PRINCETON, N.J. & ARMONK, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Behavioral health analytics provider ODH, Inc. and IBM Watson Health today announced the launch of Mentrics, a leading-edge population health management platform designed to help managed care organizations transform the quality and cost of behavioral healthcare. Built specifically for managed care organizations that handle behavioral health benefits, Mentrics will streamline data and care coordination while generating valuable insights to help optimize care for patients with behavioral health conditions.
Using Watson Health Cloud, the system will gather and aggregate health data, including behavioral and physical medical services and prescription claims, from fragmented sources into one easy-to-use platform that can deliver comprehensive and predictive insights for a coordinated, collaborative and holistic approach to improving care for individuals suffering from behavioral health conditions. Mentrics clients can tap into broader data on the Watson Health Cloud for deeper insights such as similarity analytics.
According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), healthcare costs for people diagnosed with mental illness and common chronic health conditions are 75 percent higher than those without a mental health diagnosis. However, the fragmented behavioral health care system often leads to a lack of coordination between multiple care providers, different state policies and diverse payment structures. This often results in poor health outcomes and higher costs across health systems.
Mentrics can be deployed in a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model on IBM’s Watson Health Cloud for seamless integration with an organization’s existing infrastructure and storage capacity. The cloud environment also enables integration of clinical, scientific, and exogenous data in structured and unstructured formats, and can offer cognitive insights into risk stratification and personalized care.
“Mentrics is the result of four years of research and development to tackle the challenges facing managed care organizations responsible for behavioral health benefits,” said Michael Jarjour, president and CEO, ODH, Inc. “Built with our deep expertise in behavioral health and using IBM’s technology and security prowess, Mentrics represents what we believe will be a turning point in the industry’s ability to substantially improve care quality and outcomes, as well as network efficiency for reduced costs.”
“One of the biggest gaps in our health system today is behavioral health care, and we are proud to be working with ODH to take on this tremendous challenge,” said Lauren O’Donnell, vice president of life sciences, IBM Watson Health. “Our goal with Mentrics is to make it easier for managed care organizations to achieve clinical and business goals in population health management while optimizing provider network performance so that patients don’t fall through the cracks.”
Mentrics: A New Approach to Behavioral Health Data
Mentrics
supports managed care organizations responsible for behavioral health
populations in three key areas:
1. Behavioral Health Population Management
Mentrics enables
customizable creation of clinically meaningful population segments, via
use of its 22 different dimensions including the only
commercially-available model for behavioral health specific risk
stratification. Population segmentation allows understanding of the
whole population and the cohort most likely to benefit from
intervention. Once identified, care coordinators can address these
potential gaps in care and discuss interventions with the members, their
physicians and internal stakeholders.
2. Provider Network Performance
Mentrics provides the
insights necessary to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of network
providers. The solution compares the risk-adjusted performance of
providers and creates score cards to assess the performance of the
entire provider network in support of value-based payment arrangements.
3. Patient Care Coordination
Mentrics creates an intuitive
and easy-to-use longitudinal visualization of each member’s treatment
history and trends of all services and pharmacy, which helps care
coordinators pinpoint gaps in care or lapses in medication adherence
enabling optimized patient care. Mentrics further delivers predictive
analytics that identify members climbing the cost and risk curve
enabling timely intervention and assistance for members with the
greatest need.
“New analytic tools are needed as behavioral health benefits are integrated into managed care plans,” said Arthur Webb, founder and group leader of the Arthur Webb Group, a consulting firm that specializes in translating national health reform into practical solutions. “Mentrics is a next-generation software and services solution poised to become an invaluable asset to managed care organizations responsible for behavioral health populations that are seeking to improve population health management and the performance of provider networks.”
To learn more about Mentrics, visit www.ODHSolutions.com/mentrics.
About ODH, Inc.
ODH, Inc. is an innovative behavioral health technology solution company that leverages technology and clinical expertise to transform the delivery and economics of behavioral healthcare. ODH’s team of experts have decades of experience in the behavioral health, medical, clinical, pharmacy, business and data analytics and information technology fields, and is uniquely qualified to support the transformation of the management of behavioral healthcare. ODH is a subsidiary of Otsuka America, Inc. and part of the Otsuka Group of companies, an $11.9 billion global organization. Otsuka aspires to create new products for better health worldwide. For additional information on ODH, Inc., visit www.ODHSolutions.com.
About IBM Watson Health
Watson is the first commercially available cognitive computing capability representing a new era in computing. The system, delivered through the cloud, analyzes high volumes of data, understands complex questions posed in natural language, and proposes evidence-based answers. Watson continuously learns, gaining in value and knowledge over time, from previous interactions. In April 2015, the company launched IBM Watson Health and the Watson Health Cloud platform. The new unit will help improve the ability of doctors, researchers and insurers to innovate by surfacing insights from the massive amount of personal health data being created and shared daily. The Watson Health Cloud will allow this information to be de-identified, shared and combined with a dynamic and constantly growing aggregated view of clinical, research and social health data. For more information on IBM Watson, visit: ibm.com/watson. For more information on IBM Watson Health, visit: ibm.com/watsonhealth.
