EXECUTIVE PERSPECTIVES

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Goods & Services

For computer software, databases, ratings, reports, scorecards, consumer research and surveys, and Internet-delivered applications for use in providing discounted healthcare-related services and in publishing information about healthcare content, quality and pricing, and related services.

Use in reports, which may include but are not limited to: the APC Readiness Assessment, a report which quantifies the payment impact of being paid under APC's through HCFA's new prospective payment system; the Department Productivity Analysis, a report which enables decision-makers to identify cost management strategies; the Inpatient Cost Diagnostic, a report which examines a hospital's clinical performance; the Managed Care Diagnostic, a report which forecasts the impact of a highly-managed care model; the Outpatient Charge Analysis, a report which compares hospital-specific outpatient performance; the Product Market Analysis, a report which looks at specific volume, charge and reimbursement activity for specific set of inpatient codes that relate to a medical device; the Physician Performance Analysis, a report which provides an analysis that profiles severity adjusted costs, outcomes, and length of stay by specific physicians and specialty groups, and the Top 25 DRG Analysis, an analysis that profiles the top 25 inpatient DRG's of a specific hospital versus a peer group of hospitals by client specification.