Healthcare Provider Network:

• FABOH has a network of hospitals, physicians, clinics, chiropractors, mental health professionals, and other providers of service throughout Wisconsin. DIRECTORY UPDATES COMING SOON....
  • Provider Directories.

• For information about joining the FABOH Network, please contact Jerry Popowski at 920-924-3780.

Reports:

• Annual FABOH Plan Design Summary - a summary of FABOH employers' benefit plan coverage to help benchmark your health plan against other FABOH employers' plans.

• FOCUS Reports - compare your health benefits plan's claim utilization with that of other FABOH employers', to help evaluate your plan design and target high-cost medical conditions for early intervention and prevention.
  • Inpatient utilization summary
  • Outpatient utilization summary and average charge analysis for five-impact areas of care
  • Cost of care, network utilization and savings data
  • Impact analysis (high-cost claims)
  • Disease prevalence
  • Health promotion (lifestyle-related claims)

• Network Savings Reports - employer specific savings reports available on a monthly and year-to-date basis. Track your rate of savings and your top 10 out-of-network providers.

Resources:

• Strategies To Support Quality-based Purchasing - Executive Summary (AHRQ) http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/epcsums/qpurchsum.pdf This eight-page executive summary confirms the use of incentives as a method to improve the quality of care.
• Strategies To Support Quality-based Purchasing - Full Report (AHRQ) http://www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/evidence/pdf/qbpurch/contents.pdf This 75-page technical report reviews nine randomized control trials on performance-based incentives and report cards, and discusses 18 ongoing research projects on quality-based purchasing.
• Implementing a Medical Self-Care Program http://www.alliancehealthcoop.com/ReportsResources/EBJSept03_Powell.pdf This article provides a tool for accessing the value of such a program for cost containment.

• A Guide to Stop-Loss Coverage http://www.alliancehealthcoop.com/ReportsResources/SelfFunding101.pdf Developed by the Alliance primarily for employers who do not work with agents.

Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety:

• The Leapfrog Group's hospital safety rating http://leapfroggroupdata.org/cp
• CheckPoint - Wisconsin Hospitals Accountable for Quality http://www.wicheckpoint.org/
• The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/index.html
• The National Patient Safety Foundation http://www.npsf.org/html/patients.html
• State of Wisconsin Consumer Guide to Quality http://www.dhfs.state.wi.us/guide/
• Physician Office Visit Data Program http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/healthcareinfo/pov/
• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations http://www.jcaho.org/quality+check/
• National Committee for Quality Assurance http://www.ncqa.org
• Hospital Compare - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services http://www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov/
• PricePoint http://www.wipricepoint.org
• The Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality http://www.wiqualitycollaborative.org/