As the healthcare industry faces unprecedented change and uncertainty, Thomson Reuters can provide a foundation of integrated information and expertise to ground your plans and guide your performance with facts.

MANAGE QUALITY AND EFFICIENCY TO MAXIMIZE VALUE AND REIMBURSEMENT

To meet increasingly complicated pay for performance and regulatory requirements, you'll need an infrastructure and culture that embrace measurement and a spirit of continual performance improvement. We can help you:

• Evaluate your operational performance, clinical process and outcomes against like-facilities and top performers, such as 100 Top Hospitals award winners, to know where you stand and focus your efforts
• Identify and reduce your risk for readmissions, adverse events and avoidable complications

PROJECT CHANGING DEMAND, UTILIZATION AND PAYER MIX TO PLAN FOR INCREASED COVERAGE

Projecting what will happen in your market can no longer be based on simple forecasts of historical trends. As large volumes of newly insured with new payer types enter the market, the pace, magnitude, and redistribution of this population among care delivery sites pose complicated changes. Thomson Reuters strategic planning solutions use sound methodologies that capture unique characteristics and local variation so you can understand and meet the unique needs of your market. We can help you:

• Forecast the effect of insurance coverage changes with the new Scenario Forecaster. Identify when changes will occur, and test multiple scenarios to compare 10 year projections
• Build profitable short-term outpatient service growth. By clarifying current share and connecting reimbursement to projected volumes, we can help you find the optimal mix of services to offer.
• Evaluate your ability to effectively segment, target, and reach these new consumers with your marketing efforts.

OPTIMIZE YOUR REVENUE FROM DELIVERY AND PAYMENT INTEGRATION

Both the Medicare bundled payment pilot program, scheduled to begin in January 2013, and new accountable care organization programs provide opportunities to share in cost savings. Private markets are moving to alternative payment models even more quickly. We can support your new endeavors with sound risk management, essential analytics, and performance management to help you:

• Evaluate episode of care components, outcome measures, and build effective bundles
• Assess physician relationships related to market share and growth opportunities and develop incentives to improve engagement and alignment
• Learn more about our Payment Reform Solutions PDF

DETERMINE YOUR ROLE AND OPPORTUNITIES IN HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGES

As new funding prompts public and private investments in health information exchange (HIE) at the local and state levels, healthcare IT integration has never been more vital - and more challenging. Thomson Reuters is bringing our vast experience in managing and analyzing healthcare data with providers, state entities, and community organizations across the country to help face these challenges.

• Complete HIE platform and analytics