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WHAT'S NEWS -
January 2012 (Medical
Groups)
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The 2011 Annual Survey started Sept 7th and closed Dec 16th
(with a straggler or two)! The response rate was 75%. See the special report under Quick Links
"Enrollment Comparison, 2010-2012" for changes in enrollment among the same reporting groups
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Jan significant changes
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Stanford's new medical foundation, University Healthcare Alliance has absorbed Affinity Medical Group, Bay Valley Medical Group
& Menlo Clinic
MSO changes: Seoul Medical Group from CMS to Advanced Medical; Mid County Medical Group from SynerMed to Southern California Physicians Managed Care Services
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Added Report
#22 listing the 14 fee-for-service only groups doing business with HMOs
(this was a request)
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Added 3
additional
medical
groups:
PremierCare IPA (operational Jan 1st)
Southern California Medical Coalition (operational mid 2011)
Union Pacific IPA (this was our oversight of a long operating group)
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Requests via our
"pop-up survey" - -
the 5
most
current
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1. |
Please provide more definitions, such as "% at risk", "DTP". Most items are noted in the footnotes of the reports. "% at risk" means number of groups taking capitation for the HMO enrollees assigned to the groups. "DTP" means declined to participate in one of the annual surveys. |
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2. |
Can data on ACOs be added? The California Healthcare Foundation has contracted with C&S to develop data on ACOs similar to the medical group data. We expect to have it on the website around Feb 2012.
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3. |
You should
post quality
measures for
the groups,
including
the CMS 5
Star
Program.
As of Nov
1st , web
links added
to our
homepage
pointing to
quality
measuring
programs of
The Office
of Patient
Advocate and
Integrated
Healthcare
Associates.
The CMS 5
Star Program
at this time
is only
measures
HMOs. |
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4. |
The data is
not current!
We update
all the
medical
group data
monthly if
appropriate.
Once posted
on the 1st
of the month
it remains
static until
the next
month
(except for
"Find
a Calif
Medical
Group or MSO"
under
"Quick Links"
on the
homepage
which is
updated
weekly). We
attempt to
have the
most current
information
available.
The pop-up
survey has a
question
seeking
corrections,
which we
will verify
and then
update. |
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5. |
Why don't we
publish
specific
enrollment
data for
medical
groups?
Some medical
groups
expressed
concern
about this,
and
indicated
they would
not
participate
if specifics
were
continued to
be
published.
Therefore,
enrollment
ranges have
been
utilized for
over 3
years. |
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(KEEP THE COMMENTS COMING!) |
Don't forget to
use the comment
section of the
pop-up survey to
request report
changes or new
reports. One
commenter asked for
a report which we
were able to provide
easily and at no
cost.
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