How Integrated OR Platform Can Help Surgeons Thrive under MACRA

The transition to value-based payments is especially challenging for surgeons. The text, video, imaging, and monitoring data they refer to in the OR is typically siloed in multiple systems, making it difficult to obtain all the information in one view when they need to make critical decisions that affect clinical and financial outcomes. With the passage of Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), which includes the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Advanced Alternative Payment Model (APM), the stakes are even higher.

This white paper explains how an integrated OR platform can help surgeons manage risk, quality, and cost more effectively by gathering and displaying in one place all pertinent data about a surgery, including the patient’s medical history and health risks. Such a platform can yield multiple benefits for surgeons and provider organizations, including:

• Improving surgeons’ MIPS scores and performance under APMs by preventing complications that lead to poor outcomes
• Reducing variability between surgeries–and surgeons
• Using analytics to predict a patient’s post-surgical risks so appropriate post-acute care can be arranged
• Enhancing documentation and reporting by eliminating the need for handwritten notes to be entered into the electronic health record
• Enabling a patient’s radiology images to be pulled up immediately in the OR without needing to enter a patient’s ID number
• Helping surgical residents improve their skills by taking a deep dive into aggregated data and video feeds
• Giving OR managers/directors of surgical services the ability to monitor the status of all surgeries and make adjustments to ensure maximum utilization and efficiency