S
MART
C
HOICE
Consumer-directed health plans won't lower your
healthcare costs by themselves--you need
SmartChoice
TM
for that.
SmartChoice
TM
is an easy-to-use online healthcare tool that compares the quality
of hospitals, physicians, nursing homes, and home health agencies, so individuals
can make smart choices. When beneficiaries choose higher-quality doctors,
hospitals and other caregivers, the result is healthier people and lower costs.
Steer Beneficiaries to High-Quality Health Care
Give your beneficiaries a resource to consult when they face critical healthcare
decisions--a parent's care, a child's illness, a major surgery, or general health
maintenance. SmartChoice provides easy access to information that is normally
difficult or even impossible to find elsewhere.
Let Your Beneficiaries Lower Your Costs
With information available through SmartChoice, your beneficiaries buy smarter
when they need healthcare services. When beneficiaries avoid complications,
longer hospital stays and higher costs of poor-quality care, you rein in healthcare
costs.
Realize Far-Reaching Benefits
When you add SmartChoice to your benefits package, everybody wins.
"Employers pay $1,700
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$2,000 per year per empl
to cover poor quality costs
Midwest Business G
on Health,
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Control healthcare costs
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Create a healthier workforce
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Help your beneficiaries find the best care available
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Protect your beneficiaries from poor-quality providers
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Show that your company cares about its people
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Reduce employee lost days d
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Hold providers accountable
Health Grades, Inc.
1-800-938-0148
www.healthgrades.com
Compare and Select
the Best
Hospitals
Over 5,000 Hospitals Rated
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Easy-to-understand star ratings
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Consumer-friendly navigation and
terminology
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Patient safety measures from The
Leapfrog Group
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AHRQ patient safety indicators
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Cost, volume, and length-of-stay
data
Physicians
Over 620,000 Physicians Profiled
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Board certification (ABMS or AOA
sourced)
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State medical board and Medicare
sanctions
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Education and training
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Foreign languages and gender
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Ratings of affiliated hospitals
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Patient-satisfaction results
Nursing Homes
Over 15,000 Nursing Homes Rated
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Details of the four most recent
licensing surveys
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Complaint investigations
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Repeat violations
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Overall star ratings compared to
other facilities within the state
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State averages for violations and
inspections
Home Health Agencies
Licensing survey deficiencies
Complaint investigations
Repeat violations
Overall star ratings
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