Symmetry ETG: Measuring health care with meaningful episodes of care
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OptumInsight www.optuminsight.com Identifying clinical episodes of illness and the services involved in their diagnosis, management, and treatment have become a key business need of any health care organization. Purchasers, consumers, and patients seek greater transparency into the cost, quality, and service of health care delivery. Episodes of care provide a valuable unit of analysis to support transparency, measure health care, provide incentives for high performance, and plan subrogation.
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