March Call
Join us Thursday, March 14 at 1pm EST to hear from Dennis McDermot, PhD, a Senior Forecast Analyst with Division of Forecasting and Research at the Washington State Office of Financial Management on "Total Cost of Care and Resource Use: Variation in cost and utilization in Washington State".
Total Cost of Care (TCOC) measures full-population health care affordability in terms of utilization and price, accounting for 100% of care provided to patients. HealthPartners (www.healthpartners.com/tcoc) provides a TCOC toolkit based on their Total Care Relative Resource Values (TCRRVTM). TCOC-TCRRV measures are risk-adjusted based on age, sex, and health status to allow fair comparisons across systems or among sub-groups within a system. In Washington State, 2017, the Total Cost Index varied by legislative district from 20 percent below the state average to 25 percent above.
After the webinar, participants will be able to:
Total Cost of Care (TCOC) measures full-population health care affordability in terms of utilization and price, accounting for 100% of care provided to patients. HealthPartners (www.healthpartners.com/tcoc) provides a TCOC toolkit based on their Total Care Relative Resource Values (TCRRVTM). TCOC-TCRRV measures are risk-adjusted based on age, sex, and health status to allow fair comparisons across systems or among sub-groups within a system. In Washington State, 2017, the Total Cost Index varied by legislative district from 20 percent below the state average to 25 percent above.
After the webinar, participants will be able to:
- Identify sources for TCOC and risk adjustment SAS code
- Identify data elements required for analysis
- Describe structure of code, available options, procedure for implementation
- Interpret TCOC results
- Discuss potential uses, strengths and limitations
WebEx Information:
Call-in number: 1-877-668-4490
Access code: 795 924 584
Password: epi1234
To join the webinar:
1. Go to https://cste.webex.com/cste/k2/j.php?MTID=t639f528e1aa9e41ae7e539de7796c601
2. Enter your name and email address.
3. Enter the session password: epi1234
4. Click "Join Now".
5. Follow the instructions that appear on your screen
To join the webinar:
1. Go to https://cste.webex.com/cste/k2/j.php?MTID=t639f528e1aa9e41ae7e539de7796c601
2. Enter your name and email address.
3. Enter the session password: epi1234
4. Click "Join Now".
5. Follow the instructions that appear on your screen