, 2018
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Medicaid Enrollment – Dec 18
Families & Kids
938,134
Individuals w/SSI
182,377
Childless Adults 313,241
Expansion Adults 77,044
Sobra Pregnant 19,028
KidsCare 32,367
ALTCS EPD: 30,717 DD: 32,976
OTHER: 244,546
AHCCCS Enrollment Trends Acute MCO Enrollment
ACC 2018 Enrollment Report Doesn’t include ACC SMI Plans
AHCCCS Acute Plan Enrollment Shift January 2017 to December 2018
HEALTH PLAN
JANUARY 17 MEMBERSHIP
JANUARY 18 MEMBERSHIP CHANGE
DECEMBER 18 MEMBERSHIP CHANGE
United Healthcare 441,820 507,409 14.8% 366,259.00 (27.8)%
Mercy Care Plan 365,348 368,137 0.8% 351,856.00 (4.4)%
Health Choice AZ 250,463 248,971 (0.6)% 222,734.00 (10.5)%
Care 1st AZ 111,923 146,386 30.8% 181,457.00 24.0% University Family Care 137,905 131,948 (4.3)% 177,012.00 34.2% Health Net Access 57,756 58,567 1.4% 194,898.00 232.8%
November 2017
December 2017
April 2018
5-‐year Life,me Benefit Tabled
April 2017 – SIll WaiIng on CMS IMD Exclusion Waiver
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MEDICAID WORK REQUIREMENTS – LATEST NEWS 10 States have pending waivers to implement Work Requirements • Alabama • Arizona • Kansas • Maine • Michigan • Mississippi • Ohio • South Dakota • Utah • Virginia
5 States Approved for Work Requirements • Arkansas • Indiana • Kentucky – Judge’s Ruling by EOM; Re-‐Approved • New Hampshire • Wisconsin
Source: KFF as of Dec. 7, 2018
States will be required by CMS to describe strategies to assist beneficiaries in mee,ng work requirements but may not use federal Medicaid funds for suppor,ve services to help people overcome barriers to work.
AHCCCS Care Premium & HSA Program on Hold
Arkansas Early Data Shows
ImplementaIon Challenges
Goals of Work Requirement Waivers
Medicaid Categorical
Medicaid Expansion
Marketplace -‐ Subsidized
Marketplace Unsubsidized/Commercial
The State of Coverage in Arizona 2019
Marcus Johnson Director, State Health Policy and Advocacy
Vitalyst Health FoundaIon
Health Coverage Reform
Coverage
Cost Quality
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Uninsured Trends (AZ v US)
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 United States 17% 17% 18% 17% 17% 17% 14% 11% 10% 10% Arizona 21% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 16% 13% 12% 12%
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Medicare Employer Individual Market
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Medicaid <138%FPL Uninsured
Coverage Con,nuum
• Integrated Coverage
• Broad Networks • No premiums,
cost sharing
• Comprehensive benefits
• Affordable w/Subsidies
• Lower premiums
• More OpIons?
• Comprehensive benefits
• Robust Networks
• Large Risk Pool
• Comprehensive benefits
• Low cost • More OpIons
(MA)
• Disease • Unemployment • Uncomp. Care • Cost Shising
• Gov’t Budget Impacts
• Lower Reimbursement
• Expensive w/o subsidies
• High DeducIble • Narrow
Networks
• Fewer consumer protecIons
• More OpIons? • Narrow
Networks
• Not portable • Narrow
Networks • Family Glitch
• Gov’t Budget Impact
Medicare Employer Individual Market
Marketplace 138-‐400FPL
Medicaid <138%FPL Uninsured
Coverage Con,nuum
Family Size 100% 133% 138% 250% 350% 400%
1 $11,880 $15,800 $16,400 $29,700 $41,580 $47,550
2 $16,020 $21,300 $22,100 $40,050 $56,070 $64,100
3 $20,160 $26,800 $33,600 $50,400 $70,560 $84,650
4 $28,440 $37,850 $39,250 $60,750 $85,050 $97,200
5 $28,410 $37,785 $39,205 $71,100 $89,210 $113,800
Source: US Census
Employer 50.1 Direct-‐Purchase 13.3 AHCCCS 22.5 Medicare 18.7 VA 2.9 Uninsured 10.1
Source of Health Insurance Coverage, All Arizonans, 2017
Source Percent Number Employer 50.1% 3,460,000 Medicaid 22.5% 1,554,000 Medicare 18.7% 1,292,000
Direct-‐Purchase 13.3% 917,000 Uninsured 10.1% 695,000
VA 2.9% 198,000 *Total is greater than 100% due to individuals with more than one source of coverage
2019 Marketplace Headwinds • Tax Bill Zeroes-‐Out Individual Mandate Penalty • 75% Funding Cut to Navigators • 90% Funding Cut to Adver,sing • Short term plans and associa,on plans • Rates highly variable in AZ • Inverse relaIonship to economy • Cost Sharing ReducIons unfunded, but sIll part of silver benefits package for under 250% FPL
