Population Health ASCEND ASCEND: Outfitting for Value-Based Payments | Page 25

Population Risk Scoring
Challenges PYA Services
• Understanding the importance
of patient risk scores on value-
based payments • Quantifying financial impact of
accurately capturing patient risk scores
• Incomplete clinical documentation
and inaccurate diagnosis coding
• Increased payer audits focused
on diagnosis coding
• Targeted interventions to improve
diagnosis specificity
• Sample chart reviews to identify areas
for improvement
Improving clinical documentation and diagnosis coding to
accurately capture population risk and enhance data integrity
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