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Using Virtual Research Data Center (VRDC) Data to Answer Big Questions

Health Management Associates (HMA) is utilizing Virtual Research Data Center (VRDC) data to do what HMA does best: solve publicly funded healthcare’s most challenging problems. The combination of our deep analytics expertise and our nationally renowned subject matter experts can help you solve your toughest challenges.

We are committed to helping clients meet their needs through:

Market Analysis

Want to know how many psychologists are treating Medicaid patients in a county? Or how many duals got NEMT in a year? We can tell you that. How many folks on Medicare got drugs for Memory Loss last year? We can tell you that too. The VRDC allows us to examine the Medicaid and Medicare populations with significant precision to inform your decisions.

Consulting Services

We love hard questions. Carefully designed smaller queries can add up to answer big questions like “Does access to Non-Emergency Medical Transportation help patients managing challenging chronic medical conditions?” or, “Are services critical to patient success being delivered equitably to patient populations?” HMA can help you answer your hardest questions by breaking them into smaller questions that add up to big results. Outcomes Survey (HOS) specific to BH, and align data performance to quality improvement efforts.

Quality Improvement and KPI Benchmarking

HMA’s team of quality experts can help you identify metrics that matter internally to your organization as well as to your payers and providers. We can run metrics against these Medicaid and Medicare data to prepare you to manage risk through deep data analysis and creation of benchmarks that help manage access, cost, quality, and utilization.

HMA’s access to VRDC data through this agreement include:

Data representative of 100 percent of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries and their medical experience expressed as claims

Data representative of 100 percent of Part D Drug Event (PDE) data

Detailed Long-Term Care data for all Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries through the MDS dataset

We can help organizations including:

State and municipal departments of health and public health

Health plans

Provider organizations

Analytics and technology vendors

Private equity

Correctional health

Contact our experts:

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Jim McEvoy

Principal

Jim McEvoy is accomplished in architecting robust technology solutions for state agencies, health plans and service providers. Jim understands the … Read more