1) 58% of Medicare payments in 2013 were tied to fee-for-service models, while collective challenges going forward will be gauging payment reform progress and its effects on quality and value of care. 2) Since 2011, hospital-acquired conditions have fallen by 17% saving $12 billion and 50,000 lives, representing progress in quality and efficient spending. 3) The Medicare 30-day readmission rate fell to 17.5% in 2013 translating to 150,000 fewer readmissions, showing impact of initiatives to reduce unnecessary readmissions.

1. Healthcare Factoids to
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58% of Medicare payments made
in 2013 were tied to fee-for-service
models.
Source: Modern Healthcare, "Medicare payments still lean toward volume, not value,“
Sabriya Rice, May 5, 2015 http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20150505/NEWS/150509962
Our collective challenge going forward will be to
gauge not just how quickly payment reform
progresses, but also how effectively it helps to
improve the quality and value of care for the over 50
million Americans insured by the Medicare program”
― CPR Executive Director Suzanne Delbanco

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Since 2011, hospital-acquired
conditions have fallen by 17 percent,
saving an estimated 50,000 lives and
$12 billion.
Source: HHS, December 2, 2014 http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2014pres/12/20141202a.html
Today’s results are welcome news for patients and
their families. These data represent significant
progress in improving the quality of care that
patients receive while spending our health care
dollars more wisely.
― HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell

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The Medicare all-cause 30-day
readmission rate fell to around
17.5% in 2013, translating to
an estimated 150,000 fewer
hospital readmissions among
Medicare beneficiaries.
Source: CMS, "Better Care, Smarter Spending, Healthier People: Improving Our Health Care Delivery System," January 26,
2015 https://www.cms.gov/Newsroom/MediaReleaseDatabase/Fact-sheets/2015-Fact-sheets-items/2015-01-26.html

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Source: HealthIT Analytics, "86% of Providers Aim for Integrated EHR, Practice Management," Jennifer Bresnick, June 8, 2015
http://healthitanalytics.com/news/86-of-providers-aim-for-integrated-ehr-practice-management
70% of smaller physicians have
still not settled on a technology
suite for meaningful use.”
― Doug Brown, Black Book

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$2.58
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$2.00
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Paper Digital
Source: Becker's Health IT & CIO Review, "25 health IT data points on EHRs, MU, mHealth and big data," Akanksha Jayanthi,
January 6, 2015 http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/25-health-it-data-points-on-ehrs-mu-
mhealth-and-big-data.html
In 2012, paper-based
claims submissions
cost $2.58 compared to
$0.54 for digital.

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83% of patients expect hospitals
to use EHRs, but only 53 percent
said they trust the safety and
security of the software.
Source: Becker's Health IT & CIO Review, "25 health IT data points on EHRs, MU, mHealth and big data," Akanksha Jayanthi,
January 6, 2015 http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/25-health-it-data-points-on-ehrs-mu-
mhealth-and-big-data.html

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Source: HealthIT Analytics, "EHRs Don't Do Enough for Care Coordination, Docs Say," Jennifer Bresnick,
January 19, 2015 http://healthitanalytics.com/news/ehrs-dont-do-enough-for-care-coordination-docs-say/
83% of physicians are
frustrated by EHR usability,
interoperability and
integration.

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68% of Healthcare IT leader-
ship believe their Health IT is
improving quality of care and
patient satisfaction.
Source: HIMSS, "26th Annual HIMSS Leadership Survey," April 2015
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Source: HealthIT Analytics, "Just 15% of Hospitals Use Predictive Analytics Infrastructure," Jennifer Bresnick, March 24, 2015
http://healthitanalytics.com/news/just-15-of-hospitals-use-predictive-analytics-infrastructure/
Just 15% of hospitals are using
advanced predictive analytics to stay
one step ahead of preventable
hospital readmissions, and hospital-
acquired conditions.

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Source: Clinical Innovation+Technology, "Data Analytics: Paths to Value-based Care," Laura Pedulli, March 23, 2015
http://healthitanalytics.com/news/healthcare-big-data-analytics-adoption-rises-by-6-since-2013
OSF’s healthcare predictive
readmission model has helped
bring their all-cause readmission
rate to less than 10%.

