Reducing Health Disparities: A Health IT Solution

项目摘要/摘要 My Coverage Plan Inc.(MCP)建议使用我们的新专利技术创建 商业上可行的、全国可复制的医疗保健软件和服务套件 提供者和其他社会服务机构，减少可避免的健康差距和 增加提供商报销。MCP医疗IT解决方案将主动帮助提供商 为有健康差异的患者确定覆盖选项并帮助他们保持覆盖范围 通过生成电子医疗保险记录。许多美国人缺乏足够的健康 护理覆盖率，这一统计数据尤其适用于差异人口。保险覆盖范围的缺乏 对患者和提供者都有伤害。患者面临医疗结果不佳和债务负担沉重的风险。 而为这些患者提供服务的提供者很少能得到全额医疗补偿 如果是这样的话。医疗保健系统通常会将这些损失转嫁给付费消费者和保险公司。 MCP建议通过提供可复制的软件和服务包来解决健康差距 这使提供商能够主动、准确、高效地识别和保护 视差患者。仅实施医疗改革所固有的复杂性 提高了对有差异的患者改善提供者服务的需求。在第一阶段， MCP建立了概念验证，并构建了福利资格筛选的原型 软件。在第一阶段研发取得成功的基础上，MCP提出了 第二阶段的以下三个目标：1)扩大MCP的筛选能力，以充分定位、排序和 为不同年龄和年龄的差异患者记录最佳公共和/或私人保险选项 残疾范围；2)测试和完善文化和语言能力的筛选工具； 最大程度的准确性、可用性和全国推广；3)展示对 不同的患者，并衡量MCP提供的多项服务的成本效益 设置。MCP已经为开展这一项目做好了充分准备。MCP总裁罗伯特·“鲍比” 彼得森是一名律师和医疗保健融资专家，拥有超过25年的 了解和驾驭针对低收入差距人群的复杂计划。MCP的 由ABC for Health，Inc.彼得森先生创立的母公司提供健康福利 为低收入和少数族裔患者提供咨询服务超过18年。ABC for Health合作伙伴 将提供健康福利专业知识，为产品开发和测试提供信息。其他MCP 坚定的合作伙伴包括城乡医院和为贫富差距服务的提供者 威斯康星州的人口。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT My Coverage Plan Inc. (MCP) proposes to use our newly patented technology to create a commercially viable and nationally replicable suite of software and services for health care providers and other social service agencies that reduces avoidable health disparities and increases provider reimbursements. The MCP health IT solution will help providers proactively identify coverage options for patients with health disparities and help them maintain coverage by generating an electronic health care coverage record. Many Americans lack adequate health care coverage, a statistic especially true of disparity populations. The lack of insurance coverage harms both patients and providers. Patients risk poor medical outcomes and high debt burdens. And providers who serve these patients seldom receive full reimbursement for the medical care provided. Health care systems typically pass these losses to paying consumers and insurers. MCP proposes to address health disparities by offering a replicable software and service package that allows providers to proactively, accurately, and efficiently identify and secure coverage for disparity patients. The complexity inherent with the implementation of health care reform only heightens the need for improved provider services for patients with disparities. During Phase I, MCP established proof of concept and built a prototype of the benefits eligibility screening software. Building on the success of Phase I research and development, MCP proposes the following three aims for Phase II: 1) Expand MCP's screening capacity to fully locate, rank and record optimal public and or private coverage options for disparity patients across the age and disability spectrum; 2) Test and refine the screening tool for cultural and linguistic competence, maximum accuracy, usability and national replication; 3) Demonstrate the positive impact for disparity patients and measure the cost benefits for providers of MCP's offering in multiple settings. MCP is well prepared to carry out this project. MCP's President, Robert "Bobby" Peterson is an attorney and health care financing expert with over 25 years of experience in understanding and navigating complex programs for low-income disparity populations. MCP's parent company, founded by Mr. Peterson, ABC for Health, Inc., has provided health benefits counseling to low-income and minority patients for more than 18 years. Partner, ABC for Health will provide health benefits expertise to inform product development and testing. Other MCP committed partners include urban and rural hospitals and providers that serve disparity populations in Wisconsin.