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The present invention provides a method of providing a monetary incentive to a health care provider, typically a physician, responsible for treatment decisions of a patient with a condition during an episode of care. Once the patient identity and condition are obtained, a baseline value related to treatment of the condition can be associated. Thereafter, all the claims processed during the episode of care of the patient for the condition can be summed to obtain a total treatment cost. And, if the total treatment is less than the baseline value, then a monetary incentive can be provided to the provider based upon that episode of care.
1. A computer-implemented method, executed in a first computer operated by an incentive administrator that is coupled to a second computer operated by a payer and a third computer operated by a healthcare provider, of providing an apportioned monetary incentive upon completion of a course of treatment for a patient with a condition during an episode of care, the method comprising the steps of:
identifying a responsible provider from among one or more healthcare providers involved in the course of treatment, based on performance of a defining procedure in the course of treatment;
creating an initial baseline value related to the course of treatment;
receiving over the computer network from the payers a diagnosis of the patient performed by a healthcare provider and provided to the payer, along with an associated cost quantified by the initial baseline value;
creating an episode of care based upon the diagnosis of the healthcare provider and the course of treatment for the condition;
verifying that the episode of care is not an outlier case representing an extreme condition that costs significantly more than the cost associated with the initial baseline value;
summing a plurality of claims processed during the episode of care to obtain a total treatment cost;
adjusting the initial baseline value by factoring in any effects due to comorbidity to derive an adjusted baseline value;
determining if the total treatment cost is less than the adjusted baseline value, thus resulting in a cost savings for the decided course of treatment;
representing the cost savings as an incentive payment that is to be apportioned among the responsible provider, the payer and the incentive administrator;
causing a first portion of the cost savings to be sent to the responsible provider in the form of a monetary incentive that is individually calculated based on the episode of care, and correlated to the total treatment cost;
causing a second portion of the cost savings to be sent to the payer, the second portion constituting a savings in the amount paid out for the course of treatment; and
causing a third portion of the cost savings to be retained by the incentive administrator, wherein the responsible provider, the payer, and the incentive administrator are independent entities.
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associating another baseline value related to the treatment of the additional condition, the another baseline value being adjusted to account for the condition;
summing another plurality of claims processed for the another episode of care of the patient for the additional condition to obtain another total treatment cost; and
determining another monetary incentive to provide to the responsible provider if the another total treatment cost is less than the another baseline value.
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comparing the cost incurred by the responsible provider against the adjusted baseline value; and
providing suggestions to the responsible provider in the event that the cost incurred exceeded the adjusted baseline value by a pre-determined amount.
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comparing the cost incurred by the responsible provider against one or more baseline values for similar episodes of care, each performed by different responsible providers; and
providing suggestions to the responsible provider in the event that the cost incurred exceeded the at least one of the one or more baseline values by the pre-determined amount.
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15. An apparatus for determining an amount of an apportioned monetary incentive, as determined by an incentive administrator and payable to a physician responsible for a course of treatment of a patient with a condition during an episode of care comprising:
a first computer system operated by the incentive administrator, including:
means for identifying a responsible physician from among one or more physicians involved in the course of treatment, based on performance of a defining procedure in the course of treatment;
means for creating an initial baseline value related to the course of treatment;
means for receiving from a second computer system operated by a payer communicably coupled to the physician, data including the patient identity and a diagnosis of the patient, along with an associated cost quantified by the initial baseline value;
means for creating an episode of care based upon the diagnosis and the decided course of treatment;
means for summing a plurality of claims processed during the episode of care of the patient for the condition to obtain a total treatment of cost;
means for verifying that the episode of care is not an outlier case representing an extreme condition that costs significantly more than the cost associated with the initial baseline value;
means for adjusting the initial baseline value by factoring in cost offsets due to comorbidity effects;
means for determining if the total treatment cost is less than the adjusted baseline value, thus resulting in a cost savings for the decided course of treatment; and
means for determining a first percentage of the cost savings to be paid to the responsible physician as a monetary incentive that is individually calculated based on the episode of care, and correlated to the total treatment cost;
means for determining a second percentage of the cost savings to be given to the payer, and representing a savings in the amount paid out for the course of treatment; and
means for determining a third percentage of the cost savings to be retained by the incentive administrator, wherein the responsible physician, the payer, and the incentive administrator are independent entities.
The present invention relates to a method for providing incentives to physicians, and, more particularly, a system, primarily implemented using a software program, for ascribing a baseline value to instances of care, and rewarding physicians for treating a specific instance of care for an amount less than the baseline value.
The health care industry provides medical treatment to the population at large. The insurance industry is in the business of sharing risk. Both of these industries are forced to work together when it comes to determining health care premiums for individual patients. Over the years, the health care industry has been able to provide better preventive care, as well as more sophisticated treatment, which all come at a cost and tends to increase health care premiums for individuals.
Kaiser Permanente is an example of merging a health care system and an insurance company into a single entity. Began in the 1940's, a premise of the merger of the health care system with the insurance company was that it would have an increased oversight capability, and thus be able to reduce cost. In order to do this, however, participants in the system were required to use physicians and services provided from within that system, thus reducing the choice that the consumer has to select his or her own physician.
At the other end of the spectrum is a system where the healthcare system and insurance company are entirely separate. The insurance company provides insurance to the customer, and the customer can then freely choose physicians, course of treatment and the like, and a fee for the service is paid by the insurance company to the provider. While such a system allows greater choice, it also results in greater costs.
Between the above two types of systems are health maintenance organizations (HMO's) and managed care organizations (MCO's) that have evolved. By allowing for member patients to choose from among a network of physicians, facilities, clinics and the like that make up the HMO or MCO, savings are incurred, which thereby lower the overall cost, with some of the savings being passed on to the member patients. In such systems, one of the manners of payment is based on "capitation," in which the insurance company is paid a monthly fee by the patient or his employer, and the physician for that patient is paid some small percentage of that monthly fee. If the patient never receives any treatment, then the physician obtains a windfall, but if the patient requires more treatment than that covered by the monthly fee, the physician takes an effective loss. The net result is that there is an incentive for the physician to keep their own costs as low as possible; many times, it has been argued, to the detriment of the health of the patient.
In large part as a result of the capitation, what is known as "utilization review" has evolved, in which a particular formula is established to determine what care to provide in a specific case. Thus, for instance, even if a physician believes that a surgery is needed, utilization review may determine that a specific test with a particular result is needed in order to qualify for that surgery. As a result there is a negative means to keep costs down.