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AZ Marketplace Plans 2019 Maricopa
County Only All Rural Counties
plus Pima Maricopa and
Pima
Arizona Marketplace Enrollment
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
120071
205666 202295 196291 165758 161241
Marketplace Plan SelecIons
Source: CMS Snapshots -‐ hSps://www.cms.gov/newsroom/fact-‐sheets/weekly-‐enrollment-‐snapshot-‐week-‐6
Coconino Maricopa Pima
$42 $70 $73
2019 Marketplace Premiums Aoer Tax Credits – Silver Plan 40-‐year-‐old, $20k (165%FPL)
Source: Kaiser Family FoundaIon
2019 Marketplace Premiums Aoer Tax Credits – Silver Plan 40-‐year-‐old, $30k (247%FPL)
Coconino Maricopa Pima
$168 $196 $199
Source: Kaiser Family FoundaIon
2019 Marketplace Premiums Aoer Tax Credits – Silver Plan 40-‐year-‐old, $40k (329%FPL)
Coconino Maricopa Pima
$290 $318 $321
Source: Kaiser Family FoundaIon
2019 Marketplace Premiums Unsubsidized – Silver Plan 40-‐year-‐old, Above 400%FPL
Coconino Maricopa Pima
$648 $415 $332
Source: Kaiser Family FoundaIon
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2019 Marketplace Premiums Aoer Tax Credits – Bronze Plan 40-‐year-‐old, $20k (165%FPL)
Coconino Maricopa Pima
$0 $0 $6
HOWEVER DeducIble ~$6,300
Uninsured Eligible for a Zero Premium Bronze Plan
AZ U.S. 54,673
(18% of the Uninsured) 4.2 Million
(27% of the Uninsured)
Bo:om Line: ACA Coverage in AZ
Who’s Benefi,ng • Medicaid Expansion • Marketplace consumers
earning up to 400% FPL, receiving subsidies
Who’s Hur,ng • Arizonans earning above
400% FPL, who don’t have… – Employer Insurance – Medicare – VA – Or live in rural county
What’s Next?
Foreseeable Future -‐ Health Insurance Policy TEXAS v AZAR • 12/14/18 -‐ Judge rules enIre ACA
is unconsItuIonal. • Trump AdministraIon did not
defend. • No immediate changes. • Next: Appeals and Supreme Court
1332 WAIVERS • State flexibiliIes for: Reinsurance,
underwriIng, changes to minimum essenIal benefits, annual/lifeIme maximums, subsidies for AHPs and STP’s, etc.
• States to pursue state-‐based individual mandate and expand Marketplace subsidies PUBLIC CHARGE RULE
• PotenIal chilling effect on enrollment
MEDICAID WORK REQUIREMENTS • PotenIal reducIon in enrollment • Could lead to Expansion in non-‐
Expansion states
DISRUPTIVE CHANGE • Medicare-‐For-‐All / Single-‐Payer • Public OpIon offered through
Marketplace • Medicare Buy-‐In OpIon <65yrs old • Medicaid Buy-‐In
Foreseeable Future – Health Policy Payment Reform
Delivery System Reform
Accountable Health
CommuniIes
Health InformaIon Exchanges
Social Determinants of Health
Hospital-‐Public Health CollaboraIon
Telehealth Technologies
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VBNs, ACOs, Market Reform
Blue Beckham Principal
• Risk Transfer at the Payor Level – CapitaIon – AHCCCS – Medicare Advantage – Etc.
• Risk Transfer at the Provider Level – CPT Codes – Case Rates – Per Diem – DRGs – Bundled Payments
• Shared Savings and Pay for Performance (P4P) – Process Payments (TransacIonal Revenue) – Earned Shared Savings – Outcomes Payments
• Enhanced FFS • Prospec,ve Payments
LEVELS OF FINANCIAL RISK VERSUS INCENTIVES
Provider Incentives:
High
Degree
of Risk
Low
Fee-for- Service (FFS)
Discounted Fee-for- Service (DFFS)
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• More days • More cases
• • • • More ancillaries • More days • More cases
•
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• More days • More cases
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• Less days • More cases
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Shared Risk upside and downside
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Payments
Percent of Premium Capita,on
Medicare Advantage
More $ Prove quality IdenIfy high
cost efficiency Upfront costs,
reward Provider is decision-‐maker
Financial Risk Full-‐Risk
Incidence and prevalence
More Cases More Cases More Cases Avoid waste prevenIon
Quality Measures
Reserves Partnerships Risk tolerance
Reduce uIlizaIon
True Pop Health
PROVIDER
INCENTIV
ES EVOLVE
Provider Accountability Risk/rew
ard
Value=Quality/Cost Time
• Health Plan Cost = Provider Revenue • Health Plan reduces price • Providers incenIvized to
Cost = Rate x UIlizaIon
Increase U,liza,on wait for it……..
