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Utah Health Information Utah Health Information Network Network

Jan Root, Ph.D.Jan Root, Ph.D.Assistant Executive Assistant Executive

DirectorDirector

June 2005, AHRQ Annual June 2005, AHRQ Annual MeetingMeeting

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UHIN: CHIN to UHIN: CHIN to RHIORHIO

In operation since 1993 (CHIN)In operation since 1993 (CHIN)Community-based; inclusiveCommunity-based; inclusive– Providers, payers, gov’tProviders, payers, gov’tStatewide network Statewide network Not-for-profit Not-for-profit Self-sustainingSelf-sustaining– Began with what members thought Began with what members thought

would bring the most value: claimswould bring the most value: claims

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UHIN DoesUHIN DoesMake e-exchange of Make e-exchange of healthcare data possible:healthcare data possible:– Neutral trusted third partyNeutral trusted third party– Develop the IT & Governance Develop the IT & Governance

infrastructureinfrastructure– Develop Standards Develop Standards – Reduce the cost of health careReduce the cost of health care

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Go ‘inside’ officeGo ‘inside’ office– No EMRNo EMR– No quality of care improvementNo quality of care improvement– No patient safetyNo patient safety

No centralized data baseNo centralized data base– Utah DOH holds this functionUtah DOH holds this function

UHIN is the pipelineUHIN is the pipeline

UHIN Doesn’tUHIN Doesn’t

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Salt Lake City- 724

Ogden – 149

Bountiful- 105

Logan- 59

Orem/Provo- 235

Vernal- 31Roosevelt- 17Heber36

Brigham City - 19

Tooele-17

Delta - 4

Fillmore-2

Richfield- 12

Bicknell-2Monticello-3

Blanding-7

Monument Valley- 4Kanab7St. George- 107

Cedar City- 39

Milford- 2

Beaver- 5Moab-10

Layton- 182

Gunnison-19

Price- 36Nephi-7

Tremonton - 3

Salina-3

33rdrd Party Payors’ Claims (450+ Party Payors’ Claims (450+ payers)payers)– Medicaid and MedicareMedicaid and Medicare

Hospitals (100%)Hospitals (100%)Physicians/Clinics (85-90%)Physicians/Clinics (85-90%)Laboratories (100%)Laboratories (100%)Local Health Department Local Health Department (100%) (100%) Mental health centers (100%)Mental health centers (100%)Chiropractics (90%)Chiropractics (90%)

~50 million transactions/year~50 million transactions/yearGateway is redundant and Gateway is redundant and mirroredmirrored

Current UHIN Coverage Current UHIN Coverage

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UHIN’s UHIN’s SuccessSuccess

1.1. Community decision-makingCommunity decision-making2.2. Pursue the value, non-profit Pursue the value, non-profit

business modelbusiness model3.3. Use standards from the Use standards from the

beginningbeginning4.4. Make available to allMake available to all

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1. Community, Community, 1. Community, Community, CommunityCommunity

Consensus building processConsensus building processEvery organization has ONE Every organization has ONE vote as an equal playervote as an equal playerValue-based operation brings Value-based operation brings partners togetherpartners togetherIf we work together, everyone If we work together, everyone will be rewardedwill be rewarded

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2. Value = Business 2. Value = Business ModelModel

Where is the money? Example:Where is the money? Example:– Claim transaction: cost to a payer to bring in a Claim transaction: cost to a payer to bring in a

claimclaimPaper claim = ~ $8Paper claim = ~ $8Electronic claim = < $1Electronic claim = < $1UHIN charges = 20¢UHIN charges = 20¢Payer saves ~ $6.80/e-claimPayer saves ~ $6.80/e-claim

Community savingsCommunity savings– As a Not-for-Profit RHIO, transaction volume As a Not-for-Profit RHIO, transaction volume

goes up, average cost per transaction goes goes up, average cost per transaction goes down for all stakeholders.down for all stakeholders.

