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SB1004 Technical Assistance Series:Topic 4: Gauging and Promoting
Sustainability and Success
Anne Kinderman, MDDirector, Supportive & Palliative Care ServiceZuckerberg San Francisco General HospitalAssociate Clinical Professor of Medicine,UCSF
Kathleen Kerr, BAKerr Healthcare Analytics
April 2018
Building blocks for implementingcommunity-based palliative care
Estimatingmember/patient
need
Estimating costsfor delivering
services
Assessing capacityfor palliative care& launching svcs
Gauging andpromoting
sustainabilityand success
Lessons learnedand adjusting
programs
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Objectives
• Review information from DHCS regarding initial programreporting requirements
• Describe resources available to measure palliative carequality
• Outline process steps to select quality metrics based onlocal needs, resources and challenges
• Create processes for routine program review and qualityassessment
• Outline factors that promote sustainability and scaling ofservices
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Outline
• Review SB 1004 reporting requirements
• Measuring quality in palliative care
• Selecting metrics for your program
• Recommendations for promoting programsustainability
• Review
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SB 1004 Reporting Requirements
• Final template released February 2018• Quarterly reporting• Reporting domains
• Patient level: name, diagnosis, approval date,disenrollment date, reason for disenrollment
• Referrals: number made, approved, accepted, declined,denied and if denied why
• Network: provider name, type (mix of disciplines andservices), specialty, telehealth use
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Focus: Who was referred, who was served, why/why notserved, how long served, by whom
6https://cahps.ahrq.gov/consumer-reporting/talkingquality/create/sixdomains.html
Safe
Effective
Efficient
Equitable
Timely
Patient-Centered
QualityCare
Avoiding harm topatients from thecare that isintended to helpthem.
Providing servicesbased on scientificknowledge to allwho could benefitand refraining fromproviding services tothose not likely tobenefit
Avoiding waste, including wasteof equipment, supplies, ideas,and energy.
Providing care that doesnot vary in qualitybecause of personalcharacteristics such asgender, ethnicity,geographic location,and socioeconomicstatus
Providing care that isrespectful of andresponsive toindividual patientpreferences, needs,and values andensuring that patientvalues guide all clinicaldecisions.Reducing waits and sometimes
harmful delays for both those whoreceive and those who give care.
Components of quality
Much more you will want to know
Metrics that describe:• What was done, by whom, how often• Adherence to best practices• How things turned out
Where to find metrics?• Case studies / peers• QI collaboratives• Endorsed by the field
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• 6 teams of payer and provider organizations
• Providers: large academic medical centers, hospices, and a specialtypalliative care practice
• Payers: national insurers, regional insurers, a Medicaid managedcare plan
• 6 month planning process, resulting in operational and financialplans for delivering CBPC
• 24 month implementation phase, where contracts were executedand clinical services were delivered
To learn more about the PPI project: https://www.chcf.org/project/payer-provider-partnerships-to-expand-community-based-palliative-care/
CHCF Payer-Provider Partnerships Initiative
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(Selected) Metrics used by PPI participants
Operational• # Patients referred, % with scheduled visits, % visited• # Visits (average and range) per patient in enrollment period• # Days (average and range) from referral to initial visit• # Days (average and range) between visits• % seen within 14 days of referral• Referral source• Referral reason• Use of tele-visits
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Metrics used by PPI teams
Screening and assessments• % for which spiritual assessment is completed• % for which functional assessment is completed• Symptom Burden by ESAS (repeated)• Patient distress by Distress Thermometer (repeated)• % for which medication reconciliation is done with 72h of
hospital discharge
Planning and preferences• % with advance care planning discussed• % with advance directive or POLST completed
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Metrics used by PPI teams
Hospice and End of Life Care• % remaining on service through end of life• % death within one year of enrollment• % enrolled in hospice at the time of death• Average/median hospice length of service• Location of death• % dying in preferred location
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Metrics used by PPI teams
Utilization and fiscal• PMPM cost of care, enrolled patients vs comparison
population• Health care utilization/costs 6 months prior to enrollment
compared to 6 months during/after:• # Acute care admissions• # (Total) hospital days• # ICU admissions• # ICU days• # ER visits• Cost per member (total)• Cost per member (inpatient)• Cost per member (outpatient)
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National learning collaborative committed to improvingthe care of seriously ill patients and their families
Palliative Care Quality Network
Learn More: https://pcqn.org ● Angela Marks [email protected]
Patient- level data registry with real-time, easy to accessreports that allow for benchmarking across member sites.
Quality improvement activities including mentored multi-site QI projects, QI education, and case reviews.
Education & community building opportunitiesincluding monthly educational webinars and in-personconferences.
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Encounter level data collection
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Metrics for assessment and benchmarking
SEE HANDOUT
PC metrics endorsed by NQF
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Use NQF’s QPS to find endorsed metrics
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What‘s inside
• 299 metrics from 19 sources• Information about each metric:
• Required data• Metric type (structure, process, outcome)• National Consensus Project (NCP) guideline it addresses• Who developed it• Settings used/tested in• Important endorsements
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You can use the tool to select for the types of metrics that areappropriate for your setting and service, and to exclude fromconsideration metrics that are unimportant (to you) or not feasible.
Filter view
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This number will changeas filters are applied
Results view
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Learn more about the NCPguideline reference for a metricby going to the NCP Guidelinessection of the Resources tab
Results view
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Use the “Add” buttons to savemetrics to your My Metrics cart
My Metrics
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Export your MyMetrics cartcontents
Click on the “MyMetrics” button topreview and edit thecontents of your cart
Export a Spreadsheet File
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Outline
• Review draft SB 1004 reporting requirements
• Measuring quality in palliative care
• Selecting metrics for your program
• Recommendations for promoting programsustainability
• Review
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Selecting Quality Metrics:Factors to Consider
• Whenever possible, start with metrics recognizedby external entities and/or used by other programs
From that long list, make selections by considering:• What matters to stakeholders• Feasibility of data collection & analysis• Balanced portfolio
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Selecting Quality Metrics:What Matters to Stakeholders
1. Who are your stakeholders?• Whose support is needed for success,
sustainability, scaling?• Whose initiatives/programs might be impacted
(or threatened)?• Who might have expectations about what the
program will deliver?
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Selecting Quality Metrics:What Matters to Stakeholders
1. Who are your stakeholders?• Internal
• Organizational leadership• Clinically-oriented• Financially-oriented• Regulatory
• External• Payer/provider partner• Referring providers• Community partners• DHCS
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2. Initial questions to ask• What would a successful palliative care program
look like?• What are you hoping the program will achieve?• If you only had one measurement of program
quality, what would it be?• How might the palliative care program impact
(or be impacted by) other programs?
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Selecting Quality Metrics:What Matters to Stakeholders
For each metric you’re considering…• Is it already being collected, reported?• Where would you get the data?
• Available in EHR• What would it take to generate routine reports?
• Could be collected specifically for this purpose• How labor-intensive might that collection process be?• Who would need to be involved? How much bandwidth do
those stakeholders have to take on new tasks?
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Selecting Quality Metrics:Assess Availability and Feasibility
For each metric you’re considering…• Would the data be consistently available?• How reliable would the data be?• Where/how would you record the data?• What would the analysis process require?
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Selecting Quality Metrics:Assess Availability and Feasibility
With stakeholders from your organizationand/or partner organization, complete:Metrics Preparation Worksheet
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Preparing for Metrics Selection
Selecting Quality Metrics:Factors to Consider
üRecognition of metric by external entities, use byother programs
üWhat matters to stakeholdersüFeasibility of data collection & analysis• Balanced portfolio
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Selecting Quality Metrics:Aim for a balanced portfolio
• Different types of metrics• Structure• Process• Outcome
• Different focus areas• Effort required
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Aim for a diverse portfolio of palliative care programmetrics, with balance across:
Different types of metrics
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Selecting Quality Metrics:Aim for a Balanced Portfolio
• Describe the program• Ex. Available 24/7Structure
• Describe how care is delivered• Ex. Screenings done at specific points in
timeProcess
• Describe the impact of the program• Ex. Change in pain scoresOutcome
Different focus areas
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Selecting Quality Metrics:Aim for a Balanced Portfolio
Operational Screening &Assessments
Planning &Preferences
Hospice &End-of-Life
Care
Utilization &Fiscal
See Metrics Balance Check Worksheet for examples of metrics in each category
Selecting Quality Metrics:Aim for a Balanced Portfolio
Consider total effort required for collection, analysis
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Easy
Hard
Key point:Make sure that you don’thave all high-effortmetrics… but consideradding a small number ofthese if the informationwould be particularlyvaluable to you or yourpartner organization
Example of metrics selection:Zuckerberg San Francisco General
• Inpatient & Outpatient programs• Patients seen by both, or just one
• Cannot pull data from EHR• Limited administrative support
Context
• Internal• System leaders• Inpatient and outpatient teams
• External• SF Health Plan• Grant funders
Stakeholders
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Preliminarydiscussion of
program goals
• What would a successful program look like?• Any specific outcomes that would be very
important?
FeasibilityAssessment
• Available/obtainable?• Already collecting, in database?
Review shortlist with
stakeholders• Balanced portfolio• Collection & analysis workflows
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Example of metrics selection:Zuckerberg San Francisco General
Structure/Process/Outcome
QualityFocus area
Important toPlan
Important toProvider
Important toother(s)
Easy to collect,analyze
Interdisciplinaryteam, PC certified
Structure Operational ++ ++ ++Joint
Commission
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% of patientsscreened forpsychosocialdistress
Process Screening &Assessments
0 ++ ++Cancer
Committee
0/+
Number ofpatients seen peryear
Outcome Operational ++ ++ ++System
leadership
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Average costs ofpatients in last yr.of life
Outcome Utilization &Fiscal
++ ++ ++PC field
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Example of metrics selection:Zuckerberg San Francisco General
Putting it all together
Structure/Process/Outcome
QualityFocus area
Importantto Plan
Importantto Provider
Importantto other(s)
Easy tocollect,analyze
Metric 1
Metric 2
Metric 3
With others from your organization and yourpartner organization, complete theMetrics Balance Check Worksheet
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You’ve selected your metrics…Now What?
• Discuss with partner, stakeholders• Targets
• Who defines the target?• What happens if target isn’t achieved?
• Interval for reporting• Internal• External
• Format for reporting, communicationpreferences
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Outline
• Review draft SB 1004 reporting requirements
• Measuring quality in palliative care
• Selecting metrics for your program
• Recommendations for promoting programsustainability
• Review
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Promoting Sustainability:Recommendations
Pilot & Re-evaluate
Routine communication
Repeat the needs assessment
Pay attention to relationship with payer/provider
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A wise person once said…
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Promoting Sustainability:
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Predicting the future is impossibleIssue #1:
Promoting Sustainability:Pilot & Re-evaluate
Many things are hard to predict• Where referrals will come from, how much marketing
and outreach will be required• Which patient populations will be largest• Roles/responsibilities of different team members• How workflows will need to change (with changes in
venue, volume, staffing, etc.)• Projected vs. actual costs
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First choice … best choice?
INITIAL PLAN CHALLENGES(Pilot) contractmandated 2 RN homevisits per patient permonth
· Some patients didnot make themselvesavailable for visits atpredictable intervals,which reducedrevenues for provider
· Some patients didnot need both RNvisits, but insteadreally needed weeklySW visits, at least insome months
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Promoting Sustainability:Pilot & Re-evaluate
• Initial efforts should be framed as pilot• Start with expectation that things will need to be
adjusted• Define parameters
• Interval for reassessment• Evaluation metrics
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First choice … best choice?
INITIAL PLAN CHALLENGES POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS(Pilot) contractmandated 2 RN homevisits per patient permonth
· Some patients did notmake themselvesavailable for visits atpredictable intervals,which reducedrevenues for provider
· Some patients did notneed both RN visits,but instead reallyneeded weekly SWvisits, at least in somemonths
· Create process to waiveor adjust requirementfor certain patients /certain circumstances
· Suggest high-frequencyinitial phase followedby maintenance phase
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Promoting Sustainability:Pilot & Re-evaluate
Lesson #1:Many successful payer-provider partnerships includeroutine re-evaluation of program goals, structures,workflows, outcomes
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Predicting the future is impossibleIssue #1:
Promoting Sustainability:
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Different organizations have different cultures anddifferent ways they prefer to communicate
Issue #2:
Promoting Sustainability:Routine Communication
• Develop plan for communicating regularly,particularly at the beginning of the partnership,and after any major changes in the program
• Rationale• Changes in staffing/leadership happen• Your partner’s goals/priorities will change• Identify gaps, unmet needs on both sides• Fix small issues before they grow
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Promoting Sustainability:Routine CommunicationContent to consider
• Clinical• Troubleshooting difficult cases• Foster communication between plan-based providers and
palliative care providers• Operational/Programmatic
• How many patients/members are being enrolled? Howdoes this compare with predictions?
• Which clinics/provider groups are (or aren’t) referring?• Are there barriers or inefficiencies in the referral process?• How long are patients/members remaining enrolled?• What resources are lacking, for patient/caregiver
support?
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Promoting Sustainability:Routine Communication
• What works best for communication?• Email/written• Remote• In-person
• How often are meetings needed?• Who should be involved in different meetings?
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Promoting Sustainability:Routine Communication
Lesson #2:Be explicit in developing routine communicationstrategies with your plan/provider partner(s) thatwill work for both organizations.
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Different organizations have different cultures anddifferent ways they prefer to communicate
Issue #2:
Promoting Sustainability:
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Changes in personnel, leadership, and programscope can dramatically affect payer-providerpartnerships.
Issue #3:
Promoting Sustainability:Repeat the Needs Assessment
• Because things change, there may be key timeswhen you should consider repeating a needsassessment
• Change in partner(s) or key stakeholder(s)• Program expansion• Change in scope of work/responsibility• Changes in support and/or funding
You’ve done a thorough needs assessment at theoutset of the program, now you’re set, right?
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Promoting Sustainability:Repeat the Needs Assessment
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• Leadership• Key clinician• Referring partner• Community partner
Change inpartner or key
stakeholder
• New location• New setting of care• New patient population
Programexpansion
Promoting Sustainability:Repeat the Needs Assessment
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• New task assigned• Partner takes over task• Incentive/penalty proposed
Change inscope or
responsibility
• Grant start/finish• In-kind donation changes• Community program
changes
Change insupport or
funding
Promoting Sustainability:Repeat the Needs Assessment
Resources for needs assessments• SB 1004 Technical Assistance Series (chcf.org/sb1004)
• Topic 1: Estimating Volume• Topic 2: Estimating Costs• Topic 3: Gauging Capacity
• Center to Advance Palliative Care• CSU Institute for Palliative Care
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Promoting Sustainability:Repeat the Needs Assessment
Lesson #3:Repeat a needs assessment after significant changesoccur on either side.
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Changes in personnel, leadership, and programscope can dramatically affect payer-providerpartnerships.
Issue #3:
Promoting Sustainability:
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Relationships are really important, but hard.Issue #4:
Relationship issues
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Even a great service can’t thrive if the payer-provider relationship is bad
• Partners need to be willing to communicate openly andfrequently about all aspects of program planning andimplementation.
• Partners need to build trust, understand why they eachwant to engage in this work, and show an appreciation forthe pressures and priorities that impact the otherorganization.
“Most important” characteristic that you lookfor in a CBPC partner?
Provider:
“That they be collaborative and flexible, able to appreciate theperspective of a small partner”
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Payer:“Ideal partner characteristics would be an ability to take ininformation from many perspectives (vision and mission pluspractical information about service delivery nuts and bolts, andthe environment), including an ability to appreciate theperspective of a payer partner.”
Characteristics that might predict a poor fit?
Provider:“As we brought issues to the forefront (big and small) the planwas always willing to engage in a conversation - to hear fromour perspective how a contract requirement would impact care.Even if the plan didn’t agree, it was important to us that theywere willing to have that collaborative conversation. Not seeingthis kind of openness would be a huge red flag; a payer that justsays, ‘This is the way we do it’ would be a difficult partner.”
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Payer:“I try to get a sense during early meetings whether they are comfortabletaking risks, if they have demonstrated an ability to think differently, andif they have a record of implementing innovations. An absence of suchcharacteristics/history, or a rigid attachment to their own model of caredelivery would indicate a poor fit.”
Promoting Sustainability:Pay Attention to Relationships
Lesson #4:Flexible good. Rigid bad.Listening, transparency, empathy and collaborativeproblem solving are valued highly; inflexibility is not
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Relationships are important, but hard.Issue #4:
Outline
• Review draft SB 1004 reporting requirements
• Measuring quality in palliative care
• Selecting metrics for your program
• Recommendations for promoting programsustainability
• Review
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Objectives Review
• Supplement information reported to DHCS with processand outcome metrics that describe care quality
• When considering metrics look to what peers and QIcollaboratives are using, and those endorsed byprofessional organizations
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Review information from DHCS regarding initialprogram reporting requirements
Describe resources available to measure palliativecare quality
Objectives Review
• Think about how success is defined by key stakeholders,and focus on the subset of metrics that speak to thoseareas
• Assess feasibility of both data collection and analysis• Aim for a balance of metrics – in terms of metric type,
focus area, and effort required to obtain the data
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Outline process steps to select quality metricsbased on local needs, resources and challenges
Objectives Review
• Establish schedule for program reporting,communication
• Repeat needs assessments at key junctures (e.g. changein personnel, leadership, or patient population)
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Create processes for routine program review andquality assessment
Objectives Review
• Just because you started doesn’t mean you are done –ongoing monitoring and modifications will be needed
• Culture and communication differences can have a bigimpact on partnerships – identify issues up-front andwork toward solutions that work for both organizations
• Prioritize creating and sustaining good payer-providerrelationships
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Outline factors that promote sustainability andscaling of services
Acknowledgements and Resources
Thanks to colleagues who shared their knowledge,wisdom and experiences
• Maria Aguila, Health Plan of San Jaoquin• Diane Coluzzi, California Health and Wellness• Ujjwala Dheeriya, Care Connect• Michael Siegel, Molina Health Care
• SB 1004 Questions• http://www.dhcs.ca.gov/provgovpart/Pages/Palliative-Care-and-SB-1004.aspx• [email protected]
• Technical Assistance Series: [email protected]
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