Fee-‐For-‐Service
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Objec,ve: Reduce Overall Healthcare Costs
79
So, reduce costs and make pie smaller, right?
A smaller pie means less $ for hospitals providers as well as for brokers and plans.
All incented to make the pie bigger.
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Providers Payors
Providers Hospital Ancillary Others
Brokers Admin. Profit
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CLAIMS
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Claims Admin
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Care Admin
CARE
ADMINISTRATION
Acute Hospital Ambulatory Surgery Center Specialists Primary Care Physicians Skilled Nursing FaciliIes Home Health/Hospice Pharmacy Telemedicine Transplants ESRD SDOH And more…
New Clinical Models
InnovaIon
CollaboraIon
Efficient predictable
safe
PaIent Centered Wellness PrevenIon
New Funding Models
Risk to Provider
Reward Quality
Embrace Technology
Process improvement
Shared InformaIon
Safety
Decrease DuplicaIon
“Value Based Networks”
Aggregated Providers
AffiliaIon
Evidence of Quality, Efficiency
Willing to Take Risk
• Value = Quality/Price • Quality requires definiIon • Evidence criIcal – IT and UM/QA • MeeIng criIcal measures • Prove to yourself, then the market • Bundled payments • Pay for performance, earn shared savings • Moving to Risk
Word of the Day Let’s talk about Nomenclature • Accountable Care OrganizaIons – ACO’s are funded by the ACA and specifically address tradiIonal Medicare
• Clinically Integrated Networks • Physician Hospital OrganizaIons • Independent Physicians AssociaIons
– Primary Care – MulIspecialty
• Single TIN Groups
All can be Value-‐Based Networks
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Medicare ACO Start Date
Ownership/Structure Service Area
2018 Track PCP's Summer
#Beneficiaries Winter
#Beneficiaries
Banner Health Network 1/1/2012 Banner Health & Networks Maricopa and Pinal Coun,es
MSSP Track 3 1032 50,737 Pending
Arizona Connected Care 4/1/2012 Community Providers, TMC Southern Arizona
MSSP Track 1 637 8,318 9,734
Arizona Care Network 1/1/2013 Dignity Health & Abrazo Health Arizona Next Gen 1220 33,000 35,000
Commonwealth PCACO 1/1/2013 Independent PCP's Arizona, New Mexico
MSSP Track 1 90 16,000 15,000
Sco:sdale Health Partners 1/1/2014 Honor Health Maricopa County
MSSP Track 2 300 23.500 45,000
ASPA-‐Connected Community 1/1/2015 Independent Physicians (ASPA)
Arizona, New Mexico MSSP Track 1 50 6,200 6,800
North Central AZ Accountable Care 1/1/2015
Yavapai RMC, with NEAR-‐Summit
Apache, Coconino, Yavapai
MSSP Track 1+ 150 14,500 15,000
Abacus ACO 1/1/2016 Arizona Community Physicians Southern Arizona
MSSP Track 1 131 28,000 Pending
Pathfinder ACO 1/1/2018 Northern Arizona Healthcare Coconino and Yavapai Coun,es
MSSP Track 1+ 78 9,843 Pending
Physicians Performance Network of Arizona 1/1/2018 Tenet Healthcare –Carondelet
Pima County MSSP
Track 1+ NR NR NR
Arizona’s Medicare ACO’s 2018
Optum ACO Exits Next Gen Tenet ACO Launches 2019 JC Lincoln ACO Merges with ScoSsdale Health Partners ACN is All In With Next Gen
ACO Movement/News • Pathfinder Health leaves NCAAC and starts MSSP Track 1+ • Summit (NEAR network) Joins NCAAC • NCAAC moves to Track 1+ • Banner Health Network moves from Pioneer to Track 3 • ACN Sunsets MSSP – Runs Only Next GeneraIon • ScoSsdale Health Partners Combines with JC Lincoln ACO • Optum Care ACO leaves Next GeneraIon Program • Tenet adds MSSP • ACC signs management agreement with P3 Health Partners
CMS Finalizes New Risk Tracks for MSSP
• Current • Track 1 – Upside Only, 50% share • Track 1+ limited Up and Down Risk
• Track 2 – Up and Down Risk • Track 3 – Highest level up and Down Risk in MSSP
• Next GeneraIon Model
