Benefits

OUR INDEPENDENT WEB-BASED UTILIZATION REVIEW OFFERS MANY BENEFITS

Columbia Healthcare Analytics believes that utilization analyses are best conducted by objective, rules-based techniques. These permit impartial benchmarking of physician and institutional performance against regional, national and international standards. Independent utilization reviews are more effective and efficient than intra-institutional reviewers. What’s more, web-based reviews allow for faster and more timely analyses by multiple analysts. Our unique computer model permits rapid qualitative and quantitative analysis. It provides prompt feedback vital to improving physician performance, controlling healthcare costs, and enhancing the safety and quality of patient care.

PROBLEMS WITH TRADITIONAL UTILIZATION REVIEW PROGRAMS

Traditional utilization reviews suffer from a number of critical drawbacks:

• Poor participation by medical staff
• Lack of objectivity for political reasons
• Limited analysis of review data with little impact on patient care or financial performance
• Difficult-to-tabulate physician-specific performance data
• No benchmarking of professional performance against regional, national and international levels