Point of service (POS) plans have also been developed with the intent to allow a greater freedom of choice of physicians and free access to that physician than are available in a capitation system. Typically more expensive than an HMO, a POS plan is intended to allow the patient to choose the physician of choice, and the insurance company agrees to pay some percentage, such as 80% of fees incurred, after some deductible. In practice, these plans typically do not reimburse the full percentage that was "agreed" to, in large measure due to "usual and customary" fees that the insurance company uses to determine the fees for procedures performed, which are typically less than the fees charged by the physician the patient chose. The net effect, therefore, is to incentivize the patient to use in-network physicians, which physicians the insurance company can then exert more control over in terms of their fees and costs, or cause the patient to bear more of the costs directly out of the patient's own pocket.
Over the last few decades, discussion has raged as to which of the above types of plans provide the best balance between patient care and controlling of costs. That debate still rages. But while that debate rages, attempts to contain costs continue to increase and systems have been developed to assist in containing costs. While capitation fees are one form of reimbursement, organizations have also provided incentives to groups of doctors. In one more recent form of incentive, if, based on all of their patients, the total fees and costs that have been incurred by the group are below the projected amount an incentive is paid. While such a system provides an incentive for the group to keep fees and costs low, such a system does not, on an episode of care basis for a particular patient, correlate the total cost of the services provided to a particular incentive. Accordingly, there is no direct correlation between the incentive and the specific care provided to a particular patient. Further, given the systems as described above, with an emphasis on lower costs, abuses unfortunately occur. As a result the health care system has become perceived as providing less than effective treatment to patients, with ever increasing costs that are in more and more instances passed on to the patient.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a system that incentivizes providers, and specifically responsible physicians, to provide effective care on an episode of care basis for each individual patient.
It is a further object of the present invention to identify a single physician who is responsible for the primary decision on the appropriate treatment path for each episode of care for a patient, and to then incentivize that physician to provide effective care for that episode of care basis for that patient.
It is a further object of the present invention to allow an outside party administrator to implement the incentive plan, thereby maintaining a system of checks and balances between the physicians or other health care providers and the insurance companies.
It is a further object of the invention to provide a substantially automated system that determines a responsible provider and the incentives from data associated with the episode of care for the particular patient.
It is a further object of the present invention to consider comorbidity, outliers, or gaming when determining incentive payments.
The present invention is capable of attaining the above-recited objects, and others, either separately or in combination as defined in the claims below. In general, however, the invention provides a method of providing a monetary incentive to a health care provider, typically a physician, responsible for treatment decisions of a patient with a condition during an episode of care. Once the patient identity and condition are obtained, a baseline value related to treatment of the condition can be associated. Thereafter, all the claims processed during the episode of care of the patient for the condition can be summed to obtain a total treatment cost. And, if the total treatment is less than the baseline value, then a monetary incentive can be provided to the responsible provider based upon that episode of care.
The present invention also is able to provide a method of automatically processing a plurality of claims data for a patient treated for a condition to determine a responsible provider, and in most systems a responsible physician, for an episode of care. Initially, the providers who ordered procedures for the patient are identified. Then, a defining procedure is identified for the condition, if such a defining procedure exists. If the defining procedure exists, then the provider who performed the defining procedure is assigned as the responsible provider. If the defining procedure does not exist, however, that provider who was responsible for incurring a predetermined percentage of costs for the episode of care can be assigned as the responsible provider.
These and other objects and advantages of the present invention, along with the best mode for practicing it, will become apparent to those skilled in the art after considering the following detailed specification, together with the accompanying drawings wherein:
FIGS. 3A-3B1-2 illustrate samples of claim data and information added by the incentive administrator according to the present invention;
FIG. 8A-3(1-4) illustrates a flowchart of game checking grouped claims data according to the present invention;
A detailed description of the preferred embodiment of the present invention will now be described. One aspect of the present invention is the overall method by which a specific physician is rewarded for reducing costs related to a specific episode of care for a specific patient. Another aspect of the present invention is an automated system using claims data to determine both the physician to whom the incentive should inure, as well as the amount of the incentive.
As will be described, in contrast to a conventional system, as described above, where there exists an insurance company, here also referred to as a "payer," and a. "provider," such as a physician, clinic, or hospital, present invention also includes an incentive administrator. The incentive administrator performs the functions described hereinafter and, significantly, because the incentive administrator acts independently of both the payer and the provider, and also shares in the savings achieved, provides the checks and balances between the payer and the provider that does not exist in a conventional association between payers, such as insurance companies, and providers, such as physicians. Accordingly, while the incentive administrator, the payer, and the provider are all interested in providing appropriate health care to patients, the present invention recognizes that it is the providers (in most instances the responsible physician) that require the ability, on an individual patient basis, to independently make decisions on the appropriate treatment, but must also shoulder the responsibility for those decisions.
Accordingly, an aspect of the present invention is to reward those providers who have the greatest ability to substantially influence the overall cost of treatment for an episode of care. By rewarding those providers who have the greatest ability to influence the overall cost of an episode of care for a patient, those providers can recognize a benefit if the most cost-effective ways are used in treating the patient. Since, however, those same providers are subject to scrutiny—i.e., malpractice lawsuits—if they do not perform their services adequately, they already have an incentive to provide that care which is necessary to maintain the health of the patient, not to mention the Hippocratic Oath that physicians must take in any event. Also, the invention preferably uses an essentially open panel, so the physician must market their practice to patients, catering their practice the patients and potential patients in an open market, competing against other physicians. The quality of medical care would be a foremost component of any physician's marketing, thus providing yet another reason to provide high quality care. Further, the invention includes a process to identify physicians who do not provide the care necessary to meet accepted industry norms.
With the above in mind, reference is now made to
The fee for service that is paid in step 2 can be based on the existing structure between the payer 30 and the provider 20, or an alternate structure that recognizes that advantages contained by the present invention. In any event, the present invention, for each different type of episode of care, establishes a baseline value that is used to determine the typical fee that would be paid for treating that type of patient. This baseline value can be varied in manners discussed hereinafter, and will also differ depending upon the geographic location, the cost of living, and other variables, none of which are pertinent to an understanding of the present invention. What is pertinent is that for a single episode of care, which may require repeated visits for the treatment of an illness and all of the tests and procedures associated therewith, or maybe only require a single office visit, there is a baseline value that is associated with each type of episode of care.