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3. Standards, Standards, 3. Standards, Standards, StandardsStandards

Use standards from the beginningUse standards from the beginningUHIN Standards Committee has been UHIN Standards Committee has been the key IT designing bodythe key IT designing body– Community has donated ~ 1 million Community has donated ~ 1 million

hours towards creating standardshours towards creating standards– Open standards-setting process for Utah Open standards-setting process for Utah

standardsstandardsActively participated in HIPAA Actively participated in HIPAA standards developmentstandards development

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4. Adoption for ALL4. Adoption for ALLGoal: Bring value to everyoneGoal: Bring value to everyone– Get everyone on board (low cost)Get everyone on board (low cost)– Everyone can play the same game (use Everyone can play the same game (use

standards)standards)Approach: low-tech and simpleApproach: low-tech and simple– Technical requirements are minimalTechnical requirements are minimal– Baseline software offered to providersBaseline software offered to providers

Free productFree productSimple send/receive reportsSimple send/receive reports

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Moving into ClinicalMoving into ClinicalUHIN vision always included clinical exchangesUHIN vision always included clinical exchangesFrom the RHIO’s perspective:From the RHIO’s perspective:

Health data is health data is health dataHealth data is health data is health data

Goal: Bring value driven, non-profit business model to Goal: Bring value driven, non-profit business model to clinical exchangesclinical exchanges

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RHIOsRHIOsWhat should a RHIO be?What should a RHIO be?– Only clinical exchanges?Only clinical exchanges?

Following slides are UHIN’s vision of a Following slides are UHIN’s vision of a RHIORHIO

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PBM

RHIO – Clinical X

DOH

Payers

Other orgs

Clinicians

Clearinghouse

Providers Hospitals

Clinics

Provider

Payers

Laboratories

RxHub

Banks

RHIO Clinics

Hospital

Payers

Clinicians

PBM

Billing Services

Pharmacies

NHIORHIO

RHIO

Hospital – Hospital

Pharmacies

Pharm Hub

Integrated health care system

Clearinghouse

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DOH

Payers

Clearinghouse

Other orgs

Clinicians

Clearinghouse

Providers Hospitals

Clinics

Provider

PBMPayers

Laboratories

Banks

RHIO Clinics

Payers

Clinicians

RxHub

PBM

Billing Services

Pharmacies

NHIORHIO

RHIOPharmacies

Pharm Hub

Hospitals

Integrated health care system

RHIO – Clinical X Hospital – PBM

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DOH

Payers

Clearinghouse

Other orgs

Clearinghouse

Providers Hospitals

Clinics

Provider

PBMPayers

Laboratories

Banks

RHIO

Payers

Clinicians

RxHub

PBM

Billing Services

NHIORHIO

RHIOPharmacies

Pharmacies

Pharm. Hub

Clinicians Clinics

Hospitals

Integrated health care system

RHIO – Clinical X E-Prescribing

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RHIO

DOH

Payers

Clearinghouse

Other orgs

Clearinghouse

Providers Hospitals

Clinics

Provider

PBMPayers

Laboratories

Banks

RHIO Clinicians Clinics

Payers

Clinicians

RxHub

PBM

Billing Services

NHIORHIO

RHIO

Public Health Reporting

Pharmacies

Pharmacies

Pharm Hub

Hospitals

Integrated health care system

CSDB

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PBM

UHIN

DOH

Clearinghouse

Payers

Other orgs

Clearinghouse

Providers Hospitals

Clinics

Payers

Laboratories

RxHub

Banks

RHIO Clinicians Clinics

Hospitals

Payers

Clinicians

PBM

ProviderBilling Services

Pharmacies

NHIORHIO

UHINet

Administrative Exchanges

Pharmacies

Pharm Hub

Integrated health care system

+

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Clinics

One connection gets you all needed messages

DOH

Payers

Clearinghouse

Other orgsPBM

Payers

Banks

Pharmacies

Providers Hospitals

Laboratories

Clinicians

RxHub

PBM

ProviderBilling Services

Pharmacies

Pharm Hub

Payers

Clinicians Clinics

Hospitals

Integrated health care system

NHIORHIO

RHIO

Clearinghouse

RHIO(UHINet)

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TO FROM

Physicians Hospitals Health Plans Public Health

Pharmacies Laboratories

Consumers

Physicians Referrals and consultationsCCR

Admissions information; pre-natal reports;CCR

Medical nec; Workers Comp notes; P4P Claims; claim status; eligibility, prior authsFormularies, current drugs; pharm. ben.

