URSA-CKD | Basics of the CKD Module

Overview

This report equips users with the clinical, financial, and operational measure needed to begin developing a successful population health management strategy for patients chronic kidney disease (CKD). This report introduces users to key concepts in the URSA-CKD module and provides pre-built boards that provide helpful lenses as to how these measures can be used to improve clinical quality, financial, and patient experience outcomes.

Use this report to

• Develop an understanding of the URSA-CKD key concepts and measures.
• Gain powerful longitudinal views of patients as they progress through the stages of CKD and ESRD.
• Evaluate provider engagement in CKD management and identify patients that may be experiencing fragmented care.
• Analyze chronic dialysis episodes to determine the opportunity, both financial and clinical, that can be achieved through a higher percentage of optimal starts.
• Track measures that can provide indication of the level of patient education on treatment options such as dialysis modality and advanced care planning.

Potential takeaways

• How many patients have in each stage of CKD or ESRD and what is their spending profile?
• How many patients with CKD stage 3+ are not being treated by a nephrologist?
• Which patients are currently on chronic dialysis?
• What is the variation in spending in chronic dialysis episodes based on the setting where the dialysis began and what does that tell me?
• Which patients with CKD stage 4+ do not have a documented advanced care plan (ACP) and who are their providers that should be informed?