Employer Group ABC
Incurred:
Apr 2014 thru Dec 2015
Paid:
Apr 2014 thru Mar 2016
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The table below breaks down the cost driver for each category analyzed in the prior chart. This allows you to understand whether the changes in cost are
driven by a change in pricing or a change in utilization. Also displayed is the average cost from the Verscend Normative Database, and the population's cost
rank relative to the Norm.
Table 3.1.4 Cost drivers: Change in unit price and change in utilization breakout for Inpatient and high acuity locations of care
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Category
Subcategory
Current PMPM
Change in PMPM
Change in
utilization per
1,000
Change in Unit
pricing
Norm value of
PMPM
Percent
Rank(Norm value
= 50%)
ASC
All
$3.16
-50.8%
-39.1%
-19.2%
$1.28
-
ER
All
$14.12
-24.3%
-26.6%
3.1%
$11.73
-
IP
All
$33.78
5.0%
-11.1%
17.6%
$30.25
-
Ward
$12.02
2.7%
-24.9%
36.7%
$9.23
-
Intensive care
$10.18
38.1%
11.2%
24.2%
$6.01
-
Mother/baby
$7.05
-19.6%
-26.1%
8.8%
$9.18
-
Observation
$2.29
1.4%
-3.6%
5.2%
$0.79
-
Subsequent Hospital Care
$1.77
7.9%
-0.5%
8.5%
$1.16
-
Psychiatry
$0.45
7.6%
-7.9%
16.8%
$1.63
-
Homegrown
$0.01
36.6%
84.4%
-25.9%
$2.24
-
OP Hospital
All
$0.30
788.5%
-11.1%
900.0%
$0.07
-
OR
All
$18.33
-21.1%
-24.6%
4.7%
$4.34
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Note:
Table 3.1.4 is based on select categories of Verscend Procedure Groups which utilize CPT4 Procedure Codes.
Source: Medical Intelligence : Claims Module / Trend / Medical / drill by Plan Type / Zoom Fwd / drill by Procedure Group
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Norm or Verscend Norm in this report refers to the values from Verscend's Commercial Normative database.