W2 Flashcards
Origin of hospitals and insurance plans
-• Bellvue farm, first hospital 1811—people pay to die—then abx—seek treatment
-• 1930 many hospitals and medical school like now
o 1932 Depression era—new hospital beds empty
o First insurance plan at Baylor—1500 teachers, pay monthly fee—services
o Set up for steady stream of revenue—then Birth of Blue cross blue shield
• Only sign up healthy people in order to compete with other hospital, less cost
• WWII labor shortage freeze wagebenefit package employer provided health insurance
First multi-hospital insurance plan
-• 1930 many hospitals and medical school like now
o 1932 Depression era—new hospital beds empty
o First insurance plan at Baylor—1500 teachers, pay monthly fee—services
o Set up for steady stream of revenue—then Birth of Blue cross blue shield
• Only sign up healthy people in order to compete with other hospital, less cost
• WWII labor shortage freeze wagebenefit package employer provided health insurance
Employer provided healthcare insurance and WWII
-freeze wage, benefit package employer provided
Medicare
- part A-D
- financed
- historical
-1965
–1972 amendments extended coverage to long term coverage to long term disabled & pts with chronic kidney dz
-financed through SS payroll tax
-A–hospital insurance, skilled nursing
B-supplemental physicians
C- private (1997)
D- private (2003) prescription drug
-funds education; Direct Medical Education (DME) teaching interns, Indirect Medical Education Payments (IME) compensate hospital for inefficiencies
Medicaid
- 1965
- children or parents of minors
- pregnant
- disabled
- elderly
- long term care
- OB & peds services
- funds education; Direct Medical Education (DME) teaching interns, Indirect Medical Education Payments (IME) compensate hospital for inefficiencies
Affordable Care Act
- 2010
- expansion of medicaid–elimination of categories
- no preexisting exclsuions
- preventive care
- exchanges
- transparency
- realignment of incentives
Identify the key drivers and incentives responsible for increasing heath care costs
- payment drives volume, fee for service
- more fragmentation–uncoordinated care
- more variation–in tx not EBP
- no assurance of quality
1. supply–specialists, hospitals, equipments
2. . technology
3. fee for service
4. first dollar payment
5. cost PLUS
6. 3rd party payers
Describe the three components of the Triple Aim
- health of population
- per capital cost
- experience of care
-safe
effective
pt centered
timely
equitable
Understand how new delivery models of care (Patient Centered Medical Home, Accountable Care Organizations) support the goals of improved quality and decreased costs
- 4 cornerstones of PCMH—long-term healing relationship
1. primary care
2. pt-centered care - safety & quality
- care is coordinated & integrated
- whole person orientation
- personal physician
- physician directed practice
- enhanced access
- personal physician
- payment for added value
3. new model practice
4. payment reform
Recognize the key features of our local health care system landscape
- 6 major health systems
- 50+ community centers
Define quality
- standard measured against other things of similar kind
- meeting the needs and exceeding expectation of people we serve
Define quality improvement
-systematoc, data guided activities designed to bring about immediate, positive changes in the delivery of health care
Define aim statement, SMART aim
- a written , measurable, time sensitive statement of the accomplishments a team expects to make from its improvement efforts
- SMART aim
1. specific
2. measurable
3. achievable
4. realistic
5. time bound
Define process meaures
-meaure if the parts of the system are working as intended
Define outcome measures
-measure the impact of the system on the patient
Define balancing measures
-measure if changes designed to improve part of the system are introducing new problems
Identify gaps in the safety, effectiveness, and patient-centeredness of the health system
-o Diffuse or unstable aim o Measurement unconnected to aims o Gaps in leadership of change o Low investment in system redesign o 19th century information technologies o Toxic financing schemes o Litigation threats o Overregulation for stability o Professional education without a system view
Review a scientific model to improve health care
-
two recent quality improvement projects
- handwashing
- asthma
PDSA cycle
- plan, do, study, act
1. hypotheses
2. procedures
3. data
4. conclusions
run chart
-raph that displays observed data in a time sequence. Often, the data displayed represent some aspect of the output or performance of a manufacturing or other business process.
FDA’s definitions of drugs and medical devices
Drugs
- chemical mechanism of action
- center for drug evaluation & research (CDER)
- cost more than 1 billion
- timeline 8-10 yrs from time of discovery to approval
Device
- mechanical (nonchem or metabolic)
- Center for devices & radiological health (CDRH)
- cost less than 100 million
- timeline several months to 10yrs
describe the commercialization pathways of: a) drugs; b) medical devices; c) medical apps
-define medical device
digital health 1. device/app-->class I-III-->require FDA clearance 2. nondevice/app-->regulated FCC/OCR -med device is product that reach pts through market commercialization 1. completed design 2. pre verification & validaiton 3. design freeze 4. IDE & 510K 5. verification & validation 6. launch
describe the most productive first step after coming up with a novel solution/invention
-clinical needs & validation
-define invention & innovation
describe at least 4 roles of physicians in medical product innovation
- invention is an idea that has been reduced to practice; it must be novel, useful, non-obvious to an expert
- innovation is invention + implementation
Regulation
- provisional patient application
- utility patent application
- patent
- freedom to operate
Claims
-define exactly what you actually own
Describe the major historical landmarks that led to the development of our current health care payment system
-1940 men overseas because of war, lure employees offered health insurance benefit package. Healthy help pay for the sick
-1940s strength of union gave worker more bargaining power—tax free employer sponsor health care program
-1950—new medicine, abx for infection, w/o employer healthcare, pay out of pocket or not have health care at all
-1960—companies offered plans for the increase in cost of healthcare and procedures. Medicare & Medicaid were implemented—elderly & poor
-1980s & 90s—health costs rose rapidly most employer healthcare plan change from more expensive pay as needed plan to plan that allow third party to set up and manage cost
-mid 90s—most common type is manage care—Today PPO plan—but losing popularity as consumer driven plans are introduced, employer sponsored still around
If self-employed or not working—three options
–no coverage, pay full price, purchases your own on the market
1. employer, government, individual on the market
• By 2020 we will be over 20% of our GDP