The total cost of each episode of care is determined as a result of the choices made by the provider 20 and, in particular, a specific physician or person who has control over the costs associated with that episode of care as described hereinafter. The difference between the total cost for the specific episode of care and the predetermined baseline value for that episode of care equals the resulting savings that have been realized. The resulting savings is then split between a provider 20 (in most instances the responsible physician), the payer 30, and the incentive administrator 40, as illustrated by steps 3, 4, and 5. As also shown in
With an understanding of the overall objective of the present invention being described, the aspect of the present invention dealing with implementation of the program according to the present invention will now be described. Initially, with reference to
With reference to
The payer 30, upon receipt of the claim information, uses that information to determine an adjudicated claim amount. Using this adjudicated claim amount, the payer 30, as shown in step 3, can make a fee-for-service payment back to the provider 20, provide written documentation relating to the adjudicated claim, and will also provide this same adjudicated claim information and the original claim to the incentive administrator 40. An example of the claims data that is submitted by the payer 30 to the incentive administrator 40 is illustrated in
The incentive administrator determines, based upon the claim data for each completed episode of care, whether any incentives should be paid according to the present invention's scheme, as described above. Incentive administrator 40 will preferably add certain additional information to the claims data, as will be described in further detail hereinafter, in order to determine if an incentive payment should be made and its amount. The information that is added to each claim and to the aggregation of claims in an episode instance, however, is illustrated in
So that the above is more clearly understood, prior to describing the system used to implement the present invention, a specific example will be provided that describes how this system will work.
In 1999, in a medium-sized town, there is a dominant insurance company, payer 30, and 20 obstetricians who deliver 1,000 babies per year under the insurance company's health plans. Each obstetrician delivers an average of 50 babies per year. The average fee for childbirth (all C-sections and conventional deliveries combined) has been $2,500 for the OB/Gyn fee, plus $7,500 for hospital care, laboratory, surgical assistant fees, consultations anesthesia fees for epidurals as well as general anesthesia, pathology fees, normal newborn care, etc. Hence, an average of $10,000 per baby, or $10,000�1,000 babies=$10 million per year which is paid by the insurer for all obstetrical care. The twenty OB/gyns are grossing $2,500,000 (or averaging $125,000 each) for obstetrical fees for patients covered by this particular insurer.
Incentive administrator 40 works with the physician coordinator to cut costs beginning on Jan. 1, 2000. There is a negotiated cut in fees by 20% off current rates for both physicians and hospitals. If utilization remains constant, it will now cost the insurance company a total of $8 million, or a total of $2 million less than they are currently paying for obstetrical care. Furthermore, utilization is reduced by having the team leader actively working to cut utilization rates by the following: (1) reduce C-section rates; (2) shorten time spent in the hospital both before and after delivery; (3) reduce unnecessary laboratory, pharmacy and sonogram utilization; (4) reduce usage of epidurals for labor (this will result in shorter labors, fewer C-sections and no anesthesiologist fee); (5) home health care is used for treatment of dehydration, pre-term labor and other antenatal problems; (6) better pre-natal care and wellness measures during the pregnancy. The list can go on and on. Overall, costs are reduced by another $1 million. Total savings are, for example, 30%, or $3 million, off of the payer 30's annual obstetrical bill.
The payer 30 retains one-third of the overall $3 million savings, or $1,000,000, as "extra profit," the incentive administrator 40 is paid one-third, or $1,000,000, to cover over head and profit, and the remaining one-third, or $1,000,000, is divided among the physicians. Amongst those physicians, it has been decided that a fraction of the savings would be paid to the physician coordinator and the remainder would be split among the participating obstetricians on the basis of cost savings achieved for each patient by the responsible physician. The average rebate would be $40,000, but it would be distributed on the basis of actual cost savings below a certain baseline. In this example, a baseline of $8,000 per delivery is used since this is the amount the insurance company would spend if there were not savings beyond the preferred provider discounts, and only 5 physicians A-E of the 20 physicians are discussed.
An average physician, Dr. A, delivered 50 babies with an average cost to the insurer of $7,400, a savings of $600 below the baseline. Dr. B delivered 60 babies with an average cost of $8,000, even with the baseline. Dr. C delivered 40 babies with an average cost of $8,200, $200 over the baseline. Dr. D delivered 50 babies at an average cost of $7,000, $1,000 below the baseline and Dr. E delivered 60 babies with an average cost of $6,500, $1,500 below the baseline. The product of the savings per delivery and number of deliveries can be used to determine savings for the period that each physician will get.
Doctor A. She is an average saver. Her rebate of $960 per patient more than makes up for the 20% she discounted off her fees to become a preferred provider. She, herself, is earning as much as ever but is also becoming a more efficient provider as far as overall costs are concerned.
Doctor B. No rebate will go to him. The team leader could work closely with him in the future to improve his cost effectiveness.
Doctor C. No rebate goes to him either. His practice has lower than normal volume and he is actually incurring more costs for the insurer. Should he not change his practice patterns, the team leader could have the power (and would have the incentive) to have him removed as a preferred provider.
Doctor D. Though his practice volume is average (50 patients), he is saving more than $1,000 in decreased utilization per delivery. He is, in turn, recouping far more than 20% discount he gave up to become a preferred provider.
Doctor E. He delivered a high volume, 60 babies last year. Nevertheless, he is by far the most cost-efficient provider among doctors A-E. He probably: has a very low C-section rate because of conscientious management of labor and delivery; anticipates problems and treats them effectively early on; handles after-hours calls quickly by telephone or sees patients in his office, rather than sending them to the emergency room. To reward this physician for his extra skill, hard work and efficiency, he will receive a rebate of $144,000, or $2,400, for each baby he has delivered. He will actually be earning an average of $4,400 per delivery, or 76% more than the current fee of $2,500!
Dr. E is being rewarded more because he is working smarter and harder than anyone else. Traditional fee-for-service compensation by CPT code rewards all doctors similarly. However, under this system of the present invention, the more skilled and cost-effective practitioners are rewarded more than sloppy or inefficient practitioners.
