Post on 03-Jan-2016
Do Quality Indicators Truly Do Quality Indicators Truly Help Assess Risk?Help Assess Risk?
MODERATOR:
Matthew Dolan, CPCU, President,
IronHealth
PANELISTS:
Samantha Collier, MD, MBA, Senior VP, Medical Affairs/Chief Medical Officer, HealthGrades
Nathaniel Cross, Underwriter,
Beazley plc
Sarah E. Pacini, RN, BSN, JD, Administrator,
Risk and Captive Management Advocate Health Care
What are today’s prevailing What are today’s prevailing indicators of quality? indicators of quality?
What are the various sources of and What are the various sources of and methodologies behind measuring methodologies behind measuring
quality? quality?
Does the data enhance the Does the data enhance the underwriting process?underwriting process?
What about the What about the risk management process?risk management process?
Are risk managers benchmarking Are risk managers benchmarking their own facility against others their own facility against others
when measuring quality? when measuring quality?
How effective are today’s How effective are today’s prevailing underwriting prevailing underwriting
methodologies in evaluating the methodologies in evaluating the real drivers of risk and losses?real drivers of risk and losses?
Can quality indicators be used as a Can quality indicators be used as a key component of predictive key component of predictive
modeling? modeling?
When and how are quality When and how are quality initiatives and quality improvements initiatives and quality improvements
demonstrable?demonstrable?
How can these initiatives be How can these initiatives be proactively incorporated into the proactively incorporated into the
risk transfer programrisk transfer program
How do quality indicators help How do quality indicators help organizations measure and organizations measure and
improve the cost of risk?improve the cost of risk?
Is there a direct correlation between Is there a direct correlation between higher quality outcomes higher quality outcomes
and and lower risk?lower risk?
Do quality measures drive more Do quality measures drive more directed risk management directed risk management
initiatives?initiatives?