Analytics
FHC consultants support clients in developing
and implementing customized measurement
strategies to support their specific goals.
Market Analysis
Freedman HealthCare understands the complex market forces at work in health care and knows how to sift through the data to develop meaningful policy.
Working on behalf of states’ attorney generals and others, FHC determines which data is necessary to support a thorough review of a market’s cost, quality and value. It then uses the data to understand the competitive forces driving market dynamics.
FHC presents its findings with clarity and at clients’ request translates those findings into independent, unbiased policy recommendations.
Performance Measurement and Public Reporting
Drawing from our experience developing and managing private and public reporting initiatives for states, non-profit organizations, providers and health plans Freedman HealthCare provides comprehensive services to help our clients measure and report performance
- Working with clients and their key stakeholders to select measures of quality, patient experience, and efficiency/cost
- Identifying appropriate statistical techniques and benchmarks
- Creating consumer-friendly design and content
- Developing a clear, effective design and layout of reports
Clinical Analytics and Performance Improvement
With data in hand, Freedman HealthCare works with clients to develop clinically-relevant analytics and design quality improvement strategies. FHC also supports clients in bringing these strategies to life so they can effect change and create collaborative learning cultures within their organizations.
Payment Reform
Freedman HealthCare helps providers and payer organizations to align financial incentives with outcomes and quality of care. As you explore alternative payment models, we can help you succeed with the Triple Aim and a new sustainable business model.
- Develop quality, utilization, and cost measures and targets
- Create feedback mechanisms to providers, including analytics, dashboards, comprehensive reporting, and incentive programs
Assessment and Evaluation
Since 2010, FHC has supported the Rhode Island Quality Institute and the Rhode Island Department of Health with strategic planning, subject matter expertise and project management for the Rhode Island All Payer Claims Database (RI-APCD). FHC's knowledge, expertise and on-the-ground project management assisted the RI-APCD in achieving all statutory and operational milestones required to begin full implementation by 2013 – ahead of schedule and budget. FHC has since overseen a streamlined process for data collection and aggregation, facilitated three separate vendor procurement processes for data aggregation and analytics vendors, overseen transmission of data extracts, and helped the State navigate every fork in the road along the way. Today, FHC continues to serve as the RI-APCD project manager, subject matter expert, and technical consultant as the State continues to operate the RI-APCD and builds a financial sustainability model for the program.
Our services include:
- Assessment and Feasibility Studies
- Instrument Design
- Survey Research
- Data Collection and Analysis
- Product Evaluation for Business Growth
- Report Preparation
Client Examples
Establishing an APCD
Since 2010, FHC has supported the Rhode Island Quality Institute and the Rhode Island Department of Health with strategic planning, subject matter expertise and project management for the Rhode Island All Payer Claims Database (RI-APCD).
FHC’s knowledge, expertise and on-the-ground project management assisted the RI-APCD in achieving all statutory and operational milestones required to begin full implementation by 2013 – ahead of schedule and budget. FHC has since overseen a streamlined process for data collection and aggregation, facilitated three separate vendor procurement processes for data aggregation and analytics vendors, overseen transmission of data extracts, and helped the State navigate every fork in the road along the way.
Today, FHC continues to serve as the RI-APCD project manager, subject matter expert, and technical consultant as the State continues to operate the RI-APCD and builds a financial sustainability model for the program.
Using Data to Understand Cost Trends & Inform State Policy
- In Delaware, FHC provides leadership for the development of total cost of care analysis in support of the state’s cost trends and benchmarking efforts in collaboration with the Delaware Health Information Network and the Delaware Health Care Commission. The team is working to gain consensus on measures of total cost of care and analyze total cost of care by type of service and by clinic-provider.
- As part of FHC’s work with Delaware’s Department of Insurance, the Office of Value Based Health Care Delivery collects data from payers to understand drivers of total medical expense and how they impact the state’s ability to invest in primary care, including an analysis of price and utilization trends by service category in the commercial health insurance market to identify drivers of health care cost growth in Delaware.
- In Massachusetts, FHC assists multiple state agencies. For both the Attorney General’s Office and the Health Policy Commission, FHC analyzes and provides expertise on market trends, proposed merger transactions, and generally supports the cost trends hearings. In collaboration with Gorman Actuarial, FHC supports the Center for Health Information and Analysis to develop its Annual Report on the Performance of the Massachusetts Health Care System. The team manages and analyzes submissions from payers on multiple work streams including insurance cost and coverage, total medical expense, alternative payment models and prescription drug rebates to understand total health care expenditure in the state for comparison with the state health care cost growth benchmark. The team works with CHIA to determine the drivers of the total cost of care in Massachusetts and supports their analysis of relative price.
- In New Hampshire, FHC supports the Gorman Actuarial team with the state’s annual Health Care Premium and Claim Cost Drivers report. The FHC team manages data collection, provides analytical support and drafts key findings on drivers of total cost of care costs in New Hampshire. Also, FHC analyzes NH’s all-payer claims database in response to legislative requests, helping the NH insurance department monitor use and spending trends.