Over 600 Payers, Providers Chose McKesson InterQual® Criteria for Clinical Decision Support

Today McKesson Health Solutions announced that between April and November, 622 payers and providers chose InterQual® Criteria to help support their care decisions. These first-time agreements and renewals feature a broad array of private and public health plans and hospitals.

Overall, InterQual’s retention rate exceeded 96% of payer and hospital clients during this period. Moreover, InterQual Criteria—which covers more than 95% of admission reasons for any level of care—is now used by 92% of the top 100 hospitals1 and over 300 managed care organizations.

Attracting new customers, maintaining a high retention rate, and achieving the broad market acceptance of InterQual, all underscore McKesson’s continued leadership in providing reliable clinical decision support to healthcare organizations nationwide.

In addition to InterQual’s continued success, recent months included other milestones:

  • The McKesson Diagnostics Exchange™, a molecular diagnostic test identification and assessment program, welcomed its first commercial health plan in 2014. The plan selected the solution to help drive appropriate coverage and payments of molecular diagnostics tests.
  • Clear Coverage™, McKesson’s point-of-decision utilization management and auto-authorization solution, was selected by four health plans during the same 8-month time period. An increasing number of health plans are now using Clear Coverage in authorization and utilization management workflows to help reduce administrative burdens and costs at a time when managing spend has never been more critical.

InterQual Criteria is available through the CareEnhance® Review Manager and the new InterQual Mobile applications for added productivity and portability. InterQual Mobile adoption among clients has skyrocketed since its launch with more than 2,300 users downloading more than 6,100 criteria sets. InterQual content is also integrated with many third-party partners, including Paragon®, McKesson’s electronic health record solution, and 28 others. Each of the integration helps ensure seamless, efficient workflows.

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About McKesson Corporation

McKesson Corporation, currently ranked 15th on the FORTUNE 500, is a healthcare services and information technology company dedicated to making the business of healthcare run better. McKesson partners with payers, hospitals, physician offices, pharmacies, pharmaceutical companies and others across the spectrum of care to build healthier organizations that deliver better care to patients in every setting. McKesson helps its customers improve their financial, operational, and clinical performance with solutions that include pharmaceutical and medical-surgical supply management, healthcare information technology, and business and clinical services. For more information, visit www.mckesson.com.

1 According to the 2014 Truven Health Analytics annual 100 Top Hospitals study, which uses objective research and independent public data to recognize the best hospitals in the United States. The study evaluates hospitals on measures of overall organizational performance, including patient care, operational efficiency, and financial stability.

Contacts:

McKesson Health Solutions
Amy Valli, 215-962-5531
Public Relations
amy.valli@mckesson.com

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