Changing Data into Useful Information Shannon Calhoun, Principal NewLight Rural Health Network Lee Hughes, CEO Memorial Hospital of Texas County Jamie

Changing Data into Useful Information

Shannon Calhoun, Principal NewLight Rural Health Network

Lee Hughes, CEO Memorial Hospital of Texas County

Jamie Jacoby, CFOMemorial Hospital of Texas County

Are you drowning in data?

1. Do you/your facility report data?

2. Do you/your facility report data that

doesn’t seem relevant to your

facility?

3. Do you report to another entity that

doesn’t report back to you? Or

provide you with input on the metrics

relevant to your facility?

What makes data valuable, usable information?

• “The tectonic shift triggered by the PPACA will have major implications for rural providers. To prepare for increased provider-to-provider integration and coordination based on quality and cost, rural hospitals need to be able to demonstrate value”.

- white paper: Rural Relevance under Healthcare Reform by IVantage Health

Analytics

Healthcare is changing and Healthcare reform is setting the pace.

The changes in healthcare today are based on evidence of value.

• Per-capita Inpatient Hospital Service

payments for rural beneficiaries are 2%

less costly that payments for urban

beneficiaries

How can we paint a picture of rural health? And why should we want to?

Did you know that recent studies of Medicare Beneficiaries Payment show:

• Per-capita Physician Service payments

for rural beneficiaries are 18% less

costly than payments for urban

beneficiaries

• Per-capita Outpatient Service

payments for rural beneficiaries are

14% more costly than payments for

urban beneficiaries

• Neither the rural nor urban cohort dominates performance across the CMS Process of Care topic areas (PN, HF, AMI, SCIP and OP).

How can we paint a picture of rural health? And why should we want to?

Did you know that recent studies of Hospital Performance show that:

• There is no significant performance variation on 30 day readmission rates at the benchmark level.

• Rural hospital performance on HCAHPS patient experience survey measures is better that urban hospitals.

• For three of the four price and cost efficiency measures based on Medicare Cost Reports, rural hospital performance is better than urban hospitals.

• How can you apply these summaries to action?

Now that you know “rural healthcare is relevant”…

what next?

• How do you know how your facility relates to this information?

• Where should you start?

Benchmarking for your Facility

New ideas to take your data to the next level

Case StudyCimarron Memorial Hospital












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Case Study

Questions?Thank you!

Shannon Calhoun, [email protected]

NewLight Rural Health Network

Lee Hughes, CEO [email protected]

Memorial Hospital of Texas County

Jamie Jacoby, [email protected]

Memorial Hospital of Texas County

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Changing Data into Useful Information Shannon Calhoun, Principal NewLight Rural Health Network Lee Hughes, CEO Memorial Hospital of Texas County Jamie