Under the system, the physician coordinator can help all of the doctors analyze Doctor E's methods and apply them to their own practices. They may respond to incentives by emulating much of what Doctor E does and may also add innovations of their own. The following year, several other doctors may be practicing as efficiently (or perhaps even more efficiently) than Doctor E.
With the overall business method of the present invention having been discussed, other aspects of the present invention will now be described. Aspects include those relating to the manner in which the incentive administrator receives and processes data from the payer 30 and then provides results back to the provider 20 regarding whether incentives are due, how much they should be. Information is also provided back to the provider 20 in the form of better practices information, as has been described previously.
As has also been mentioned previously, an advantage of the present invention is that data that is electronically received can be automatically processed in most instances although, as noted hereinafter, in certain instances manual review is necessary. Those instances will be described hereinafter as well.
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Once this data is grouped into particular episodes of care in step 300 as described above, post-processing of the group data takes place in step 400. This post-processing will be described further hereinafter. Also, a step 500, which is shown as being subsequent to the post-processing within step 400 but, in fact, can occur during a portion of the post-processing of group data as described hereinafter, will occur. In step 500, a determination is made of the physician that is responsible for the particular episode of care for the particular patient. This step is significant since it is used in determining the particular physician, or other provider 20, that is to receive an incentive, if one is to be given. Thereafter, in step 600 there is a decision step performed that determines whether errors exist in the data. After having had an initial preprocessing, grouping, and post-processing, there may be errors contained in the grouped data. For example, the step 400 post-processing logic adjustments can cause the claims data to be altered, and the thus altered claims data will typically need to be regrouped. Thus, when the post-processing logic adjustments are made, a regroup field can be set to indicate that regrouping in step 600 is needed. This process repeats until there are no problems that remain to be edited.
Thereafter, step 610 follows in which it is determined whether any of the episodes that have been grouped together are now closed. If not, then the data associated with non-closed episodes is returned to the open data set described in step 100 and will be used at the next periodic processing of the data.
For each closed episode, however, there then needs to be determined whether an incentive payment should be made. Initially, however, an outliers test step 650 is performed, described further hereinafter, to remove episodes of care that are extremes. Once those are removed, in step 680 there is a step that adjusts for comorbidity, otherwise known as effects of one illness that can exacerbate or make easier the treatment of another illness. Once comorbidity is determined, then in step 700 there is a step of calculating the incentive payments, followed thereafter, by step 750 of making payments to various providers, the payer, and the incentive administrator.
Having described, in
Either using all of the claims that have passed through the data exceptions test step 204 but, more preferably, using claims that have been corrected so that they now will pass through the data exceptions step 204, step 208 is used to identify new providers 20. As shown in the claim data that is provided and shown in
Once new providers have been identified, step 210 follows, which will check for gaming as described hereinafter. In essence, gaming is a term commonly used to describe conduct in which any system is manipulated by providers to increase their monetary reward. Once gaming has been checked and has been identified, the claims data is adjusted based upon preprogrammed logic rules, as will be described hereinafter in
Turning again to step 210, as described in
Step 236 illustrates the decision of whether the step 234 test found any data that requires modification. If so, step 238 follows and the modification to the data is made. In the example previously given, changing the coding from the mother to the infant would be the modification of the data within step 238. Step 240 follows, and determines for that claim whether there is another business rule that needs to be applied. If so, the steps previously described are implemented for that new business rule and, if not, then the pre-processing of logic and adjustments is completed.
Thereafter, as illustrated in
Such situations are dealt with in the present invention, and
Thereafter, a determination is made of each previously closed episode in step 258, and for each such episode the following steps and decisions take place. In step 260, a decision is made whether in the temporary result set the same closed episode exists as had existed prior to this new batch of processing. If it did, then step 262 follows and a determination is made whether the overall cost of this episode is the same. If it is, then that previously closed episode does not require adjustment, as noted by step 264, and then step 266 follows, which will be described hereinafter.
If, in step 262 the total cost is not the same, then step 268 follows and an adjusted episode instance is created, which is marked as an adjustment to a previously closed episode, and a value of the adjustment is determined. This adjustment to value is made using the new claims data, based upon the calculations for incentive payments as described hereinafter. This adjustment is described within the logic of this process at this time since the adjusted episode remains closed, but of course could be determined with the other open claims that are then subsequently closed. Once the adjusted episode instance is created, then the claims as they existed before the recalculation are saved in step 270. This is done for record-keeping purposes so that the system can determine why it had previously made incentive payments, as well as determine the new adjustment to that previously made payment based upon the new claim or claims. Thereafter, in step 272, both the newly made adjusted episode instance claims, and the previously made closed episode instance claims are archived, and step 266 follows, as will be described hereinafter.
Referring again to step 260, if in step 260 it is determined that there is not a closed episode in the temporary set that matches a previously closed episode, then this means, as shown by step 274, that the previously closed episode should have remained open, or it should not have existed. An episode should not have existed, for example, if the episode was previously closed based upon one diagnosis, but the later claims now show that earlier diagnosis to be incorrect, and thus all of the claims need to be recalculated for that new diagnosis. As a result, step 276 follows and a new adjustment episode is made, which causes a reversal of the previously closed episode, including any incentive payments made. Thereafter, the claims related to the previously closed episode are archived in step 278 for record-keeping purposes so that the system can determine why it had previously made incentive payments. Step 280 follows thereafter and all of the claims are then moved to the open claim area so that they can be together operated upon as new open claims and step 266 follows.
Step 266, mentioned above, and subsequent steps will now be described. As shown, a determination is made whether there are any other previously closed episodes. If there are, then for each of those, step 260 and the steps that follow as described above follow. If there are no previously closed episodes, then step 282 follows and a determination is made whether there is a new episode in the temporary set that did not previously exist. If there is a new episode, then step 284 follows and all of those claims are moved to a newly created episode instance and then into the open (active) data set previously referenced at step 100, so that they can then be processed with the remaining steps as described hereinafter, and then step 286 follows. If there was not a new episode determined in step 282, step 286 follows directly.
In step 286 it is determined if there is another patient with a date of service that less than the processing cut-off. If there is, then step 252 and the steps following, as described previously, are performed for each such patient and service. If there are none, then the adjustments to closed episodes step 250 is completed, and the process moves on to the grouping step.
