Last year alone, the U.S. launched two major value-based healthcare mandates, the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) act and the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA), and Europe and Canada have been actively passing similar policies that base reimbursement on patient and health economic outcomes.
Signature Solutions had its genesis in the mid-1990s, when Zimmer Biomet launched its expert consulting services in response to the evolving global shift toward value-based healthcare.
Since then, the Company has advised more than 450 hospitals and healthcare facilities worldwide on improving the value of their musculoskeletal programs by providing better care, lowering costs and increasing the number of patients treated.
Signature Solutions will integrate Zimmer Biomet's established consulting platform, with a strategically curated suite of technologies and services, to form a one-of-a-kind offering that drives improvement across every aspect of the healthcare value creation equation.
Initially, Zimmer Biomet will offer the comprehensive suite of solutions to musculoskeletal healthcare service lines at select, academic facilities in the U.S., with a broader release scheduled for 2017.
"Our 90-year legacy and leadership in musculoskeletal healthcare, coupled with more than a decade of consulting experience delivering measurably improved outcomes for large and small institutions worldwide, gives Zimmer Biomet a deep understanding of the levers driving success in the value-based healthcare environment," said David Dvorak, President and CEO of Zimmer Biomet.
The Signature Solutions offering consists of clinical services, solutions and technologies cultivated by Zimmer Biomet through existing and planned strategic partnerships and acquisitions. The core components of Signature Solutions will include:
Interactive and proven patient engagement tools designed to educate patients about the procedure and treatment options, facilitate physician-patient communication, and increase patient adherence to pre-op, intra-op and post-op/rehab protocols.
Data mining and analysis platform that enables hospitals to collect critical patient-reported outcomes data (i.e., satisfaction with care, pain management, facility, etc.) that can factor into the level of reimbursement provided for each procedure.
Expert consulting services, digital health software solutions and personalized, patient-specific medical technologies and instruments that help hospitals improve patient outcomes, increase overall productivity and surgical efficiency by streamlining workflow, and enhance surgical and rehab protocols.
