D i apple i watch ill be very reader in hearing where you are seeing my employer about that you well, of course, the presentation thought i watch was pretty out there laughter and i mean it knows a lot more than we do but ill bring information phenomenon the mobile Technology Last call with questions. All right. This is faithfully. Look forward to hamburger from you again. All right. Next item item 67 duration item from blue shield on the urgent care facilities i understand that United Health care has asked to go first, were happy to accommodate. Good afternoon. Thank you for having us back to do the presentation my colleague send her regards but she hearsay decided not to come with phenomena im going to first introduce our guest a per your requests weve brought our director ann harvey so shes specific for the area and janet our Vice President of the network and provided recommendations to all california. Thank you welcome. So im going to go ahead im not sure we have our slides i apolo
D i apple i watch ill be very reader in hearing where you are seeing my employer about that you well, of course, the presentation thought i watch was pretty out there laughter and i mean it knows a lot more than we do but ill bring information phenomenon the mobile Technology Last call with questions. All right. This is faithfully. Look forward to hamburger from you again. All right. Next item item 67 duration item from blue shield on the urgent care facilities i understand that United Health care has asked to go first, were happy to accommodate. Good afternoon. Thank you for having us back to do the presentation my colleague send her regards but she hearsay decided not to come with phenomena im going to first introduce our guest a per your requests weve brought our director ann harvey so shes specific for the area and janet our Vice President of the network and provided recommendations to all california. Thank you welcome. So im going to go ahead im not sure we have our slides i apolo
Went up. The flu epidemic we had. Everybody in the city, there was a bed shortage for the first time in a long time. Our days per thousand, hospital days per 1,000. It speaks to the management to better coordination of their care in the outpatient setting. The average length of stay similarly. The average length of stay is down 10 percent which is remarkable. 30day readmission rate is down 7. 2 percent. We are not the only organization that has inspired the attention to readmissions. Medicare certainly had a lot to do with that but this means our members arent being discharged early, if they are being discharged, not early, but in the right amount of time, the medical group and hospital make sure that member has what they need at home and to stay home. The medications are filled, they have the right ament amount of help and they are not having to figure out things on their own. And medical and social workers are helping our members. The coordinated care is definitely improved quality.
Digit increase, a second year in a role of double digit increase. In 2012 the board decided to go flex funded. The increase was actually when we looked at the utilization was only a 2. 5 percent increase. The rational for lower premiums is one that helps the aco accomplish their goals and lowers the overall cost because they set goals and they need to live within them and achieve them. To remind you an aco is an integrated net deliver Network Model where they and the hospital work together. They talk to each other electronically and in person and look at clinical best practices which are different from medical group to medical group. They integrate their data and they report it out. And the idea that they are even reporting it to aco but also reporting it to their board of directors and they know if the prescription rate is above 70 percent and below and they work with their particular pigsz physicians to go through that metric. Im not going through all of these. Its a long process to
Explanation. It all comes down to how are we making things more affordable. There is not one answer. And fortunately this is not a single year thing. Its going to take years and years of hard work to continue this trend. We are approaching this by looking at care transformation, increased quality and then our own cost of goods or input cost. All three have to be addressed and they have to be addressed year over year over year. And through all of this, our focus on delivering the best Quality Service and access is unwavering. We cant give up on those to break down cost. In fact, what we are finding the Higher Quality you have, the more you are engaging the members cost actually do come down. So one or 2 years does not make a trend. I think i need at least three data points for trend, at least. I plan on you continuing to hold us accountable and we are committed to working with you and for you and with 88,000 groups and over 7 million members in california. They very much, i appreciate i