Once all of the pre-processing of claims data has been completed, as illustrated in
As illustrated in
With respect to forming episode clusters, the grouper determines, for each patient, which claims to aggregate, and ultimately assigns the Episode Treatment Group (ETG) code to each such episode. This is the standard process that the grouper conventionally performs. Along with the ETG code that is assigned there is also assigned an episode type flag, which is a code that assists in indicating the degree of confidence in the accuracy of the episode instance. The episode type flag code signifies a number of different types of characteristics of the episode being analyzed, but among the characteristics, the episode type flag code allows for the determination of whether the episode is closed or open. Thus, the episode type flag code can indicate, among other things, whether an episode is should be categorized as being completed, or closed, or still open.
Further, the claims data is analyzed so that each different claim can be attributed to a type of expense. Expenses are divided into categories, including categories for management expenses, pharmacy expenses, in-service hospital expenses and ancillary expenses. Claims classified by the grouper as management expenses have a correlation with the costs incurred by a physician at his office in treating a patient. Accordingly, while others manner of correlating costs incurred by physicians for treating patients in their office can be used, this information supplied by the grouper has been found useful in determining the responsible physician, as will be described hereinafter.
Further, as described above, the grouper is used as part of a cycle of data analysis. As described previously in step 600, after an initial preprocessing, grouping, and post-processing, the grouped data is reviewed for errors. If there are any problems, the problems are edited, and then the preprocessing, grouping and post-processing is performed again. This process repeats until there are no problems that remain to be edited. Regrouping the same data a plurality of times is not conventionally performed, since the manner in which the grouped data is conventionally used is much different than in the present invention.
Thereafter, once the data has been grouped into episodes of care in step 300, as illustrated in
The episode payment group encoding step 402 is, in general terms, providing an additional level of detail to conventional claims data. In particular, as illustrated in
It is nonetheless possible, though not preferred, to use the ETG classifications and not translate them to the EPG category discussed hereinafter and still obtain certain of the advantages of the present invention. As a result, it should be apparent that EPGs are a logical construction which represent normative and actual aggregations of medical claims into a single unit that is both clinically and financially relevant. The emphasis is on the payment, seeking to determine a categorization of the payments for the actual treatment in comparison with a norm for the actual condition.
The translation to an EPG, whether made from an ETG or using some other manner of grouping, should, however, aggregate conditions that are similar in both fact and appearance, because the EPG measure seeks to be comparative against a clinical/financial norm.
As an example, whereas there is only a single ETG for osteoporosis, it may be determined that there should be multiple EPGs since, in the presence of different comorbidities, the average treatment cost could be very different.
As another example, though there are two different ETGs for a fungal skin infection, one for a condition that requires surgery and another for a condition that does not require surgery, it would typically be determined that there should be only a single EPG. This is because the ETG for the infection with surgery assumes that surgery was needed, but under the constructs of the present invention that is an assumption that would be avoided. Though the ETG categorization indicates that the surgery occurred, it cannot provide any insight into whether the surgery was necessary or could have been avoided. Thus, having a single EPG, which could then be adjusted for comorbidities that will then indicate that circumstances warranted the usage of surgery.
And an example of a single ETG that maps to more than one EPG are claims from a patient for both birth control pills and seratonin based medication that could both map to the ETG category for a routine exam. Since, however, the birth control pills are more properly associated with a wellness and maintenance episode relating to reproductive health, and the seratonin based medication is more properly associated with a wellness and maintenance episode relating to psychiatric health, separate EPGs for these different wellness and maintenance episodes would exist.
Accordingly, with the above description in mind,
However, if, in step 406, a determination is made that there is not a direct translation for the ETG category to a EPG category, for each instance, then a number of EPG category assignment business rules are used to determine the correct translation. This is illustrated in step 414 that identifies the existence of these EPG category assignment business rules and, in step 416, operates upon the claims data, using the business rule to determine if a EPG category can be found. These business rules are obtained based upon logic associated with the various types of episodes such as provided in the above-mentioned examples where a direct translation from an ETG to a EPG category did not occur. Step 418 determines whether this EPG category was found and, if it was, then step 408 follows with the steps, as described thereafter, following thereon, using that EPG code. If the business rule was not sufficient to establish the EPG category, step 420 determines if another business rule exists that would potentially allow the categorization of the ETG category into a EPG category. If it does, then that business rule is identified in step 414 and the steps previously recited follow. If not, step 422 follows and this particular claim is flagged so that the ETG instance can be reviewed manually, and a determination of the EPG category made. Once this manual review is completed for each of the claims, there will then be a EPG category associated with each of the instances. It is noted, of course, that open data 100 that had been previously operated upon may contain a EPG category and, to the extent that certain instances already contain such a category, those instances need not be operated upon again, although new claims associated with that instance can be so categorized.
Following the episode payment group encoding, a further post-processing gaming check step takes place, as identified in
In the check for serial episodes (step 430A), step 432 begins the process in which each EPG instance is operated upon and step 434 makes a query as to whether the same patient had an earlier instance of the same, or similar, EPG category. Similar EPGs are determined in an instance table within the incentive administrator database 40 that associates EPG categories that are related. Thus, if there were an earlier instance of a related EPG category, step 436 follows and a determination is made if this were a chronic condition. If it is a chronic condition, and would thus require repetitive visits to the provider 20, step 438 follows and it is determined whether there is another instance to check and, if not, then the analysis of step 430B continues. If there is another instance to check, the steps, as previously described and further subsequently described hereinafter, take place.
If, in step 434, it is determined that there was not an earlier instance of the same or similar EPG category, then step 438 also follows since there is not the possibility of there being a serial occurrence of these kind of events.
If, however, in step 436, it was determined that the condition is not chronic, step 440 follows and prior episodes of the EPG categories are reviewed, and the most recent instance is selected. Thereafter, in step 442, a determination is made regarding the number of days between the start date for this particular EPG category instance (referred to as the "main" episode), and the prior episode's end date. If the number of days between episodes is less than a predetermined number of days that is not suspicious for this EPG category, then this main episode is flagged in step 444 for subsequent review. This is because this determination signifies that the claims now associated with this main episode may, in fact, have been part of a previous episode of care. If such were the case, then credit should not be given to the provider 20 for a second episode of care but, rather, the claims now attributed to the main episode should be attributed with the previous episode of care having the same EPG category. Accordingly, flagged main events will not be used in the determination of an incentive payment based upon a new episode of care.
