Method, system, and computer program product for physician efficiency measurement and patient health risk stratification
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1. A method implemented on a computer system of determining physician efficiency, the method comprising:
- obtaining medical claims data stored in a computer readable medium on the computer system;
performing patient analysis using said obtained medical claims data to form episodes of care utilizing the computer system;
performing output process based on performed patient analysis utilizing the computer system, the output process comprising;
assigning episodes of care to physicians utilizing an assignment rule that allows assignment of an episode of care to more than one physician; and
applying a first maximum duration rule to identify episodes of care for chronic conditions and a second maximum duration rule to identify episodes of care for acute conditions;
assigning at least one physician to a report group utilizing the computer system, each physician assigned to no more than one report group;
determining eligible physicians and episode of care assignments utilizing the computer system comprising;
eliminating episode of care assignments to physicians not meeting a selected criterion for the report group of interest;
calculating condition-specific episode of care statistics utilizing the computer system;
calculating weighted episode of care statistics across medical conditions utilizing the computer system; and
determining efficiency scores for physicians from said calculated condition-specific episode of care statistics and said weighted episode of care statistics calculated across medical conditions utilizing the computer system.
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A method for measuring physician efficiency and patient health risk stratification is disclosed. Episodes of care are formed from medical claims data and an output process is performed. Physicians are assigned to report groups, and eligible physicians and episode assignments are determined. Condition-specific episode statistics and weighted episode statistics are calculated, from which physician efficiency scores are determined.
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1. A method implemented on a computer system of determining physician efficiency, the method comprising:
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obtaining medical claims data stored in a computer readable medium on the computer system; performing patient analysis using said obtained medical claims data to form episodes of care utilizing the computer system; performing output process based on performed patient analysis utilizing the computer system, the output process comprising; assigning episodes of care to physicians utilizing an assignment rule that allows assignment of an episode of care to more than one physician; and applying a first maximum duration rule to identify episodes of care for chronic conditions and a second maximum duration rule to identify episodes of care for acute conditions; assigning at least one physician to a report group utilizing the computer system, each physician assigned to no more than one report group; determining eligible physicians and episode of care assignments utilizing the computer system comprising; eliminating episode of care assignments to physicians not meeting a selected criterion for the report group of interest; calculating condition-specific episode of care statistics utilizing the computer system; calculating weighted episode of care statistics across medical conditions utilizing the computer system; and determining efficiency scores for physicians from said calculated condition-specific episode of care statistics and said weighted episode of care statistics calculated across medical conditions utilizing the computer system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer program product tangibly embodied in computer instructions in a computer readable medium which, when the computer instructions are executed by a computer, determines physician efficiency, by performing the acts of:
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obtaining medical claims data stored in a computer readable medium stored on the computer; performing patient analysis using said obtained medical claims data to form episodes of care; performing output process based on performed patient analysis, the output process comprising; assigning episodes of care to physicians utilizing an assignment rule that allows assignment of an episode of care to more than one physician; and applying a first maximum duration rule to identify episodes of care for chronic conditions and a second maximum duration rule to identify episodes of care for acute conditions; assigning at least one physician to a report group; determining eligible physicians and episode of care assignments comprising; eliminating episode of care assignments to physicians not meeting a selected criterion for the report group of interest; calculating condition-specific episode of care statistics; calculating weighted episode of care statistics across medical conditions; and determining efficiency scores for physicians from said calculated condition-specific episode of care statistics and said weighted episode of care statistics calculated across medical conditions. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer implemented system for determining physician efficiency, the system comprising:
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a computer software implemented means for obtaining medical claims data; a means for storing the obtained medical claims data in a computer readable format on the computer implemented system; a computer software implemented means for performing patient analysis using said obtained medical claims data to form episodes of care; a computer software implemented means for performing output process based on performed patient analysis, the output process comprising; assigning episodes of care to physicians utilizing an assignment rule that allows assignment of an episode of care to more than one physician; and applying a first maximum duration rule to identify episodes of care for chronic conditions and a second maximum duration rule to identify episodes of care for acute conditions; a computer software implemented means for assigning at least one physician to a report group; a computer software implemented means for determining eligible physicians and episode of care assignments comprising; eliminating episode of care assignments to physicians not meeting a selected criterion for the report group of interest; a computer software implemented means for calculating condition-specific episode of care statistics; a computer software implemented means for calculating weighted episode of care statistics across medical conditions; and a computer software implemented means for determining efficiency scores for physicians from said calculated condition-specific episode of care statistics and said weighted episode of care statistics calculated across medical conditions. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method implemented on a computer system of determining physician efficiency, the method comprising:
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obtaining medical claims data stored in a computer readable medium on the computer system; performing patient analysis using said obtained medical claims data to form episodes of care utilizing the computer system; performing output process based on performed patient analysis utilizing the computer system, the output process comprising; assigning episodes of care to physicians; and applying a first maximum duration rule to identify episodes of care; assigning at least one physician to a report group utilizing the computer system; determining eligible physicians and episode of care assignments utilizing the computer system; calculating condition-specific episode of care statistics utilizing the computer system; calculating weighted episode of care statistics across medical conditions utilizing a predefined set of medical conditions for a specific specialty type utilizing the computer system; and determining efficiency scores for physicians from said calculated condition-specific episode of care statistics and said weighted episode of care statistics calculated across medical conditions utilizing the computer system. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A computer program product tangibly embodied in computer instructions in a computer readable medium which, when the computer instructions are executed by a computer, determines physician efficiency, by performing the acts of:
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obtaining medical claims data stored in a computer readable medium on the computer system; performing patient analysis using said obtained medical claims data to form episodes of care utilizing the computer system; performing output process based on performed patient analysis utilizing the computer system, the output process comprising; assigning episodes of care to physicians; and applying a first maximum duration rule to identify episodes of care; assigning at least one physician to a report group utilizing the computer system; determining eligible physicians and episode of care assignments utilizing the computer system; calculating condition-specific episode of care statistics utilizing the computer system; calculating weighted episode of care statistics across medical conditions utilizing a predefined set of medical conditions for a specific specialty type utilizing the computer system; and determining efficiency scores for physicians from said calculated condition-specific episode of care statistics and said weighted episode of care statistics calculated across medical conditions utilizing the computer system. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A computer implemented system for determining physician efficiency, the system comprising:
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a computer software implemented means for obtaining medical claims data stored in a computer readable medium on the computer system; a computer software implemented means for performing patient analysis using said obtained medical claims data to form episodes of care utilizing the computer system; a computer software implemented means for performing output process based on performed patient analysis utilizing the computer system, the output process comprising; assigning episodes of care to physicians; and applying a first maximum duration rule to identify episodes of care; a computer software implemented means for assigning at least one physician to a report group utilizing the computer system; a computer software implemented means for determining eligible physicians and episode of care assignments utilizing the computer system; a computer software implemented means for calculating condition-specific episode of care statistics utilizing the computer system; a computer software implemented means for calculating weighted episode of care statistics across medical conditions utilizing a predefined set of medical conditions for a specific specialty type utilizing the computer system; and a computer software implemented means for determining efficiency scores for physicians from said calculated condition-specific episode of care statistics and said weighted episode of care statistics calculated across medical conditions utilizing the computer system. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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