SAN MATEO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–With value based payment, health plans and clinically integrated networks (CINs) need to provide access to the best possible healthcare in a timely manner at the lowest total cost. “One important way to meet this goal is to steer patients to those network specialists that efficiently provide a specific procedure and have time availability,” stated Dr. Douglas G. Cave, President of Cave Consulting Group (CCGroup). Issues today are health plan and CIN leaders: do not know the efficient specialists and sub-specialists; do not know those specialists that perform specific procedures or how often; and recognize patients wait too long to receive a needed procedure (often two months or longer).