Case reporting;Queries to Controlled Substance Data Base

E-prescriptions;refills, renewals,Prior auth notice;

Questions about tests and results

Lab results, reminders disease mgt reminders refill/renewal reminders,

Hospitals Results,; Discharge notes; lab results, Rx, admissions; ED labs and Rxs transc.; dictation; CCR

Patient transfers; CCR Claims, claim status, eligibility, prior authorizationsDrug look-ups

Case reporting;RODSVital recordsTumor registries

Drugs reconciliation; E-prescriptions;

Questions about tests and results

Health Plans

Pharmacy eligibility, formularies, current drugs ; pharmacy benefits; remits; claim status; eligibility, prior auth responses

Medical necessity;remits; claim status; eligibility, prior authorizations responses

Subrogation, coordination of benefits

Case reporting? Eligibility resp; medication history; medical history remits;

Questions about tests and results

Benefits information

Public Health

Notices of disease outbreaks;Notices of changes in reportable diseases

Notices of disease outbreaks;Notices of changes in reportable diseases

Notices of disease outbreaks

Reports of disease outbreaks (to CDC); bioterrorism

Response to controlled substances data base queries

Notices of changes in reportable diseases

Pharmacies E-prescriptions;refills, renewals,Prior auth requests; questions about prescriptions; fill status

Drug reconciliation; fill status?

Pharmacy eligibility; claims; medication history; medical history

Reporting and queries to Controlled Substance Data Base

Prescription transfers

Questions about tests and results

Refill and renewal management

Laboratories

Results, responses to queries, test status updates

Results, responses to queries, test status updates

Answers about tests and results

Reportable diseases reporting

Results, responses to queries, test status updates

Q/A re: tests and results; test status updates

Results

Consumers eVisits, appointment scheduling, refills & renewals

Admission/ appointment scheduling

Benefits questions, complaints

Refills & renewals

Physician to HospitalMedical necessity;

Admissions; pre-natal reports

current drugs;CCR

Hospital to PhysicianResults; Discharge notes;

lab results, ED admissions; ED labs and prescriptions

transcription; dictation; CCRPublic Health

Reportable diseasesReal-time; reduce public health burden; notice of

disease outbreaks

Pharmacy/PBMsE-Prescriptions;

Formularies

Health Care Providers to Payers

Claims, eligibility inquiries; claim status; lab results;

CCR

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UHIN and UHIN and DOHDOH

Goal: Create a single pipeline for health Goal: Create a single pipeline for health care entities to move many kinds of data care entities to move many kinds of data including public health data to ease including public health data to ease burden of reporting.burden of reporting.

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Major Major ChallengesChallenges

1.1. Public perception of loss of privacy / Public perception of loss of privacy / controlcontrol

1.1. Physician concerns about privacyPhysician concerns about privacy2.2. Building a business caseBuilding a business case

1.1. No killer app for clinicalNo killer app for clinical2.2. Must build a collection of messagesMust build a collection of messages

3.3. Need uniform privacy law across the Need uniform privacy law across the nationnation

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4.4. Competition Competition • Community doesn’t compete on exchanging Community doesn’t compete on exchanging

informationinformation• Compete on core servicesCompete on core services

5.5. Standards Standards • RHIOs adopt community message and RHIOs adopt community message and

connectivity standardsconnectivity standards• Builds trustBuilds trust

• RHIOs participate in national message and RHIOs participate in national message and connectivity standards setting process connectivity standards setting process

Major ChallengesMajor Challenges