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15 Percent of Healthcare Organizations Impose Penalties for Non-Completion of HRAs, Survey Finds

The survey also found that two-thirds of responding healthcare companies use HRAs in their case management, population health management and utilization management programs. These findings and others are explored in 2010 Performance Benchmarks in Health Risk Assessment Use, HIN's just-released analysis of HRA use, from HRA format and target audiences to incentive use, impact and ROI.

Learn more about HRA use and other health assessment metrics.

NEWS FACTS:

• Report Content: 60-page report provides metrics and measures on current and planned HRA initiatives as well as lessons learned and results from successful health assessment programs. Containing more than 50 easy-to-follow graphs and tables, this report provides detailed data from all respondents and drills down to hospital- and health plan-only views.
  
  
• Data Highlights:
  
  
  
  • Populations and conditions targeted by HRAs;
    
    
  • HRA eligibility requirements — who's extending HRAs to beneficiaries' spouses and families;
    
    
  • Trends in mandatory HRAs and penalties for non-completion of health assessments;
    
    
  • The use of incentives — including eligibility for incentives and types of incentives employed;
    
    
  • HRA data inputs and outputs, including the integration of HRA data with EHRs, PHRs and other health IT;
    
    
  • Health assessment delivery methods and completion rates;
    
    
  • The top five applications of HRA data;
    
    
  • The impact of HRAs on healthcare cost, utilization, wellness program enrollment, health outcomes and ROI;
    
    
  • Lessons learned from program development and administration;
    
    
  • The complete June 2010 Health Risk Assessment survey tool;
    
    and much, much more.
  
  
  
• Target Audience: Healthcare payors, purchasers, providers and other key decision-makers in the areas of case management, disease management, population health management and healthcare utilization.

• Contributing Authors: Yann Meunier, MD, health improvement manager at Stanford School of Medicine Health Improvement Program; Gary Smithson, MD, MBA, clinical and business consultant for WorldDoc; Paul Terry, Ph.D., president and CEO of StayWell Health Management; and Marcia Wade, MD, FCCP, MMM, senior medical director at Aetna Medicare Medical Management.
  
  
• Report Formats: PDF instant download or Print.

QUOTE ATTRIBUTABLE TO MELANIE MATTHEWS, HIN EXECUTIVE VP AND COO:

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"Health risk assessment and stratification is increasingly employed by healthcare organizations not only for disease management but also by case managers to reduce avoidable healthcare utilization by high-risk populations. This benchmarks report captures trends in current and planned HRA programs and documents the clinical and financial gains that respondents have experienced from these programs."

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