title: Accurate encounter data is effective clinical tool to provide better patient care.
abstract: Consider using encounter data for more than risk-adjusted Medicare or Medicaid payment. Providers with a New Jersey-based Medicaid plan and with a Medicare risk organization in Media, PA, expect to use encounter information to profile physicians and improve processes of care. Find out what they're planning.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003284:Contract Services; D003625:Data Collection; D003628:Database Management Systems; D017050:Episode of Care; D006801:Humans; D007344:Insurance Claim Reporting; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008484:Medicaid / Q000458:organization & administration; D006278:Medicare / Q000458:organization & administration; D009515:New Jersey; D010414:Pennsylvania; D020379:Risk Adjustment; D020414:Risk Sharing, Financial; D014481:United States