• New • T1 = Basic A&B (Upside Only) • T1+ = Basic C and D (Up and Down) • T2 = Basic D and E (Up and Down) • T3= Enhanced (AAPM) • Next GeneraIon Model (AAPM)
BASIC A&B BASIC C BASIC D BASIC E
One-‐sided Risk-‐Reward Risk-‐Reward Risk-‐Reward
Limited to 2 years Years 3-‐5 Years 3-‐5 Immediately AAPM
25% share max up to 10% of benchmark
30% share max up to 10% of benchmark
40% share max up to 10% of benchmark
40% share max up to 10% of benchmark
RISK TO ACO
Degree of Risk
Enhanced Next Genera,on
Current Track 3 AAPM
Current high Risk AAPM
75% up to 20% of benchmark
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ACO Name 2017 Track 2018 Track
Banner Health Network MSSP Track 3 MSSP Track 3
Arizona Connected Care MSSP Track 1 MSSP Track 1 Arizona Care Network MSSP Track 1 and
Next Generation Next Generation
Commonwealth PCACO MSSP Track 1 MSSP Track 1 John C. Lincoln ACO MSSP Track 1 MSSP Track 1 Scottsdale Health Partners MSSP Track 1 MSSP Track 2 ASPA Connected Community MSSP Track 1 MSSP Track 1 North Central Arizona AC MSSP Track 1 MSSP Track 1+ Abacus ACO MSSP Track 1 MSSP Track 1 PathfinderHealth N/A Track 1+
2018 Arizona ACO Tracks VBN’s All a%ributed lives in the Medicare column are through the MSSP or
Next Genera;on programs.
PCPs is total MD/DO and mid-‐level prac;;oners
This table illustrates a%ributed lives for many Value-‐based Networks in
Arizona. While this list is comprehensive, we know there are other VBN's in Arizona not accounted
for in this report. The data was aggregated by The
Hertel Report, sourced from responses directly from the VBN’s.
Summer 2018
Es,mated Value-‐Based Contracted Lives in Arizona Organiza,on Name Medicare* Medicare
Advantage Commercial Medicaid Es,mated Total Lives
Es,mated Number of
PCP's Abacus ACO * 28,000 23,200 30,000 7,100 88,300 131 Arizona Care Network 35,000 9,000+ 147,000 116,000 307,000+ 1,220 Arizona Connected Care 9,734 7,505 16,414 0 33,653 637 Arizona Priority Care* N/A 11,005 0 0 11,005 322 ASPA Connected Community 6,800 0 0 0 6,800 65 Banner Health Network* 50,737 90,381 288,644 13200 442,962 1,032 Cigna Medical Group WND WND WND WND WND WND Commonwealth ACO 15,000 24,000 4,000 43,000 90 District Medical Group/MIHS N/A 0 0 94,000 94,000 60 Equality Health Network N/A 2,383 0 160,505 162,888 900 Health Choice Preferred N/A 6,000 1,000 31,000 38,000 125 Innova,on Care Partners* 45,000 23,000 37,000 0 105,000 300 Iora Health WND WND WND WND WND WND North Central Arizona Accountable Care 15,353 0 0 0 15,353 150 PathFinder ACO* 9,843 0 6,056 0 15,899 78 Phoenix Children's Care Network* N/A 0 2,300 126,000 128,300 359 Summit Healthcare NEAR Network* N/A 0 4,500 0 4,500
Data Updated December 2018 *May 2018 Data
N/A: Not Applicable WND: Would Not Disclose
AssociaIon Health Plans On June 21, 2018, the DOL published a final rule that expands the ability of employers to join together to form AHPs. New guidance issued by the IRS and DOL provides that: • Employer parIcipaIon does not trigger Employer Shared responsibility rules.
• 2 Parts -‐ An AHP is a group health plan and a mulIple employer welfare arrangement (MEWA) subject to ERISA’s requirements.
AssociaIon Health Plans AHPs offer coverage to some or all employers geographically or by trade, industry or line of business ISSUE: AHPs are not subject to Essen,al Health Benefits. Some examples include: • PrevenIve services at no cost • Emergency Services • Mental Health • Maternity
AssociaIon Health Plans Compliance and for AHPs • Summary plan descrip,on (SPD) • Summary of material modifica,ons (SMM) • Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) Filing Requirements Fully insured or self-‐insured, must file Form 5500 and a Form M-‐1 with the DOL.
Short Term Medical Plans Short Term Health Plans to extend coverage up to 364 days with opIons • Some policies may renew for up to a 3-‐year period.
