Within a population, health status varies across networks and regions. To account for differences, cost categories are risk adjusted for each clinical and demographic cohort.
Within a population, health status varies across networks and regions. To account for differences, cost categories are risk adjusted for each clinical and demographic cohort.
Risk adjustment standards
Risk adjusting aligns the analysis of population groups to a common standard and allows an accurate performance comparison. Risk adjusting data for each population group involves three concepts: