Grouping patients by episode helps managers compare 'apples to apples' performance.
Apples to apples: When health care organizations group care by illness episode and include inpatient, outpatient, and pharmaceutical claims data, they can more appropriately compare physician practice patterns, identify targets for disease management efforts, and pinpoint particular aberrations in their data. Here's how Episode Treatment Groups (ETGs) make analysis easier for organizations, such as Oxford Health Plans--plus some sample ETG-driven reports.
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