CCGroup to Utilize National CMS Medicare Claims to Support Value-Based Agreements Between Health Plans and Health Systems
Summary
SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CCGroup, the market leader in reliably measuring physician efficiency, supports key components of value-based agreements using the company’s Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovator project. The CCGroup Innovator project allows access to all Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) claims through the CMS Virtual Research Data Center (VRDC) – including all acute care, post-acute care, physician visits, physician procedures, and pharmacy services for more than 38 million individuals each year. “We support value-based agreements by identifying and monitoring the medical condition practice efficiency of primary care physicians (PCPs) and specialists,” defined Dr. Douglas G. Cave, President of CCGroup. “Access to the Medicare FFS beneficiary claims will only enhance our medical condition MedMarker™ capabilities,” Dr. Cave stated. Based on the CCGroup National Specialist Panel results, an appropriate Clinical MedMarker Protocol Range™ is selected for each medical condition.