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Source: HealthIT Analytics, "Healthcare Big Data Analytics Adoption Rises by 6% Since 2013," Jennifer Bresnick, May 27, 2015
http://healthitanalytics.com/news/healthcare-big-data-analytics-adoption-rises-by-6-since-2013
70% of providers surveyed by
KLAS Research in 2014 said
they can see tangible patient
care benefits from the
implementation of population
health management tools.

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$371
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$500
$1,000
$1,500
$2,000
$2,500
$3,000
$3,500
$4,000
High Low
The average cost per
inpatient day across US
ranges $371 - $3,714.
Source: Becker's Hospital CFO, "Average cost per inpatient day across 50 states," Emily Rappleye, May 19, 2015
http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/average-cost-per-inpatient-day-across-50-states.html

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Source: HIT Consultant, "Healthcare Internet of Things To Reach $117B ny 2020," April 23, 2015
http://hitconsultant.net/2015/04/23/healthcare-internet-of-things-to-reach-117b-by-2020/
The Healthcare Internet
of Things will reach $117
billion by 2020.

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30% of healthcare
payment's $5 trillion
annual price tag wasted
due to inefficient billing.
$1.5 Trillion
Down-the-Drain
Source: Becker's Hospital CFO, "30% of healthcare payment's $5 trillion annual price tag wasted due to inefficient billing," Carrie
Pallardy, June 3, 2015 http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/30-of-healthcare-payment-s-5-trillion-annual-price-tag-
wasted-due-to-inefficient-billing.html

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Source: The Advisory Board Company, "AHRQ: The conditions that cause the most readmissions," Daily Briefing, April 22, 2014
https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2014/04/22/most-common-readmissions
Medicare patients account for > 55%
of all readmissions & 58% of costs
associated with readmission.

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Source: Becker's Health IT & CIO Review, "25 health IT data points on EHRs, MU, mHealth and big data," Akanksha Jayanthi,
January 6, 2015 http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/25-health-it-data-points-on-ehrs-mu-
mhealth-and-big-data.html
IDC Health Insights predicts 65%
of healthcare interactions will be
mobile by 2018.

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Source: HealthLeaders, "Population Health Hot-Spotting," Jim Molpus, May 2015
http://www.healthleadersmagazine-digital.com/healthleadersmagazine/may_2015?folio=10#pg62
Intermountain Healthcare
found that the top 1% of
high-cost, high-utilizing
patients (“hot-spotters”)
accounted for 24% of all
healthcare costs.

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Source: Health Care Transformation Task Force, "Proactively Identifying the High Cost Population," July 2015
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/548b623fe4b0991231a05ff0/t/559423dbe4b0fc1e2ed51fb6/1435771867875/White+Paper
+-+Proactively+Identifying+the+High+Cost+Population.pdf
While top 5% of patients incur
more than 49% of healthcare
spending, not all are chronic
users of services.

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Source: Mobi Health News, "FDA-cleared digital health devices to save healthcare $100B by 2018," Jonah Comstock, June 4, 2015
http://mobihealthnews.com/44107/fda-cleared-digital-health-devices-to-save-healthcare-100b-by-2018/
Survey shows 57% of US
consumers self-track their
health information online.
The proliferation of internet-connected
solutions and evolving regulatory guidelines
are blurring the lines between clinical and
consumer health solutions”
― Rick Ratliff, Accenture

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Source: Gartner, "Top 10 Strategic Predicitions for 2015 and Beyond," October 4, 2014
https://www.gartner.com/doc/2864817?refval=&pcp=mpe
By 2020, developed world life
expectancy will increase by a half-year,
due to the widespread adoption of
wireless health monitoring technology.

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Source: Accenture, "2015 Healthcare IT Vision: Top 5 eHealth Trends"
http://nstore.accenture.com/techtrends/healthcare/Healthcare_Technology_Vision_2015_Infographic.pdf
76% of doctors say their patients’ use of
wearable health devices helps patient
engagement with their own health.

