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Increased earning opportunities

Just as every member has unique needs, the providers who care for them do too. So we offer you a continuum of value-based payment (VBP) models to promote excellent outcomes for our members and reward you for those outcomes.

Incentives for high-quality care

Incentives for high-quality care

You can earn incentives for providing high-quality, efficient care in all payment models and even share financial risk in some.

 

VBP has also become a point of focus for the Oklahoma Health Care Authority. They’re moving toward innovative approaches to care coordination, population health management and VBP.

 

We’re used to a health care system that takes care of people after they’re already sick. The aim of VBP is to:
 

  • Improve the member’s health care experience

  • Improve the health of individuals and populations

  • Reduce the costs of health care

  • Increase provider satisfaction

 

To meet these goals, VBP moves beyond sick care and adopts a proactive, comprehensive and data-driven approach to keeping people healthy.

HEDIS Pay for Performance (P4P)

HEDIS is the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set — standardized performance measures the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) developed for the managed care industry. You can use HEDIS data to ensure appropriate care for members by identifying and eliminating gaps in care.

 

You have the opportunity to take part in our HEDIS P4P program. The program pays you annual bonuses based on the measures you complete. Each measure has a specific incentive amount paid after you achieve a target score. P4P enhances quality of care by incentivizing you to focus on preventive and screening services.

 

Learn more about HEDIS

Care coordination

To promote diligent and proactive engagement of members, we offer primary care physicians (PCPs) the opportunity to earn incentives. You can do so by committing to rigorous care coordination in partnership with our care management team.

 

When you take part, you’re eligible to receive a monthly per diem amount for each member assigned to you as their PCP. This is also known as per member per month (PMPM). It involves an active provider-patient or provider-client relationship. If you take part, you’ll have regularly scheduled meetings with our care management team to:

 

  • Review selected member cases and progress
  • Ensure active management of all members

You’ll have to meet program expectations to remain eligible for the PMPM fee.

Partial value

To further encourage preventive care, we give you the option to take part in shared savings agreements. When you achieve a medical benefits ratio* (also known as medical loss ratio) goal we set, you’re paid part of the surplus related to your assigned members’ cost of care, depending on your performance level achieved in the key measures agreed upon in the agreement. These agreements incentivize you to actively engage members in preventive, low-cost outreach and care to prevent inappropriate utilization of higher intensity of care.

 

When you take part in a shared savings agreement, you’ll have more support and resources, including robust and regular bidirectional data sharing with us. We expect you to progress to total-value-based agreements eventually.

 

Better health at lower costs: Why we need value-based care now (PDF)

Total value

The total-value program is the pinnacle of shared accountabilities we offer. When you take part in total-value-based agreements, you have the opportunity to earn a surplus payments, while also being accountable for members’ costs. 

 

Each year, providers in total-value-based agreements are paid part of the surplus or pay us part of the deficit related to their assigned members’ cost of care, depending on their performance levels.

 

As with partial-value-based agreements, total-value-based agreements incentivize preventive, low-cost outreach and care to prevent admissions inappropriate utilization of higher intensity of care. With total-value-based agreements, you have access to advanced resources, data sharing and reporting and practice coaching.

 

Questions?

You can get more information on these payment models. Just call us at 1-844-365-4385 (TTY: 711). We’re here for you 8 AM to 5 PM, Monday to Friday.

 

*Medical benefit ratio (MBR) is calculated as the sum of assigned members’ medical expenses divided by the sum of assigned members’ premium revenue.

HEDIS is a registered trademark of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).

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