We Can, We Do, and We Train!

This week, Lynda and Simon delivered a workshop on Casemix, Classification and Management to the DVA Contract managers from all over Australia.

The workshop was well received by the attendees and is being further refined and improved to enable us to present the two modules to other interested parties.

The topics covered were:

Casemix and Classification

• Patient Classification
  
• The Acute Hospital Patient
• The Care Type
• The Episode
• Payment Mechanisms
• Purchasers & Providers
• Casemix Funding
• Features of a Casemix Classification System
• Casemix Classifications
• Casemix, DRGs & WIES
• Diagnostic Related Groups
• The Inlier Equivalent Separation (IES)
• Cost Weight Table
• Co-payments
• The Casemix & Rehabilitation Funding Tree (CRAFT)
• AN-SNAP Classification
• Victorian Ambulatory Classification System (VACS)
• Radiotherapy Weighted Activity Units (WAUs)
• Cost Weights

Hospital Management

• Casemix Management Tools
• LosVar Analysis, Conversion Rates, e-SRG/ClinSpec Trends
• Clinical Stream/Craft Group Budgeting
• Clinical Costing
• How is clinical costing performed
• Standards comparison CCSAA vs NHCDC vs APC
• Other tools used to manage performance
• Benchmarking
• Utilisation Reviews/Service Reviews
• Service Planning Tools
• Market Analysis (Catchment Leakage) Population Health Information
• Bed Planning/Target Setting
• The Broader Context, Standards and Considerations