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just posted some numbers on  charges Here are  some of my favorite numbers This, I contend  is what IMPS  can do

Much of my practice data comes from HowsYourHealth but Medicaid in MAIne gives me some very   good metrics --NOT how many A1 c's I  o rder)

Here is what IMPS can do and what people need to hear that we doThese have been similar for a while nowHere;s the  set I got yesterday for  JUly 2008-- JUne 2009 for a set of patients that is BIGGER in number than my BLue Cross HMO panel( though still smalll  enough to measure)

for my managed care medicaid pateitsn the avergae cost per month per person  in my pracitceis $ 220.71 .State wide it is  414.71For the nonmanaged care mediciad  patietn the  cost per month is $ 614 in my practice and 1176.02 state wide

  Being an IMP working as I do save the state of maine between 200-500 dollars a month over th e  rest of the workin docs..Avergae number of ER visits pmpm between the  fee for servcie and managed care 0-0.2 pmpm inmy practcie  and 0.34-0.79 statewide

 If I save one er visit a month  think  a bout the dollars and likely errors. prevented REPEAT er users?? 4.35% for my practice vs 7-17% for the state average avoidable hospitalizations?/per 1000 people?  0.     Statewide    5.7- 7.6

 For every thousand patiens I mint prevent  6 or   7 hospitlaizations  You tell me how much one costsThat is what IMPs do.I assume many of you do the same

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