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Efficiency Measurement Using ETGs If you presently use Episode Treatment Groups (ETGs), the Cave Consulting Group can review your current practitioner efficiency measurement system and suggest possible ways to improve your measurement accuracy (see Provider Efficiency Measurement Review). Our methodologies are designed to minimize the measurement error in identifying the inefficient practitioners (see Efficiency Measurement Error). Recent evidence has demonstrated that leading practitioner efficiency measurement systems have only about 30% agreement across measurement systems. This means that when one system ranks a practitioner as "inefficient," only about 30% of the other systems ranked the same practitioner as inefficient. The remaining 70% of systems ranked the same practitioner as "efficient." The findings show that most existing measurement systems inaccurately identify inefficient practitioners. Moreover, the chances of finding inefficient practitioners may be random. These findings show that existing systems have significant error in attempting to accurately identify inefficient practitioners. The error needs to be eliminated, or significantly reduced, if you are to identify and deal with inefficient practitioners. Every practitioner falsely measured as efficient (or inefficient) leads to continued inefficiency in the healthcare marketplace. Please
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