STM Plan Quote in AZ: • Premium = $218.89 / mo. • $2,500 DeducIble • $1m Max • 12-‐month period 59 Limita;ons and Exclusions
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Short Term Medical Plans Short Term Medical Plan on Covered Benefits • Plans are underwri:en • Limits on hospitalizaIon • Pharmacy limits – ex, drugs only covered during hospital stay • Typically don’t cover maternity benefits • Pre-‐ex applies • Addi,onal Limits may apply
– Ex: Appendectomy $2.5k, Kidney stones $1.5k, Gallbladder Removal $2.5k
Actuarial Values
Metal Tier Cost Share Plan vs. Consumer Features
Pla,num 90% No/low Deduc,ble Co-‐pays 90/10
Gold 80% Small Deduc,bles
Silver 70% Big Deduc,bles (CSR’s)
Bronze 60% Max Deduc,bles
Copper 50% Catastrophic
Nickel 40% Skinny Plans
Short Term Medical Plans On December 10th California Department of Insurance Banned
Short Term Health insurance
AssociaIon Health Plans / Short Term Medical Which carriers are offering STM and AHPs in Arizona?
STM AHP AHP Comments
Aetna No No Looking into it -‐ interested BCBS of AZ Yes No No AHPs, 4 AcIve Trusts Cigna No No Not likely to add United Healthcare No Yes 1 local AHP, 30 naIonally SLOW TO ADOPT!
Self-‐funding
Chart provided by Kaiser Family FoundaIon
Self-‐Funding Advantages • Tax savings • Claims transparency • Flexibility in plan design • Lower fixed cost • Eliminate carrier profit margins – carriers expect between 3-‐7% margin.
• Custom / Narrow Networks
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Narrow / High-‐Performing Networks
There is a pronounced shis from broad PPO networks to narrow / high-‐performing networks in Arizona. • High performing physicians and faciliIes • CombinaIon of lower unit costs, lower total medical costs through eliminaIon of waste and improved care paSerns and value (vs volume) based reimbursement methods
• Not there yet – slowly moving away from fee-‐for-‐service contracts.
Narrow / High-‐Performing Network Partners
Future of Commercial Healthcare Underwri:en Plans • STM • AHP • Pooled Programs • Level-‐Funded • Self-‐funded plans
Growing trend is risk stra,fica,on, high-‐performance networks and cost management programs like disease management and wellness.
Indiv. / Community / Limited Underwri:en • Individual Insurance Plans • Fully insured community-‐rated products • Limited underwriIng for groups
ACO Value Based Network
Healthplan Network
OON/OOA OON/OOA No Benefits
Healthplan Network Reduced Benefits
ACO ”Value Network” Best Benefits
Can be System Independent Owned Affiliated Networked Share • Values • Informa,on • Measurement • Risk
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Volume XXI, No. 11/November 28, 2018The Hertel Report - All Rights Reserved ©2018
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The Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) manages the healthcare of one in six adults in our state with a budget nearing $12 billion. At the agency’s helm for nearly a decade has been Tom Betlach, who will retire in January 2019 as the longest serving Medicaid director in the state’s history. As a seasoned leader and expert on Medicaid managed care and nation-al and state healthcare policy, Betlach also served as president of the National Associa-tion of Medicaid Directors and was named by the Congressional Budget Office to its Panel of Health Advisers.
AHCCCS, an agency billed as a system of competition and choice because of its man-aged care approach to providing acute and behavioral health services to Medicaid bene-ficiaries, is responsible for providing medical services to 1.9 million individuals and families in Arizona. Among his many achievements, Betlach led the agency after the Great Recession in 2009 slashed $2 billion from the AHCCCS budget, froze enrollment and even elimi-nated transplant coverage for people with certain conditions.
Since then, Betlach has overseen Medicaid expansion and has since focused on confront-ing and meeting the challenges of integrated care and ensuring the state’s low-income and disabled seniors receive coordinated services.
He’s also created partnerships to help people released from jail more easily access physical and mental health services while envision-ing an entire AHCCCS managed care mod-el committed to a value-based healthcare delivery system.
Last month on October 1, AHCCCS Complete Care kicked off across the state, creating a model that serves both the physical and be-havioral health needs of most adults enrolled in Medicaid across the state – about 1.5 million.
AHCCCS DIRECTOR SCHEDULES RETIREMENT FOR JANUARY 2019
The Arizona Board of Regents, governing body to the state’s three public universities, has vowed to continue its lobbying efforts to exit the state’s health insurance program.
Arizona State University and the University of Arizona want to set up their own insurance program for 47,000 enrollees rather than continue to pay into the state health insur-ance fund, which currently covers 147,000 state employees.
