Risk Adjustment & Revenue Cycle Management Value Visit 2016

Event Date: 1/25/2016 - 1/27/2016

Event Overview

Commercial Exchange and Medicare Advantage Products
What We Learned in 2015 and Tactics for Success in 2016

With the release of 2015 CMS’s Risk Adjustment Transfer Payment report both Commercial and Medicare Advantage plans intensified their efforts in risk adjustment and risk scoring as part of an overall effort to manage revenue cycle. During this timely Value Visit we will discuss the experience of health plans both nationally and specifically among Alliance members and we will share our lessons learned and evolving best practices.

Who should attend?

The meeting is designed as a multi-disciplinary meeting for managers of both commercial and Medicare Advantage risk adjustment initiatives. There is much the two products can learn from one another.
Executives and managers with responsibility for: Actuarial, Compliance management, Exchanges, Financial management, Health Care Reform and implementation of ACA, Provider relations, Risk Adjustment, Risk Management, Underwriting.

Agenda

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Note: the detailed agenda referenced above was last updated on November 4, 2016

AGENDA AT A GLANCE

Mon, Jan 25
12pm	Registration and Lunch
1pm	Welcome and introductions
2pm	2015 results and trends overview: Key take aways for the risk adjustment learning curve
3pm	Break
3:15pm	Payment transfer formula – the mystery revealed
4:15pm	Case study: One plan’s commercial risk adjustment journey
6pm	Dinner

Tues, Jan 26
7:30am	Breakfast
8am	Taming the formula: Taking an RA-informed approach to the upcoming QHP filing
9am	Break
9:15am	Case study: Engaging all parts of an integrated system in the risk adjustment strategy
10:15am	Case study: Engaging providers through data transparency and performance insights
11:15am	Case study: Engaging providers around case management efforts
12:15pm	Lunch
1:15pm	The political landscape: How today’s environment will impact risk adjustment
1:45pm	Panel presentation: Strategies for risk score improvement
3:30pm	Case study: Ensuring data integrity on the edge server
6pm	Dinner

Wed, Jan 27
8:30am	Breakfast
9am	Enhancing risk adjustment transfers with benefit design, formulary and provider contracting
10am	Break
10:15am	Case study: Engaging physicians and members in collecting and maintaining risk adjustment data
11:15am	Open discussion and wrap up

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1/26/2016

Presentation: The political landscape - How todays environment will impact risk adjustment
In a charged political environment like what we face in 2016, government sponsored healthcare can always expect difficulty. In this session, Ken Lewis offers an update on how the industry is engaging policy makers in conversations around risk adjustment, the goals of these talks, and what to expect.

1/26/2016

Presentation: Strategies for risk score improvement
In this first payment year, we saw that risk adjustment transfers can have a significant and material financial impact to health plans. This session will discuss lessons learned from that experience and describe the strategies that two health plans are using to succeed in the commercial risk adjustment markets. While the end goal of risk score improvement is the same, each plan has taken a unique approach to using data to work with its network providers and members to ensure accurate and complete capture of risk.

1/26/2016

Audio: Case study - Engaging providers around case management efforts
Alliant's provider relations team has been working with their vendor partner Remedia to identify opportunities in improving provider coding. Through comprehensive provider profiling, Alliant's team will focus their resources on training specific providers and work on engaging these providers around case management efforts.

1/26/2016

Audio: Case study - Engaging all parts of an integrated system in the risk adjustment strategy
Health Alliance Medical Plan has long-established best practices in risk adjustment when it comes to Medicare Advantage, but scaling these efforts across MA, Medicaid and the exchanges requires the buy-in and cooperation of every stakeholder in the system. In this case study, they share how the health plan and system leadership teams work together to continue evolving their global RA strategy.

1/26/2016

Presentation: Case study - Engaging all parts of an integrated system in the risk adjustment strategy
Health Alliance Medical Plan has long-established best practices in risk adjustment when it comes to Medicare Advantage, but scaling these efforts across MA, Medicaid and the exchanges requires the buy-in and cooperation of every stakeholder in the system. In this case study, they share how the health plan and system leadership teams work together to continue evolving their global RA strategy.

1/26/2016

Presentation: Case study - Engaging providers through data transparency and performance insights
At the end of the day, success in risk adjustment all comes down to complete and accurate documentation. With this in mind, HNE has leveraged their risk adjustment partner, AltegraHealth, to develop a brand new physician engagement approach when it comes to risk adjustment. With a much higher level of transparency and conversation around risk adjustment data trends at the group, practice and physician level, HNE is working to engage their provider partners in risk adjustment in new and exciting ways.

1/26/2016

Presentation: Case study - Engaging providers around case management efforts
Alliants provider relations team has been working with their vendor partner Remedia to identify opportunities in improving provider coding. Through comprehensive provider profiling, Alliants team will focus their resources on training specific providers and work on engaging these providers around case management efforts.

1/26/2016

Presentation: Enhancing risk adjustment transfers with benefit design, formulary and provider contracting
This session will focus on non-coding approaches to boost risk scores. Specifically, we will discuss tactical approaches a health plan can implement that may enhance risk adjustment transfers. Topics will include items such as plan design considerations, prescription drug formulary, and provider contracting.

1/25/2016

Audio: Payment transfer formula - the mystery revealed
Wakelys team of experts has been calculating risk scores and risk adjustment payment transfers for markets since the inception of the ACA. In this session, we will delve into the building blocks of the payment transfer formula and explore some the outcomes from the formula. We will also highlight how 2015 results have varied relative to 2014.

1/25/2016

Presentation: Payment transfer formula ? the mystery revealed
Wakely?s team of experts has been calculating risk scores and risk adjustment payment transfers for markets since the inception of the ACA. In this session, we will delve into the building blocks of the payment transfer formula and explore some the outcomes from the formula. We will also highlight how 2015 results have varied relative to 2014.

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