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Marketscape Strategy Idea Center
Status Future consideration
Created by Kate Work
Created on Jan 11, 2022

Incorporate Star Ratings for MA Plans

This data is publicly available but it would be helpful to have it integrated in the solution when looking at MA Data.

Idea Center Question/Checklist

Response

Is this a product enhancement/web, data adjustment, or new metric?

Metric (publicly avail, no new calculations)

Name and description of metric.

MA Plan star ratings

Who would use this (New or Current MSSPs or DCE's, physician group, health plan, specific client, etc.)?

Requestor is a PAC

Who's requesting this (internal idea or specific client)?

Sante

What is the client trying to solve? What is the problem they are facing?

Eliminate the need to look up star ratings independently/outside of Mosaic

Why do they need this?

Evaluate the quality of each MA plan against each other (using the star ratings)

Do we have a form of this today (readmission rate vs risk adj, is it in Marketscape)?

No

What benefits would this bring? (i.e. Enhance performance, Customer Retention/Value, New Business, New Industry/Market, Competitive Differentiator, etc.)

Less use of outside data by customers

What provider types need this metric (Physicians, Hospitals, ACO's, etc.)?

Analyze Pages with MA tabs: Physician, Hospital, HHA, SNF

Where does this data need to be reflected in the product (Explore, Analyze, etc.)?

Analyze pages

What patient population should this be for (All FFS, Attributed to current ACO/DCE, Assigned bene's to an ACO or DCE, Attributed to new ACO/DCE, DCE population, etc.)

n/a / MA Patients

What timeframe of data do they need - date range and type of data (latest complete performance year, rolling 12 months, quarterly, etc)?

MA tables display the most recent year and year prior - however, we would need to confirm how often the ratings could be updated.

Does this metric need to be risk adjusted, unadjusted, or both?

No

Are there assumptions we should account for (i.e. For metrics that cross over years 2019 Assigned and 2020 Assigned Bene's to respective Quarters)?

Star ratings are associated with individual contract numbers

Are there any exceptions (Exclude ACO's not active in 2018, providers no longer active, etc.)?

N/a

Indicate how to handle values where there is insufficient data or PHI (exclude all providers with <11 readmissions or replace all <11 with avg readmission rate)?

We should just use "No star rating avail" or N/a since this data is public knowledge

If going in explore, what EAV category tag should this show up under?

N/a

What is the impact of not doing this (client retention, lose a sale, etc.)?

Clients will need to continue to reference outside sources

Is this a high, medium, low priority (must have, compliance requirement, etc.)?

Low for now - idea submitted to improve usability and product stickiness but data is publicly avail.

Is there a defined date when this is needed by?

No

Additional Notes:

https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cms-releases-2022-medicare-advantage-and-part-d-star-ratings-help-medicare-beneficiaries-compare

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