Do it with better management. They say we have to have an organization which was brought to you in 2010. In their mind, these targets are bonus money, to pay for their infrastructure so they can accomplish the goals in the initiatives they are talking about. They are not looking to pad their walt. Wallet. They are looking to pay for the structure. When you have to take a registry of all this and communicate properly, it takes time and money and skill sets need to be developed. So i hear what you are saying, but from them its a matter of building a structure so they can go forward as a competitive well organized and well structured entity. Thats just some feedback. Like the infrastructure. They paid a lot of money for that. So did they ask for money back . Mean, i dont know, maybe im over be laboring this. They plow it back into their systems and they are fully insured and we know that they have saved money on our membership. So this is an environment in which we are at risk and the med
All right. I would like you before you leave today to get your names and affiliated titles to our secretary so it will at least be recorded in the minutes that you were here affiliated with this presentation. If you do that, i would greatly appreciate it. If you dont care to be recognized, thats okay too. We are public. Are there any other comments that you would like to share at this time . Commissioners, bob muss skat, chairman of the Public Employees committee and local 21. Good afternoon. Can you bring the microphone closer . I wanted to come by and thank the hss board and staff for their leadership vote on kaiser and blue shield, the work that you have done has been terrific. If you remember it seems like a week ago, but the last time we went around with the kaiser rate increase, i think it was a very intense time. It wasnt particularly comfortable for all of us and in the end it really took a leap of faith to believe kaisers position with us that Going Forward things would be dif
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.
June 2011 and compares it with 2012 through november 2013. So while our admits per a 1,000 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 so
Introduce those folks or have them stand. Dr. Adrian green assistant chief medical officer at ucsf, we have jennifer kesh yann, representing Dignity Health and patty hobart representing ucfs medical center. We are on tv here, so if you stand, well see you. Can you all stand. We have dr. Margaret bead representing blue shield. Thank you very much for your dedication and input to this effort also as well. And brown and toll an, do you have a colleague here as well . Would you please stand and have them identify themselves. Please stand up. All right. We thank you all. All right. I would like you before you leave today to get your names and affiliated titles to our secretary so it will at least be recorded in the minutes that you were here affiliated with this presentation. If you do that, i would greatly appreciate it. If you dont care to be recognized, thats okay too. We are public. Are there any other comments that you would like to share at this time . Commissioners, bob muss skat, ch