If, however, in step 442, the number of days determined is greater than the number of days between the episodes which is not suspicious value, then step 438 follows and the steps as described hereinafter ensue. Accordingly, this completes the check for serial episodes.
Following is the floor analysis determination step 430B. This begins with step 446 for each newly-closed EPG instance and the determination in step 448 as to whether the "override floor baseline" indicator has been set for this EPG instance. Each EPG category has a minimum value previously established. To override this minimum value, the override floor baseline indicator is set to signify that it has been previously determined that, although the amount for this EPG instance is below a baseline floor minimum value for the category, that that is acceptable because it has been previously been investigated. If, however, the override floor baseline indicator has not been set, step 450 follows and a determination is made whether the adjusted baseline for this newly-closed EPG instance is below the floor-base line value for this EPG instance. If it is then, in step 452, this episode of care is marked as being below the floor baseline so that it can be further investigated thereafter. If, however, in step 450, the adjusted baseline is not below the floor baseline value, then the record is not so-marked. In either event, step 454 follows, and a determination is made as to whether there is another newly-closed EPG instance to operate upon. If so, that is done using the methodology previously discussed. If not, then the diagnosis upcoding step 430C follows.
Diagnosis upcoding step 430C checks for the existence of diagnoses that are more severe than the actual condition that the patient has. Diagnoses of this type can, as explained previously, allow the provider 20 to receive greater compensation than the provider is entitled to. Accordingly, to check for diagnosis upcoding, for each newly-closed EPG instance, as shown in step 456, there is initially a check in step 458 to determine whether an override diagnosis upcoded check indicator has been set for this EPG instance. If the override indicator has been set, similar to the override indicator in the floor analysis discussed previously, step 460 follows and it is determined whether there is another newly-closed EPG instance to operate upon. If, however, in step 458, the override diagnosis indicator has not been set, step 462 follows and, for that EPG category, the associated upcoding diagnosis check tests are then run. The first such test is ran, as illustrated in step 464, by the execution of the related test, which follows in step 466 with the determination of whether a result set was found. If a result set was found, the episode is marked as a possible diagnosis upcode in step 468. Thereafter, step 470 follows to determine if there is another test for this category. If there is, then that test is input and step 464 is repeated and the steps, as described, follow thereafter. Once all of the tests have been completed, it can be determined whether there is a possible diagnosis upcode for this EPG instance.
The upcode diagnosis check tests in step 462 for each EPG category again use the AI Rule Engine that has been previously discussed. Any number of such rules can be made to determine whether there is the possibility of upcoding. For example, if a patient comes to a provider 20 with a common cold, which is diagnosed as pneumonia, the totality of claims data is checked for that episode of care to determine whether drugs characteristic to the treatment of pneumonia were, in fact, administered. If they were not, then the fact that none of these drugs were prescribed can be used to create one of the upcode diagnosis check tests for instances of this particular EPG category.
After the diagnosis upcoding takes place from step 430C, then the prorata of partial episode step 430D takes place. In this step, it is generally being determined whether the patient submitting the claim is still part of the plan that is associated with the payer 30. A person may voluntarily leave a plan to go join another plan from a different payer or, alternatively, may have passed away. Accordingly, for partial episodes, a factor is needed to determine a partial incentive payment.
As shown in FIG. 8A3 relating to step 430D, step 472 begins by determining whether the payer has provided a list of members who have exited the plan. If no such list exists, then this step cannot be performed and it is skipped. If such a list has been made, step 476 follows and, for each patient who has exited the plan before a claims cutoff date used in the processing, a determination is made, as shown in step 478, of whether the patient has any open episodes. If there are no open episodes, a determination is then made in step 480 as to whether there is another patient who has exited the plan for the claim cutoff date used in the last processing. If so, then the steps described both previously and subsequently with respect to determining a prorata partial episode factor are made. If, however, in step 478, the patient does have an open episode, for each open episode, as illustrated in step 482, step 484 determines the average length of the episode with the same EPG category in the files of closed episodes, and then, in step 486, determines the factor to use based upon the information previously obtained. Step 486 entails calculating the proposed baseline override value for the open episode to the adjusted baseline, multiplied by the ratio of the actual length of the open episode, which is multiplied by the mean calculated in step 484. As a result, a factor (or prorata percentage) for the partial episode is determined that can be used in the subsequent calculation of determining an incentive payment for the physician or provider.
After step 486, step 488 follows to determine whether there is another episode open for this patient. If so, steps 482 through 486 are repeated and, if not, step 480 follows and is implemented as has been described. Accordingly, the post-processing game checking of step 430 is, thus, complete.
Accordingly, post-processing logic adjustments of step 490 then take place. These are described in more detail in
An example of a post-processing logic adjustment is the existence of a chronic condition in which the patient has not seen the provider 20 for period of time that exceeds the predetermined window, thus causing the grouper in step 300 to close the episode, as has been previously described. If, however, the chronic condition is one that requires the continued refilling of a prescription, such as an inhaler for an asthmatic, then the post-processing logic adjustment can have a rule that looks for closed cases of asthmatics and artificially keeps them open so that the claim for the prescription can be processed.
After the post-processing logic adjustments, the step of determining the responsible physician can be made. As noted above, the determination of a responsible physician, illustrated in
As illustrated in
For most procedures, the provider who performed the defining procedure will be the same person who performed the termination procedure, but this may not always be the case. For example, in a bone marrow transplant, the harvesting of the marrow may be the defining procedure, but the restoration of the bone marrow might be the terminating procedure. If these were done by different physicians, that may be evidence that the responsible physician has changed during the course of treatment. Thus, in step 508, if there is a termination procedure involved, in step 510 a determination is made as to whether the physician who performed the defining procedure is the same as the one who performed the termination procedure. If not, step 511 is performed and the new provider is also noted on the EPG record so that the incentives payments can be split in some manner between the provider who performed the initial defining procedure, and the subsequent defining procedure. If, however, they are the same, then step 512 follows and a determination is made as to whether there is another newly-closed, or open, EPG instance that needs to be operated upon in a manner that uses the steps as described both previously and subsequently.
