An Episode-Based Analytic Approach to Examine Real-World Cost Impacts of Virtual-First Care for Common Acute Conditions

Poster Number: P80
Presentation Time: 05:00 PM - 06:30 PM

Abstract Keywords: Healthcare Economics/Cost of Care, Telemedicine, Real-World Evidence Generation
Primary Track: Applications
Programmatic Theme: Clinical Informatics

An informatics-informed evaluation leveraging a rich foundation of medical claims and advanced analytics, including episode grouper methodology, was used to determine the real-world cost impact of virtual care as the initial modality of care for treating top common acute conditions compared to in-person-first care among ~240k members of a large national payor residing across the United States.

Speaker(s):
Kelly Craig, PhD
CVS Health

Author(s):
Amanda Zaleski, PhD - Aetna; Xinbei Guan, MS - CVS Health; Kelly Craig, PhD - CVS Health; Christopher Junk, MA - CVS Health; Arthur McGill, MD - CVS Health; Henry Gordon, BS - CVS Health; Dorothea Verbrugge, MD - CVS Health; Kristofer Caya, MBA - CVS Health;