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I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Headquarters U.S. Air Force 1 AHLTA & Data Entry A Provider’s Perspective Data Quality Manager’s Course January 2012

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e AHLTA & Data Entry A Provider’s Perspective Objectives Review how an average provider views coded data and metrics Demonstrate issues regarding data entry into our outpatient systems Clinical-centric data Business-centric data Understand difference between “documentation” and “coding” to see why some data errors may arise 2

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Observation #1 Metrics Drive Behavior 3

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Metrics in Action Commander: “I want my facility to get as many Relative Value Units (RVUs) as we should to reflect the hard work we are doing” Business Office: “Facility RVUs is a product of number of encounters times the RVUs/encounter. We should increase the RVUs/encounter to increase facility RVUs” Clinic Chief: “We have a lot of t-cons that are worth very few RVUs, and that brings our RVU/encounter down. So admin-out all of the t-cons so that our RVU/encounter goes up” This occurred at a facility I visited. The focus in a clinic on a single metric (RVU/Encounter) drove a behavior that the Commander never meant to have happen! 4

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Common Provider Metrics Empanelment Number of patients seen each day/week/month Number of no-shows Patient Satisfaction HEDIS compliance RVUs/visit RVUs/day As a “lowly” provider, there are relatively few that I can directly impact. 5

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e CLINICAL DATA 6

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Clinical Data - Outpatient In the outpatient realm, clinical data can be separated into a few broad categories: Data from AHLTA Information in the S/O module (subjective/objective data) ADM data from the A/P and disposition modules (diagnoses, procedure codes, orders) Data from CHCS Orders & results data Billing data Appointment data Data from other systems (Service readiness systems, etc) Outside data (E.g. claims data in M2) 7

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Clinical Data – AHLTA We are seeing wide-scale adoption of the Tri-Service Workflow AIM form Lots of discrete elements are now being captured routinely in the S/O module of AHLTA No system mechanism available to “mandate” any usage of the S/O module 8

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Clinical Data – Outpatient 9 Providers like free-text, since it allows us to “tell the patient’s story,” which is how we are taught to think about our patients.

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Clinical Data - AHLTA 10

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Clinical Data - AHLTA We are now starting to use targeted AIM forms for specific Clinical Practice Guidelines 11

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Clinical Data - AHLTA Placing clinical decision support at the point of care 12

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Clinical Data - AHLTA Having the data collected and stored discreetly invites research to be done on it... but it’s not necessarily easy to pull do. There is no automated way to look at the data My office worked to get a peer-review program set up to collect data on usage of the AIM form Peer-review data is “medical and/or quality assurance review data” and is non-discoverable so it can’t be used in research! 13

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Observation #2 Providers care considerably more about the quality of their documentation than they do about the codes generated 14

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Clinical Data Are diagnoses (i.e. the ICD-9 codes) in AHLTA clinical data or business data? Is there a difference? Is there a 1:1 correspondence between diagnoses in a paper chart and diagnoses in AHLTA? 15

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Clinical Data Diagnoses in the paper world Providers could list diagnoses in any order They could call a diagnosis whatever they wanted to Coders never told a provider their diagnosis was “wrong” Codes reflected what was in the documentation 16

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Clinical Data Today in AHLTA... There are rules for the ordering of diagnoses What must be first, what must be one of the first 4, etc Providers are limited on what they can directly call something They aren’t limited to the ICD-9 text for what is printed What’s available isn’t as robust as options with written notes Providers are told that their documentation is wrong They are told their code is wrong, but the code *is* the documentation 17

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Observation #3 Providers aren’t willing to spend a lot of time looking for the “right” term 18

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Scenario #1 Scenario #1: An 8 month old child is seen today because the doctor saw fluid in the middle ear a month ago and wanted to make sure it cleared after an infection. On exam today there is no fluid seen. Paper chart: Assessment – s/p OM c effusion, now resolved. F/U at WCC in 1 month or PRN. 19

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Scenario #1 (cont) AHLTA Note: 1. Otitis Media Comments: Effusion has resolved 1. Visit for: Follow-up Exam Comments: s/p om w effusion, resolved Added Frustration: The provider gets a different list of codes depending on if they search for “followup”, “follow up” or “follow-up” 20

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Scenario #2 A 22 year old type 1 diabetic is 16 weeks pregnant and is coming in for a routine pre-natal visit. During the visit she complains of discharge and a GC probe is collected. It comes back from the lab positive for a Sexually Transmitted Disease. What do the coding rules say needs to be coded? What would the provider have written in the paper world? What is the incentive for the providers to do the extra work required to code above and beyond their documentation needs? 21

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Clinical Data – ICD-10 AHLTA is undergoing several different changes for ICD-10 ICD-10 codes Multi-Year code sets AHLTA doesn’t store ICD-9 codes; it stores Medcin codes A Medcin code maps to a single ICD-9 code... but it can map to many ICD-10 codes If providers can’t get coding right today, what are the odds that they’ll get the more specific coding right with ICD-10? 22

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e ICD-10 (cont) Current state of AHLTA (ICD-9 code selection) 23

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e ICD-10 (cont) Medicomp example for entering additional specificity 24

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e ICD-10 (cont) SAIC mock-up of tree structure for more specificity This is in addition to the current selection 25

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e BUSINESS DATA 26

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Business Data There are three categories of codes that providers consider to be “business data” ICD-9/10 codes (discussed previously) CPT/HCPCS codes E&M Codes In the provider’s eyes, anything else is a very distant fourth 27

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Business Data Procedure (or CPT) Codes in AHLTA Picked from Medcin terms, with a “many to one” mapping to CPT codes E.g. both “Electrocardiogram” and “ECG 12-lead with interpretation and report” map to code The CPT code may or may or may not end up on the final note (new) Providers *can* search for exact CPT codes if known Nearly all providers use templates or favorites lists to store their commonly used ones 28

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Business Data “Providers aren’t willing to spend a lot of time looking for the right term” Providers will use what they can easily find, so once a code is in a template it is much more likely to be commonly used, even if it’s the wrong code! Work with the AHLTA training staff at your facility to help providers “clean up” the codes they shouldn’t be using out of their templates & favorites lists 29

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Business Data HCPCS Codes Observation #1 - “Metrics drive behavior” If there are no RVUs associated with a code, providers will not be internally motivated to capture it 30

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Business Data Evaluation & Management Codes See “Observation #1” They would rather error on the side of “too high” than “too low” They pick the code they think is “right” Especially if they have a lot of free text Providers are much more likely to be praised for high RVUs than they are to be penalized for inaccurate coding (this also affects CPT coding) 31

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Some Final Thoughts “Metrics Drive Behavior” If a clinic looks at metrics for RVU generation (and trust me, they do) but they don’t care about (or even see) metrics on coding accuracy, it is unlikely that you will get providers to change current coding habits. “Providers aren’t willing to spend a lot of time looking for the ‘right’ term” When looking at either clinical or business data, don’t expect a lot of specificity in the coded data. Providers want to finish their note, and if they can’t find something quickly they’ll pick anything and move on. 32

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Some Final Thoughts (cont) “Provider care considerably more about the quality of their documentation than they do about the codes generated” Proper training can help enable providers to generate quality notes that still provide the structured data needed by analysts at all levels. 33

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e Questions? 34