After UT Southwestern Accountable Care Network (UTSACN) discovered its home health spend was more than twice the national average, it applied data analytics to create a preferred home health network of 20 agencies (down from 1,200) that has saved more than $6 million in home health utilization in the first quarter of 2016 alone. In this podcast, Cathy Bryan, director of care coordination at UTSACN, describes the provider reeducation process supporting the launch of this narrow network that has improved accountability, data sharing and communications related to home health utilization.

UT Southwestern ACO Home Health Narrow Network Reinforces Providers’ Home Care Accountability

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UT Southwestern ACO Home Health Narrow Network Reinforces Providers’ Home Care Accountability

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