Previously, with reference to
If, however, in step 516, it is determined that this EPG category is not of a type that prevents auto assignment, then step 520 follows in which it is determined whether a single physician is the cause of more than 85% of the physician costs for the EPG instance. By physician costs is loosely meant costs incurred as a result of the physician or his staff treating the patient, in contrast to another facility treating the patient or lab tests by another entity being performed. If a single physician is responsible for more than 85% of those costs, that physician is made episode owner in step 506 and then step 528 follows to determine whether this physician was the physician who made the initial diagnosis. If the answer is yes, then the step 508 follows. If the episode owner was not the physician who made the initial diagnosis, step 530 follows and a referral is created for the physician who did make the initial diagnosis. This referral is used for purposes of providing incentives to referring physicians, as will be discussed hereinafter. In any event, if a referral for referring physician is created in step 530, step 508 still follows and it and the following steps are executed as described above.
If, however, in step 520, it is determined that there is not a single physician who is responsible for incurring more than 85% of the physician costs for the EPG instance, step 522 follows. A determination is made in step 522 as to whether there is a single physician who represented more than 50% of the physician costs and was either the physician who made the initial diagnosis or was the first specialist to bill the patient after diagnosis by a general practitioner. If the answer to the query in step 522 is yes, then that physician is assigned as the episode owner in step 524, and step 508 follows. If, however, a physician still cannot be identified as a result of the test in step 522, then that EPG instance is marked in step 518 for manual review. It is noted that if the Symmetry grouper is used, that the physician costs can be derived from claims that are designated as being of the management record type M, as discussed previously in the discussion of the grouper.
Accordingly, a substantial number of the EPG instances can be automatically identified without requiring any manual review. Even when a "manual review" is deemed necessary, a portion of that review can also be automated. As illustrated in
Returning again to
Initially, the step 650 that tests for outliers, or extremes will be discussed. As mentioned above, the testing of outliers is performed in order to remove episodes of care that are extremes, and particularly extremes that result in costs that are much greater than the baseline determinations. Since the baseline values for different EPGs are based upon norms for that type of procedure, incentives are fairly calculated based upon procedures that have some similarity to the norms. And, while there will always be exceptions, for example due to a patient developing complications that are unforeseen, it would be unfair to penalize a physician for the extra costs incurred as a result of the complications and it would also be unfair to provide incentives based upon the extra costs incurred as a result of those complications.
Accordingly, in testing for outliers, as shown in
If, however, in step 654 the indicator is not set, then step 658 follows and for that instance the total cost for the episode of care is compared against a predetermined maximum cost value associated with that type of EPG instance. If the total cost is not greater than the maximum, then step 656 as described above follows. If the total cost greater than the maximum, then step 660 follows and the outlier indicator is set. With the outlier indicator set, that allows for either a manual review of the episode, or, alternatively, the automatic treatment of the episode such that the incentive, if any, will be based on the predetermined maximum cost value rather than the actual cost. Other uses of this indicator are also possible.
After the outliers test 650 is complete, then the comorbidity adjustment 680 preferably takes place, in which, as described above, effects of one illness that can exacerbate or make easier the treatment of another illness are taken into account for purposes of altering the baseline for that EPG category, as well as altering the incentive factor. Thus, as shown in
Step 682 of
If the pair of instances tested in step 686 do not have an entry in the comorbidity table, or if there is an instance which has thus been resolved in step 688, then step 690 follows and it is determined whether for that patient there is another pair of episodes that should be operated upon. If so, then step 684 and subsequent steps follow for that next pair of instances, and if not then step 692 follows and it is determined if there are any newly closed instances for another patient that need to be operated upon. If there is, then step 682 and subsequent steps as described above follow, but if there is not then the comorbidity determination is finished.
After the comorbidity determination, the calculate savings step 700 takes place, with the preferred manner of calculating savings being now further described with reference to
If, however, in step 704 the do not pay indicator is not set, then step 710 follows and all of the claims for the episode are totaled to obtain an total cost for this episode of care. With the total cost being determined, then step 712 follows to determine if an adjusted baseline amount exists. If it does not, then step 714 follows and a savings is determined by subtracting from the total cost the normal baseline value for that EPG type of episode of care. If the savings value is positive, then a savings has been realized and that value is used for incentive determination purposes as described hereinafter, whereas if the savings value is negative, then there has not been any savings realized.
It should be noted that the system can be implemented such that a negative savings value results in a net negative incentive for that episode of care, or can be implemented such that a negative savings value results in the savings value for that episode being reported as zero for that episode of care. The latter implementation has the advantage of reducing a provider's potential anxiety about implementing the system of the present invention in the first instance, since there is much less probability of there being a down-side to the program if there does not exist a net negative incentive for any episode of care. The latter implementation also distorts reality, however, in that incentive can get paid to providers who overall are inefficient. Accordingly, the savings value can be used in a variety of ways to balance the effect of the extremes mentioned above.
Regardless of the specific implementation, after the savings value is determined for a normal EPG baseline, then step 708 follows as described previously. If, however, an adjusted baseline exists, then this is determined in step 712 and operated upon in step 716, using the adjusted baseline value, but otherwise as described above. This adjusted baseline value can be adjusted for comorbidity, or a partial episode, as previously described.
Once the step 700 calculate savings step is complete, then the step 750 payment of incentives takes place, as illustrated in
If, however, in step 760 the outlier indicator was not set, then for that instance step 766 follows and a determination is made whether the referral indicator, described above, that is associated with this instance, had been set. If not, then a referral portion of the savings must be attributed to the referring physician, and if not, then the savings for the instance can be divided between only the responsible provider 20, the payer 30, and the incentive administrator 40. With no referral, the preferred percentage is split equally in third, as discussed above, and with a referral, a small percentage is provided to the referring physician, with the remainder split in thirds.
If the referral indicator was set, then step 768 follows and a determination is made of the referral amount for the referring physician/provider based upon the referral amount factor that is being used multiplied by the savings previously determined from
Thereafter follows step 770, which determined the amount owed to the responsible physician/provider 20. This will preferably follow step 766 if there was no referring physician, and will follow the step 768 determination if there was. In step 770, the physician/providers 20 incentive is determined by multiplying the savings previously determined from
Thereafter, in step 772, that percentage, if any, that this attributable to the physician coordinator is determined and the incentive amount for this instance is then added to the payment owed field for that physician coordinator. Similarly, in step 774 which follows, for that instance, the incentive administrators 40 incentive is determined by multiplying the savings previously determined from
Thereafter, with the incentives determined for that instance, the incentive paid indicator is set in step 762 and each instance is operated upon as described above.
