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BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN CONFUSION AND CLARITY IN HEALTHCARE
National Physician Advisor ConferenceNPAC2019
Bridging the Gap between Clinical Documentation and Safety Scores:Expanding the role of the Physician Advisor
Nate Henderson, DO CPE FACPDirector, Clinical UtilizationAssociate Medical Director, Hospital MedicinePrisma Health-MidlandsColumbia, South Carolina
• Brief history
• Physician Advisor (PA) value locally
• PA Process to HIM and CDI
• PA Value to CDI
Agenda
• Locally owned, nonprofit integrated health care system
• Hospitals (1,639 beds)• Baptist• Baptist Parkridge• Children’s Hospital• Heart Hospital• Richland (Level 1 Trauma)• Tuomey
• PH USC Medical Group ambulatory practices
• 1,000 Physicians and 500 Advanced Practice Providers
Prisma Health–Midlands (formerly Palmetto Health)
Prisma Health Baptist Parkridge, Opened March 2014
A Brief History
• Established internal Physician Advisor (PA) program 11/1/15 for second level review
•Added PA, Denials & Appeals 10/1/16
A Brief History
• > 3400 Medicare 2nd level reviews in FY 18• General structure of program/overview
• $2M in cost savings to Prisma Health Midlands
Physician Advisor ROI
• General Program Structure Overview
• 500 cases reviewed FY 18• 340 Peer to peer calls
• $1.4M returned as a result of Appeals work in FY 18
(and counting)
PA Appeals Specialist & ROI
• A task from the CFO
• Understanding the needs of HIM/CDI
• Building a business case• Who has a need for a Physician Reviewer?
Entering the CDI world
Are these PSIs real? What is a PSI?
Leapfrog and PSI
Leapfrog and PSI
Leapfrog and PSI
CMS Star Rating and PSI
Reporting Period for January 2019 CMS Star Rating
Domain
Domain
Weight
(%) Metric/Measure Q2
'14
Q3
'14
Q4
'14
Q1
'15
Q2
'15
Q3
'15
Q4
'15
Q1
'16
Q2
'16
Q3
'16
Q4
'16
Q1
'17
Q2
'17
Q3
'17
Q4
'17
Q1
'18
Lag
Time
COMP-HIP-KNEE 4-5 years
PSI-90-SAFETY 3-4 years
HAIs 1-6 2-3 years
AMI, CABG, COPD, HF, PN, STK 4-5 years
PSI-4-SURG-COMP 3-4 years
CABG, COPD, Hip/Knee, STK
EDAC: AMI, HF, PN 4-5 years
HOSPITAL WIDE 2-3 years
OP-32 1-2 years
Patient
Experience22% H-COMP 1,2,3,5,6,7,
Clean, Quiet, Rating, Recom 1-2 years
Efficient Use of
Medical Imaging4% OP-8,10,11,13,14
2-3 years
OP-22,29,30,33 1-2 years
OP-4,23,PC-01,SEP-1,VTE-6 1-2 years
IMM-2,3/OP-27 1-2 years
Timeliness of
Care4% ED-1b,2b,3
OP-1,2,3b,5,18b,20,21 1-2 years
4%
Readmission
(30 Day)
22%Safety of Care
22%Mortality
22%
Effectiveness of
Care
Entering the CDI world
Entering the CDI world
Mapping it Out
Mapping it Out
• Assembling the team• “PA CDI”
• 1 trauma surgeon
• 4 hospitalists
• Scheduling and communications
• Started May 2017
Creating a New Physician Advisor
PA CDI Distribution of Work
• Case Examples• PSI 11 Post op respiratory failure
• PSI 09 Post op hemorrhage
• PSI 12 Peri op PE/DVT
• PSI 06 Iatrogenic Pneumothorax
Physician Advisor PSI Reviews
46
14
26
CONFIRMED PSI CONFIRMED PSI, BUT DISAGREE NOT A PSI
PSI Reviews, FY 18
CDI queries
PA CDI- Medical Staff Affairs Reviews
106
38
90
35
ACCEPTABLE NOT ACCEPTABLE ACCEPTABLE NOT ACCEPTABLE
HISTORY & PHYSICAL POST OP NOTES
Note Reviews, FY 18
• Common Diagnoses Queried• Respiratory Failure
• Sepsis
• ATN
• Encephalopathy
PA CDI- Clinical Validation (DRG Denials)
51
76
Proceed with Appeal Agree with Denial, do not Appeal
Clinical Validation Reviews, FY 18
• How much do PSIs cost?
• PSI Reduction and Leapfrog/CMS Star Rating Improvement
• Value to the medical staff office and HIM
• DRG Appeals have true value
PA CDI ROI
PA CDI ROI
26 18 35
$117,004
$-
$20,000
$40,000
$60,000
$80,000
$100,000
$120,000
$140,000
OVERTURNED PENDING UPHELD
CDI DRG Appeal ReviewsMay 2017- Dec 2018
PA CDI ROI