The argument from ABOR goes straight to the bottom line – the organization argues the universities will save $30 million annual-ly if left to manage their own healthcare. But pulling members and their associated dollars out of the trust will likely raise premiums for other state workers and could jeopardize its viability, a concern Arizona legislators won’t likely ignore.
As the state ends its five-year contract cur-rently served by Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona, Cigna and UnitedHealthcare and begins to prepare its next RFP to attract insur-ers in 2019, ABOR’s desire to secede from the state insurance program is worth watching.
ABOR WANTS NEW HEALTH INSURANCE OPTION
I want to express my deep appreciation for the opportunity to serve Arizona and to work with the talented team at AHCCCS who’ve inspired and educated me every day. Tom Betlach AHCCCS Director
It was the largest transition of Medicaid mem-bers from one model to another in the nation.
During his tenure at AHCCCS, Betlach also championed dual alignment – requiring acute plans to offer a dual, special needs Medi-care Advantage plan for the 140,000 state residents eligible for both Medicaid and Medicare. The state now leads the nation in dual alignment.
In order to improve coordination with the Ar-izona Department of Corrections to improve healthcare access for people released from the criminal justice system, the agency also began a data exchange process with Arizona Department of Corrections (ADOC) and most Arizona counties. The new approach allows AHCCCS to suspend rather than terminate el-igibility upon incarceration and receive release dates to assist those transitioning out of jail in need of physical or behavioral healthcare.
The Hertel Report appreciates the culture of openness and transparency displayed by Di-rector Betlach.
Betlach retires from a 27-year career of ser-vice under five different governors. Prior to joining AHCCCS, he served Arizona as the state budget director for five years. Betlach will remain in his position as AHCCCS Direc-tor through January 4, 2019.
On November 7, 2018 Arizona state legisla-tors voted on their respective party leadership. Representative Rusty Bowers of Mesa was elected Speaker of the House and Senator Karen Fann of Prescott was elected the next Senate President – only the second woman ever to preside over the Arizona Senate.
Other GOP House leadership elected include Representative-elect Warren Petersen of Gil-bert as House Majority Leader and Represen-tative Becky Nutt of Clifton as House Majority Whip. Senator Rick Gray of Legislative District 21 will serve as Senate Majority Leader and Senator Sonny Borrelli of Legislative District 5 was chosen as Senate Majority Whip.
The first regular session of Arizona’s 54th Legislature begins January 14, 2018.
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Dignity Health and Phoenix Children’s partner to bring families in the East Valley a medical facility designed to serve women and children by 2020.
2020 WOMEN’S & CHILDREN’SPAVILION IN GILBERT
The new women’s and children’s facility will be a home to many of PhoenixChildren’s pediatric specialists and those looking to join the PCH family--many of whom live here in the East Valley.
Bob Meyer President & CEO Phoenix Children’s
Plans for the Women’s and Children’s Pavilion on the Dignity Health Mercy Gilbert Medical Center campus includes 24 new la-bor and delivery rooms (six dedicated to high-risk patients) plus 48 postpartum beds. The pavilion will also include an emergency de-partment dedicated to obstetrics. Phoenix Children’s will operate 48 pediatric beds, a 12-bed pediatric emergency department, pediatric operating rooms and a new 60-bed Level 3 neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
“Since we first brought our strengths togeth-er, Phoenix Children’s and Dignity Health have become a tremendous force in the care of children and women in this country,” says Linda Hunt, president and CEO of the Dignity Health Arizona Service Area. “This pavilion is an extension of those initial ef-forts and will mean better care for families in this rapidly growing part of the greater Phoenix area.”
The partnership between the health system and one of the nation’s premier pediatric hos-pitals also includes Arizona Care Network, one of the state’s largest accountable care organizations with more than 5,000 clini-cians. It’s also produced a convenient ac-cess point of care for members of the state’s only clinically integrated pediatric network, Phoenix Children’s Care Network.
SONORA QUEST LABS DRAWS ON ANALYTICSKnown as one of the state’s leading provid-ers of diagnostic testing and information services, Sonora Quest is branching out by collaborating with an analytics company to offer a software platform designed to pro-duce savings for healthcare systems well beyond Arizona’s borders.
The product, Actionable Insights Manage-ment (AIM), leverages laboratory data in conjunction with insurance claims data, published clinical research and cutting-edge machine learning to prospectively identify population health risks, encourage clinical intervention and uncover risk adjustment (RAF) revenue opportunities, said the com-pany in a press release.
Sonora Quest collaborated with the health-care analytics company BaseHealth to offer the software that predicts risk within popu-lations for more than 40 chronic conditions. “By identifying and characterizing risk fac-tors that contribute to the progression of various health conditions, we can maximize revenue for health plans and providers,” said Hossein Fakhrai-Rad, PhD, founder and president of BaseHealth.
