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September 09 2022
Update on CMS 2023 Cutpoints

Update on CMS 2023 Cutpoints

Posted By: Suruthi K  On : September 09 2022

 

 

2023 Cutpoints are Up! You can find all of 2023 cutpoints in BHA's measure browser w/graphs to show the long term trends. Especially check out what's happening with Medication Adherence.

 

Click on this link to explore the cutpoints changes Measure Details 2023

 

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Why is everyone sweating about 2023 Stars?

Posted By: Suruthi K  On : September 01 2022

 

I received this email last week:

 

Subject: Quick Stars Question

 

I’ve heard from several health plans with concerns over Stars scores falling off next year. Is there anything explicitly related to the Public Health Emergency that caused Stars scores to increase this year? Or was CMS just more favorable with scoring / cutoffs given COVID concerns.

 

My quick response was:

 

Medicare Advantage Plans Year Over Year Star Ratings by Size

Posted By: Suruthi K  On : October 26 2021

  

4 Largest Organizations:  United Health, Humana, CSV-Aetna, and Kaiser

Next 4 Largest

It's Not Too Late To Use Ocular For HEDIS - A Proposal

Posted By: Suruthi K  On : October 25 2021

 

HEDIS® is coming up fast. If your organization is still abstracting charts the same way it’s done it for decades, why? Could your team review more charts, improve reliability, get higher scores and get some sleep next April? Of course. Let computers handle more of the tedious work and free up your clinical reviewers to do more clinical reviewing. But isn’t it too late?

 

BHA Ocular is an abstraction system that uses character recognition to locate po

NEW TOOL – Medicare State Browser

Posted By: Suruthi K  On : October 20 2021

 

We are excited to announce the launch of a new free web application to help with your Medicare Advantage planning and analysis - the “Medicare State Browser.”

 

This is a free tool and let’s you easily compare the size of all MA Plans within a state, overlay Star Ratings, and dr