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Gordon K. Norman, MD, MBA EVP, Science & Innovation, Alere Chairman, DMAA James E. Pope, MD, FACC

Gordon K. Norman, MD, MBA EVP, Science & Innovation, Alere Chairman, DMAA James E. Pope, MD, FACC EVP, Chief Science Officer, Healthways Former Director, DMAA. The Perspective of the Industry on the Role of Disease Management and Chronic Care in Medicare, Medicaid, and Health Reform.

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Gordon K. Norman, MD, MBA EVP, Science & Innovation, Alere Chairman, DMAA James E. Pope, MD, FACC

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  1. Gordon K. Norman, MD, MBA EVP, Science & Innovation, Alere Chairman, DMAA James E. Pope, MD, FACC EVP, Chief Science Officer, Healthways Former Director, DMAA The Perspective of the Industry on the Role of Disease Management and Chronic Care in Medicare, Medicaid, and Health Reform

  2. Divergent Results from MHS • Disease management and population health improvement strategies have shown positive results in multiple settings, including Medicare, Medicaid, privately insured populations • Many of these successful programs had different conditions than Medicare Health Support pilots • Despite some gains, interim MHS results diverge from pattern of results elsewhere; we need deeper understanding of why, in order to remedy

  3. How to Reconcile & Leverage • Probe cumulative experience to identify what works for whom in different settings • Expect incremental progress, not quantum leaps with novel models • Assess cost-effectiveness to determine impact on value of care • Expand methods of inquiry, learning beyond traditional approaches

  4. The Industry Can Help • Industry should do better job of extracting, sharing learnings • Explore patient-centric medical home models for convergence of care management and primary care • Offer experience and expertise to CMS, providers, others in hard work of perfecting population health improvement incrementally

  5. 96% of Medicare costs from beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions Prevalence increases with age Number of chronic conditions The more you have, the more it cost Chronic Disease Driving Cost ~ Three quarters of seniors have multiple chronic conditions . . . . . . . . accounting for 96% of Medicare costs Percent of U.S. population with chronic conditionsby age group Percent of Medicare expenses by beneficiarychronic condition status Source: Anderson, G. Chronic Conditions: Making the case for ongoing care. Johns Hopkins University. November 2007.

  6. Compounding Effects Ratio of Average Spending Relative to an Individual Aged 50 – 64 Years 12x The older you get the more you have The more you have the more it costs Heterogeneous Population 9x 5x 5x 1x Laurence Kotlikoff and Christian Hagist, “Who’s Going Broke?” National Bureau of Economic Research, Working Paper No. 11833, December 2005, p. 25 (various sub-sources by country dated 2000-2003)

  7. Medicare Health Support (MHS) • Eight pilots, assigned specific geographies • Different approaches selected to maximize learning • Allowed to modify program design based on learning • Selection of sicker individuals than average FFS Medicare • HCC1 score of 1.35 or greater required for eligibility • Average HCCs for pilots ranged 2.2 – 2.5 • 20-30% of pilot participants are >300% “sicker” than average Medicare FFS beneficiary (1) Hierarchical Condition Category

  8. Population Attributes – MHS vs. FFS Medicare • PBPM Cost per Beneficiary per Month 3.0 X • Hospital Admission Rate 2.5 X • Hospital Bed-Days 2.5 X • Skilled Nursing Facilities Admit Rate 1.5 X • Older, sicker, higher mortality • Seeing ~ 7-10 physicians on average • Take ~10-20 medications at any point in time • About 1% dying each month Source: Healthways MHS program experience

  9. Targeting Subpopulations • Identification and segmentation of high risk populations • Once identified, traditional risk scores do not further distinguish important sub-groups • Development or refinement of predictive models identifying segments of the high-risk population

  10. Outcomes - Will We Learn Everything We Want to Know? • No consistent approach: each a virtual case study • Selection of sicker individuals than average FFS Medicare • Effect of mortality and rapidly declining cohort size

  11. Summary • Cost and quality are the challenges, and chronic conditions are driving cost • The Medicare population is heterogeneous and important subgroups need to be identified and managed appropriately • MHS has led to important advances in evolving care support for the high risk, high disease burden subpopulation • Partnership and collaboration with CMS is core to success • The “cure” will require prevention and better chronic condition management

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