Commonwealth ACO recently partnered with Sonora Quest and used AIM analytics to support collaboration and improved health outcomes for members.
The local ACO, which includes more than 45 independent primary care offices and 150 total primary care providers, reported that within the first year of using AIM, SQL in-creased the volume and value of clinical data accessible to Commonwealth and assisted in the reduction of lag time associated with data access, thereby improving various met-rics and clinical initiatives for the ACO.
“The use of AIM greatly improved our coor-dinated care efforts and improved patient outcomes through Arizona,” said Common-wealth CIO Lance Donkerbrook. “Not only did AIM provide much more immediate ac-tionable data compared to past reporting through claims and disparate EMR reports, we also found additional information such as related diagnosis, and insight to supplemen-tary provider care that we hadn’t expected to uncover from this data.”
All eyes are fixated on Arkansas after the state became the nation’s first to roll out work re-quirements for its Medicaid program in June. Since then, disenrollments show no signs of slowing.
This month, the state reported another 3,815 of its Medicaid beneficiaries were kicked off the program for the rest of the year after failing to report compliance using a state website. Now with disenrollments totaling more than 12,000 and as many as 6,000 more at risk for losing coverage next month, criticism of the Arkansas program is growing louder and could impact Arizona’s pending work requirement waiver with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
This month, the Medicaid and CHIP Pay-ment and Access Commission, (MACPAC) expressed concern about how the Arkansas program was operationalized. The state has a
low rate of Internet access and computer liter-acy, both cited as roadblocks for beneficiaries required to report. But as the majority of ben-eficiaries subject to the requirements continue to fail to report in Arkansas, MACPAC recom-mended CMS slow down approvals of all work requirement waivers until it has better evalua-tion designs in place.
“As HHS considers these proposals, it should require the development and approval of ro-bust evaluation and monitoring plans to mea-sure whether waivers achieve their intended purposes and provide meaningful information along the way, including during the early days of implementation,” wrote MACPAC in its letter to the agency.
Whether those concerns will cause other Medicaid directors pause as their state’s work requirement waivers are scrutinized is hard to predict.
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Inside Health Policy reported that during the annual conference of the National Associa-tion of Medicaid Directors, the new director of the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS), Mary Mayhew promoted the use of waivers to advance new Medicaid policies, including work requirements. “As part of this initiative, we are seeing exciting results and partnerships at the state level spurred by these waivers,” said Mayhew during her first major public speech as CMCS director.
CMS has approved Medicaid work require-ments for Indiana, New Hampshire and Wis-consin. Kentucky was also approved but its work requirement program was blocked by a federal court.
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During its annual meeting of delegates, The Ameri-can Medical Association announced it wants gov-ernment officials to care-fully consider evidence that prior authorization (PA) harms patients and burdens healthcare pro-fessionals before they ex-pand prior authorization programs under Medicare and Medicaid.
According to a recent AMA physician survey, PA programs can delay necessary treatment, adversely affecting patient health outcomes. According to the survey, medical practices complete an average of about 29 PA requests per physician per week, which consumes nearly 15 hours of physician and staff time each week.
AMA RELEASES PRIOR AUTHORIZATION POLICY WISH LISTThe new AMA policy recommends the fol-lowing processes and parameters to PA pro-grams for Medicare Advantage plans and Medicaid as well as managed care organiza-tions contracted to deliver Medicaid health benefits.
• List services and prescriptions requiring PA on a website, ensure patient informa-tional materials include full disclosure of any PA requirements.
• Notify providers of any changes to PA requirements at least 45 days prior to change.
• Improve transparency by requiring plans to report on the scope of PA practices, including the list of services and pre-scriptions subject to PA and correspond-ing denial, delay, and approval rates.
• Standardize a PA request form.
• Minimize PA requirements and eliminate the application of PA to routinely ap-proved services and prescriptions.
• Pay for services and prescriptions for which PA has been approved unless fraudulently obtained or ineligible at time of service.
• Allow continuation of medications already being administered or prescribed when a patient changes health plans; no changes without discussion and approv-al of the ordering physician.
• Make an easily accessible and responsive direct communication tool available to resolve disagreements between health plan and ordering provider.
ENVISION HEALTHCARERetained by Cigna, Fighting Drop by UHCThe statewide, multi-year agreement impacts about 2,000 physicians in Arizona practicing at Banner Health, Dignity Health and Honor-Health hospitals. While Envision clinicians will be in-network for Cigna’s commercial, Medi-care and individual plan customers in Arizo-na, UnitedHealthcare has threatened to drop Envision after fighting over its emergency room billing practices. Envision Healthcare is a provider of hospital-based, post-acute care and ambulatory surgery services – it’s the na-tion’s largest provider of ER physicians. En-vision is lobbying to remain in-network with UHC while the insurer is seeking reasonable rates. The current contract ends December 31. At risk: one million UHC patients.
