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Process Group

Ulitization Utilization Management

Objective

  • Determine over-use, under-use and misuse of benefits and take action to resolve

  • Optimize pharmacy use

Input

  • Adjudicated claims

  • Clinical data (pharmacy, clinical services, usage data, etc.)

  • Number of known patients

  • Length of stay (LOS)

Output

  • Report on provider/prescription utilization versus alternative benchmarks that are culturally accepted

  • Corrective action

  • Update provider credentialing status

  • Reconciliation of capitation payment (counterbalance of utilization rates)

  • Identify need for corrective action based on utilization

  • Comparison chart of provider against peer relationship

Measurable Outcomes

  • X time period report (monthly) which describes admissions of beneficiaries per 1,000 and hospital days per 1,000

  • X time period report which describes cost per beneficiary per year

  • Report on beneficiary visits/1,000 to physician per year according to country and/or geographic baseline

  • Report on prescription per beneficiary per year

  • Report on procedures/1,000 per year