1. Decision Master® Warehouse
A New Dimension in Claims Analysis

2. What is Decision Master Warehouse?
Decision Master Warehouse (DMW) is a state-of-the-art, analytical health claims decision support system that lets [b_officialname] help you:
Illuminate potential cost or utilization problems
Isolate the underlying causes of those problems
Determine money saving solutions aligned with your business goals!

3. How Can [b_officialname] use DMW to Manage Your Health Plan?
Benchmark your health plan data against national norms of similar employers using Medstat’s Marketscan dataset
Uncover the root causes of rising medical costs
Offer plan design modeling tools, or “what if” analyses that help you determine the effectiveness and magnitude of plan design changes
Provide complex information in an easy-to-use and easy-to-understand manner
Help you make better decisions faster!

4. DMW Home Page The DMW homepage is where the analysis begins.
Notice the menu options across the toolbar:
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Discussion Points
Management Report
Drill-Down
Alternative Modeling

5. Discussion Points
The Discussion Points section highlights key areas where the plan varies from the norms and contains recommendations for each area.

6. Management Report
The Management Reports section produces a custom executive summary that can summarize data in over 70 different exhibits!

7. Advanced Management Reports
Building a customized Management Report is as easy as clicking on the exhibit pages you would like to include!

8. Management Report Exhibits
Total Health Plan Costs
Claims by Age
Claims by Relationship
Claims by Network/PPO Affiliation
Inpatient and Outpatient Claims
Claims by Place of Service
High Cost Claimants
Claimant Distribution
Top Hospitals
Top Doctors and Clinics
Inpatient Hospital Usage and Cost
Inpatient Days/1000 and Payment/Day
Maternity Usage and Cost
Top Inpatient Surgery Procedures
Top Outpatient Surgery Procedures
Emergency Room Utilization and Cost
Office Visit Utilization and Cost
Chiropractic Utilization and Cost
Inpatient Mental Health Utilization and Cost
Outpatient Mental Health Utilization and Cost
Claims by Major Diagnostic Categories
Lifestyle-Related Claims
Disease Management and Intervention Opportunities
And many more!

9. Management Report Norms
Compares your health plan costs and utilization to normative data
Utilizes Medstat’s Marketscan database which includes over 5 million lives
Norms are adjusted by age, gender, region, and industry to match your population
Identifies cost or utilization concerns for your plan

10. Drill-Down
Drill-Down is organized into major categories, or cubes, such as Inpatient Hospital, Office Visits and Outpatient Mental Health. These cubes allow you to locate the root causes of your cost or utilization concerns.

11. Drill-Down
Each cube contains a number of pre-built drill-down exhibits that are just one click away!
If the pre-built exhibits do not suit your needs, not to worry! You can create advanced cubes that let you choose which data elements, or categories, you want to drill into.

12. Drill-Down
The Drill-Down screen features drag-and-drop report building. It’s the easiest custom report writer available to get at your detailed claims information.
And, charts can be created on the fly, exported into Excel, or saved offline!

13. Alternative Modeling
The Alternative Modeling screen shows your current plan design along with any number of alternative designs to compare it against. This provides both the plan savings and the members affected, addressing both the financial and HR impact.

14. Alternative Modeling
Any combination of over 84 input variables can be used to model your plan  everything from calendar year deductibles and coinsurance, to office visit copays and maximum ER visits!

15. Alternative Modeling
The comparison screen shows how your current plan design stacks up against your alternative plan. DMW displays both the financial impact and the HR impact. How much money will be saved? How many members will be affected? DMW lets you know!

16. Questions
Any questions?