MAG helps IPAs/PHOs make sense of the data provided by health plans. Most health plans simply report data. However, performance statistics are not always intuitive. The ability to transform data into actionable information is essential to cost-effectively managing medical care. MAG's value-added services include:

• Analysis
  • Review claims data at the group and individual physician level
  • Comparison to group, plan, and regional benchmarks
• Interpretation/translation
  • Explanation of trends and outliers in data in terms understandable to physicians
• Actionable recommendations
  • Help physicians develop and implement strategies to improve performance
• Identify areas for performance improvement
  • Reports comparing physician group to benchmarks
  • Practice profiling
• Recommendations for performance improvement
  • Alignment of physician financial incentives with performance
  • Formularies