Step 774 follows, and for each physician it is then determined in step 776 whether that physician should receive an incentive award for that period. If so, then step 779 follows and a payment request is made for that physician. Step 780 queries whether payment requests for another physician are needed so that the previous steps 776 and 778 can be repeated for each. If not, then step 782 follows and a payment request for the incentive administrator 40 is also made.
Thus, the determined payment owed to each different responsible physician/provider 20 and the incentive administrator, related to the various completed episodes that took place during the period being operated upon, can be provided to the payer 20 so that payment can be made. It should be noted that determination of the payment owed to the responsible physician/providers 20 and the incentive administrator 40 implicitly determines the savings retained by the payer 30. It is apparent that other specific methods of calculating the incentive payments can be implemented and still be within the scope of the present invention.
While the present invention has been described herein with reference to particular embodiments thereof, a latitude of modification, various changes and substitutions are intended in the foregoing disclosure. For instance, the specific order that various determinations of incentives, indicators and the like are made, and the specific use of indicators are a design choice to the extent that there are other manners of deriving the same information. It is thus more significant that those considerations deemed important for the particular implementation of the incentive system according to the present invention are taken into account and used when implementing a specific system. It should thereby be appreciated that in some instances some features of the invention will be employed without a corresponding use of other features without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.
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Barry University Professor of Education Jill Farrell, EdD, has been appointed Interim Dean of the Adrian Dominican School of Education beginning July 1, 2015. Christopher Starratt, Barry's Interim Provost and Vice President for Mission and Institutional Effectiveness, made the announcement on May 2, thanking Farrell for her willingness to continue... read more
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Cites Barry Law Professor in Milestone Decision
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. quoted Professor Michael T. Morley of Barry University's Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law in his dissenting opinion, written on behalf of four Justices, from today's Supreme Court ruling concerning states' power over congressional redistricting. "It is gratifying to know that the Court had... read more
Barry Law School Recognized by Florida Bar for Professionalism Program
Barry University's Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law has earned the Florida Bar's Group Professionalism Award for the Law School's program which mandates that Barry Law students satisfy a professionalism requirement in order to graduate. Dean Leticia M. Diaz said, "Professionalism is of paramount importance to the Law School. As such it is... read more
Barry Law Dean Appointed to ABA Immigration Panel
Barry University School of Law Dean Leticia M. Diaz says she's excited about the opportunity to serve on the American Bar Association's Commission on Immigration. Her appointment was made by the ABA earlier this week. "For me this is truly timely. The United States immigration system is broken and we can no longer wait to make changes. A... read more
College of Nursing and Health Sciences dean speaks to 320 children at Nativity Catholic School on career day
Miami, FL – Dr. John McFadden, College of Nursing and Health Sciences Dean, spoke to 320 children about the importance of education and health care during the seventh annual Career Day at Nativity Catholic School in Hollywood. Nativity is the largest Catholic elementary/middle school in Hollywood and is not far from the College of Nursing... read more
ADSOE students, alumni, and faculty present at 14th Annual South Florida Education Research Conference
Barry University's Adrian Dominican School of Education hosted the 14th Annual South Florida Education Research Conference on Saturday, June 6, 2015. Over 160 attendees, representing more than 14 institutions, school districts, and community organizations, participated in the conference. Presentations included 16 papers, 6 symposia, and 23... read more
School of Podiatric Medicine students presented Rising Star Award
The Barry University School of Podiatric Medicine's Diabetes Club was recently awarded the Rising Star Award for their volunteer and fundraising efforts.Bill Parker, Chairman of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation One Walk presented the award to the members of the Diabetes Club who raised almost $2,000 dollars for Type 1 Diabetes... read more
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Nursing students provide community service through Habitat for Humanity
Barry University undergraduate nursing students enrolled in the NUR-422 Community Nursing class pose for a photo after a long day of providing community service at a Habitat for Humanity Project in Broward County. Students learn about the important role nurses can make in their community through Service Learning Courses and by volunteering. read more


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More elementary school students, including those living within a mile of their assigned schools, will be eligible to board school buses, effective next school year.The Henry County Board of Education approved a recommendation Superintendent Ethan Hildreth to allow bus-transportation service for elementary school students who live less than one mile from their assigned schools, beginning in the 2011-12 school year. The board voted, 4-0, to approve the provision, during its Jan. 24 meeting. Vice Chairman Erik Charles presided over the meeting. Board Chairman Brian Preston was absent. Charles said overcrowding is not an issue at the elementary-school level. He said the board vote was based, in part, on safety concerns for those who might have to walk to school, as a result of the school system's current policy. "We wanted to take a look at the elementary schoolers walking to schools," said Charles. "We looked at the safety issue, and we were concerned with that." Henry's current bus policy, adopted Aug. 1, 1990, states that those students living more than a mile from their assigned schools are eligible for transportation to, and from, school. Students living less than a mile from their assigned schools are not eligible, unless otherwise approved the school board. Although elementary school students will be able to ride the buses next year, the policy remains intact for students in middle school and high school. There will still be a so-called "non-transportation zone" for them. There are 9,300 students on elementary school bus routes, according to Tony Pickett, Henry County's executive assistant to the Office of the Superintendent. Based on current projections, that number would increase to roughly 11,200 riders, once non-transportation-zone riders are added. "At this time, the board's decision does not extend to middle and high school students, who reside within one mile from their assigned school, as the school system's bus fleet does not have the capacity to accommodate the number of routes and riders required for such service," said Pickett. Charles said the school district's transportation department studied the matter of cost, and bus-seat availability. The department, he said, determined there was enough available seating on elementary school bus routes to transport elementary students living in the non-transportation zone, without incurring additional costs. Middle and high school bus routes remain at capacity, noted Cliff Shearouse, Henry's transportation director, during a previous interview with the Henry Daily Herald. Shearouse said this school year, buses pick up 6,847 middle school pupils, and 6,878 high school students, and that effort, combined, requires about 50 more buses than elementary school riders use. Charles acknowledged that the school board, and its transportation department, disregarded full implementation of the bus scheduling and routing policy for many years, offering transportation to all students, as a courtesy, up until the national economic crisis about two years ago. He said implementing the policy was an effort to provide adequate seating for students living outside the non-transportation zone, as the school board dealt with fewer funds to manage bus transportation. The state does not provide funding to local school districts for the transportation of students living within a mile and a half of their assigned schools, added Pickett.
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