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COMINGS & GOINGSGautam Aggarwarl MD, is now medical director for Centene. He was previously CMO for NativeHealth.
Oscar Diaz is now VP of Business Develop-ment at CBIZ Benefits and Insurance. He was previously with Crest.
Shaun Johnson is now regional sales director for AZ and NM for Centene. He was previously the sales director for Steward Healthcare, Ari-zona and Utah.
Jim Whitfill MD, advisor to the Hertel Report and frequent speaker at The State of the State, is now Chief Transformational Officer for Hon-or Health. Whitfill will continue as CEO of Lu-metis Consulting and will leave his position as CMO for Innovation Care Partners.
Alliance Bank of Arizona/Western Alliance Bank’s healthcare group now includes the following team members: Senior VP Matt Gil-breath and VP Greg Kertman with its Health-care Banking division. Senior VP Brian Scott and VP Jon Brown are with its Healthcare Equipment Leasing division.
Sandy Marken is the new chief nursing offi-cer at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center, where she has worked as interim CNO since June. She was previously the director of the provisional state level one trauma center and observation unit at Banner Desert Medical Center and was also part of the construc-tion and design team for Cardon Children’s Medical Center in Mesa.
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Prior to the Arizona Health Care Cost Con-tainment System’s (AHCCCS) Complete Care program launch on Oct. 1, most AHC-CCS beneficiaries had two health plans: one for physical health services and another for behavioral. AHCCCS Complete Care (ACC) moves those members to a single plan to better integrate care and facilitate provid-ers working together. In March 2018, seven managed care organizations (MCOs) won managed care contracts to coordinate phys-ical and behavioral health services under the ACC program.
HealthBI president Scott McFarland says a continuum of care is, “absolutely critical” in his opinion, and is also ultimately what the ACC program is focusing on.
Recently HealthBI, a private subsidiary of Equality Health, has become integral to the ACC program with their CareEmpower plat-form, selected as the central technology for AHCCCS’ new whole-person approach.
The platform will facilitate care coordina-tion for five of the seven Medicaid-man-aged care plans including Banner-Uni-versity Family Care Plan, Care1st Health Plan Arizona, Arizona Complete Health, Mercy Care, and UnitedHealthcare Community Plan.
McFarland calls the platform a “care coordi-nation solution for health plans,” explaining that the technology specializes in interoper-ability and data sharing in order to identify gaps and act as a middleman to address those discrepancies, whether they are phys-ical, behavioral or social health gaps in care.
“Medicaid is unique in that it runs state-by-state and depending on the incentives avail-able to manage the Medicaid population…the network can respond according to what the contract requires,” says McFarland.
One issue platforms like CareEmpower are trying to address is the many organizations that do not have a full roster of the patients assigned to them. They are aware of who they have seen but do not necessarily know they may actually have more members as-signed to them.
“A lot of time these gaps in care come from patient populations that organizations ha-ven’t seen before,” notes Jenn Sommers, Mercy Care Plan director of physician orga-nizations and relations.
McFarland believes a platform of CareEm-power’s nature offers an opportunity to de-liver better healthcare and outcomes for the patient, while giving the state, as a sponsor of Medicaid, better value.
Sommers adds, the goal of such platforms is to not only address populations with highest complexity and needs but to also address individuals that may not even recognize the services available and offered to them.
Data can act as a liaison for these gaps.
“You need to have data in order to stream-line your processes, if you’re doing outreach to people who have already had those visits done and there’s really not a care gap then it’s really just wasted time with your staff and personnel,” explains Sommers. The CareEmpower platform ultimately aims to take a more holistic approach to healthcare and get away from the “sick-care model” as McFarland puts it. There is no shortage of market competition in Ar-izona, which according to McFarland is good because of the state’s requirements to get to risk and value-based care for Medicaid populations.
“I’ve seen even more rapid progress toward getting to dynamic interoperability as op-posed to the linear silos in old legacy data re-pository solutions that we had when I began my career,” McFarland says, optimistic that as long as an organization can “continue to foster good data security and management and facilitate interoperability in a responsible way” it can lead to unified care plans and care teams helping an individual access the system in the right way.
AHCCCS TURNS TO HEALTHBI TO TIGHTEN CARE COORDINATION
The platform essentially prioritizes important gaps by bringing forward relevant data to Medicaid plans and offers workflow solutions for practices interacting with members to close the gap. If the practice succeeds, it earns an incentive from AHCCCS.
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