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Source: The Beryl Institute, "The State of Patient Experience 2013 Findings"
http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.theberylinstitute.org/resource/resmgr/benchmarking_study/2013_benchmarking_slides.pdf
70% of healthcare executives
rank patient experience among
their organization’s top three
priorities for the next three years,
but only 17% feel “very positive”
about their progress toward
improving patient experience.

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Source: B.E. Smith, "2015 AHA Environmental Scan," Gene J. O'Dell, Donna J. Aspy, & Lee Ann Jarousse"
https://www.besmith.com/thought-leadership/articles/2015-aha-environmental-scan
Forecasts suggest over
75% of physicians could
be employed in hospitals
and systems by 2020.

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Source: Institute for Healthcare Improvement. (2014). Congestive heart failure.
http://www.ihi.org/Topics/CHF/Pages/default.aspx
Heart failure (HF) affects an estimated
5.3 million people, mostly the elderly,
and is the underlying cause for 12 to 15
million office visits and 6.5 million
hospital days each year.

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Source: Anderson GF. Medicare and Chronic Conditions. Sounding Board. New England Journal of
Medicine. 2005 July 21;353(3):305
Currently, more than 80 percent of
Medicare patients have one or more
chronic conditions. More than 20
percent are treated for five or more
chronic diseases.

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Source: Becker's Health IT & CIO Review, "25 health IT data points on EHRs, MU, mHealth and big data," Akanksha Jayanthi,
January 6, 2015 http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/25-health-it-data-points-on-ehrs-mu-
mhealth-and-big-data.html
The healthcare industry
can save about $8.1 billion annually
through additional conversions from
manual to electronic transactions.

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Source: Accenture, "2015 Healthcare IT check-up shows progress (and some pain)--Infographic"
https://www.accenture.com/us-en/insight-2015-healthcare-it-check-up-shows-progress-pain-infographic.aspx
Interoperability: 51% of US doctors in
2015 routinely access clinical data of
a patient who has been seen by a
different health organization, slightly
up from 45% in 2012.

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Source: HealthIT Analytics, "How a Shortage of 90k Physicians May Impact Healthcare Reform," Jennifer Bresnick, March 6, 2015
http://healthitanalytics.com/news/how-a-shortage-of-90k-physicians-may-impact-healthcare-reform/
Report predicts shortage of
90k physicians by 2025.

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Source: Accenture, "2015 Healthcare IT Vision: Top 5 eHealth Trends"
http://nstore.accenture.com/techtrends/healthcare/Healthcare_Technology_Vision_2015_Infographic.pdf
73% of health executives surveyed
see positive ROI from personalization
technologies.

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Source: B.E. Smith, "Healthcare Trends 2015," Doug Smith, MBA, MHA & Christine Ricci, MBA, RN
https://www.besmith.com/thought-leadership/white-papers/healthcare-trends-2015
Video consultations are projected
to grow from 5.7 million in 2014 to
130 million by 2018.

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New report: number of
physician assistants has
jumped 36% since 2009.
Source: Forbes, "Physicians Assistants Grow, Expand Value-Based Care Role," Bruce Japsen, April 22, 2015
http://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2015/04/22/physician-assistants-write-value-based-care-prescription/

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Source: Accenture, "2015 Healthcare IT Vision: Top 5 eHealth Trends"
http://nstore.accenture.com/techtrends/healthcare/Healthcare_Technology_Vision_2015_Infographic.pdf
66% of US health
systems will offer digital
self-scheduling
by the end of 2019.

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Paul Horstmeier brings 25 years of Fortune 500 and small business operations
and general management experience to Health Catalyst. He co-founded HB
Ventures and filled senior executive roles at HB Ventures portfolio companies.
Within Hewlett-Packard, Mr. Horstmeier launched and grew three different
businesses, including co-founding HP's commercial e-commerce business
which later expanded to include the management of the data systems and infrastructure for
marketing operations across the company. As Vice President of HP.com, he headed up a
700-person organization which was awarded nearly every industry award for quality and
innovation during his tenure.
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