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See If You Qualify for a No-cost Installation and Six (6) Month CRG Trial,
please copy (Cntrl C) and paste (Cntrl V) the following
responses to Use Y for Yes; N for No; ? for can't tell and N/A for not applicable |
| ____ 1) Previous experience with a classification tool-knowledge
about databases, its application and usesNote: Experience with one of the
first generation tools (ETGs, DPS, DxRGs, APCs etc.) indicates a level of
commitment and knowledge needed to succeed with the CRG application. Previously
purchased risk-adjustment software of a competitor. 2) Can you articulate the specific "pain" that you would address with this tool?An affirmative in one or more of the following ten categories is sufficient: _____ Contract Negotiation / Contracting for primary care groups _____ Contract Fiscally Responsible entities who are of sufficient size and number of practitioners to develop benchmarks, norms, disease and case management _____ Case Management (demonstrated need to target cases for selection and to monitor cases over time; need to demonstrate efficacy of interventions) _____ Profiling-Commitment to develop and use clinically meaningful profiles with, for instance, incentive programs _____ Risk Adjustment _____ Capitated contracts that require regular renewal _____ Reimbursement where the physicians have expressed a willingness to evaluate comparative statistics_____ Rate Setting (Indemnity payer in the small group market; e.g., > 500,000 lives) _____ CQI _____ Global Budgeting and Regional Planning ____ 3) Commitment-having sufficient financial resource committed to both license and support over time the CRG software. ____ 4) IT resources and support sufficient to load and run the CRG software. Note: SmartCare (Vantage Point, Inc.'s data mining tool) greatly reduces this resource requirement. ____ 5) The presence of an internal "champion" for CRGs-an individual, most often having a clinical background, who understands the tool and who will play a leadership role in it adoption. ____ 6) Market Leader-Can serve as a high-profile, reputable demonstration site for this technology"Leaders" can be measured by level of excellence, reputation, revenues, market share, visibility, authority, influence or control. |