Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Health care management
Reexamination Certificate
2004-03-05
2010-06-15
Morgan, Robert W (Department: 3626)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Health care management
C705S003000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07739126
ABSTRACT:
A method for measuring physician efficiency and patient health risk stratification is disclosed. Episodes of care are formed from medical claims data and an output process is performed. Physicians are assigned to report groups, and eligible physicians and episode assignments are determined. Condition-specific episode statistics and weighted episode statistics are calculated, from which physician efficiency scores are determined.
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Cave Douglas G.
Cho Kyu Sung
Cave Consulting Group
Chng Joy
Lewis and Roca LLP
Morgan Robert W
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