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Part 2: CCGroup Clinical Decision Support System Quantifies “COVID Effect” on Decreased Healthcare Utilization in the United States

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Thursday, October 6, 2022

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This Cave Consulting Group Inc. (CCGroup) study quantifies the COVID Effects impact on decreased U.S. healthcare utilization.

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This Cave Consulting Group Inc. (CCGroup) study quantifies the COVID Effects impact on decreased U.S. healthcare utilization.
Those results showed episode volume decreased 17% attributed to the 2020 COVID Effect.
Primary care physician (PCP) episode volume decreased 13%, while specialist episode volume decreased 18%.
With COVID Effect adjustment, clinical leaders and utilization management teams may determine actual reductions in provider pattern variations.

EXFO accelerates 'lab to live' for next-generation optics with new, innovative test solutions

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Thursday, September 15, 2022

QUEBEC CITY, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- EXFO, the communications industry's test, monitoring and analytics experts, today announced availability of a next-generation continuously tunable laser -- the first in a new suite of tunable lasers designed to deliver cost-optimized testing of transceivers and optical components in high-volume manufacturing. The T200S tunable laser is part of EXFO's line-up of innovative, next-generation solutions that will be showcased during ECOC 2022, the premiere manufacturing, design, and research trade show upcoming in Basel, Switzerland Sept. 18-22.

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EXFO's new T200S tunable laser is half the size and operates 2x as fast as previous tunable laser models.
EXFO is unique in the industry, offering both passive and active component testing.
Testing module for coherent optics (CFP2-DCO): This module covers testing needs for 400/800GbE and next-generation transceivers, leveraging EXFO's open transceiver system (OTS).
EXFO develops smarter test, monitoring and analytics solutions for the global communications industry.

GIGACLEAR SELECTS EXFO FIBER MONITORING FOR RAPID NETWORK EXPANSION

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Monday, September 12, 2022

QUEBEC CITY, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- EXFO, the communications industry's test, monitoring and analytics experts, today announced that leading rural UK ISP Gigaclear has selected EXFO's remote fiber testing and monitoring solution to support Gigaclear's ambitious expansion plans. EXFO's technology will allow the ISP to ensure "first time right" deployment to reduce fault finding and truck rolls during operation, and rapid fault identification once in service, from just a few strategic, central locations within its network.

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Gigaclear's mission is to take fiber further to rural towns and villages as the first fiber provider in those locations.
We are pleased to be adopting EXFO's centralized test system as our primary method of network assurance in our next-generation network areas," said James Harrison, Chief Engineer, Gigaclear.
"Combined with our proprietary and tightly integrated test and network data management systems, EXFO's fiber monitoring technology and iOLM test units ensure our planned network is built accurately and to the quality standards we expect.
EXFO's remote fiber testing and monitoring solution is based on fixed OTDR test equipment placed at strategic central locations across the network.

CCGroup Clinical Decision Support System Quantifies “COVID Effect” on Decreased Healthcare Utilization in the United States

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Thursday, August 25, 2022

Cave Consulting Group, Inc. (CCGroup) initiated this study to quantify the COVID Effects impact on decreased U.S. healthcare utilization.

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Cave Consulting Group, Inc. (CCGroup) initiated this study to quantify the COVID Effects impact on decreased U.S. healthcare utilization.
We examine here only the initial component, decreased volume of medical condition episodes, stated Dr. Douglas Cave , President of CCGroup.
Acute versus chronic medical condition episode volume:
Dr. Cave stated, We used the Cave Grouper and CCGroup Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS) to quantify the COVID Effect.
A clinical row is comprised of a medical condition, an associated MedMarker, and an established Clinical MedMarker Protocol Range.

CCGroup Enables Intelligent Patient Steerage to Efficient Specialists Providing Specific Procedures in a Timely Manner

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Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Until recently, this access to care and efficiency information was not widely available; but this changed in 2021.

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Until recently, this access to care and efficiency information was not widely available; but this changed in 2021.
Dr. Cave defined, The CCGroup-CMS Innovator Project allows CCGroup access to more than 60 million Medicare beneficiaries claims data over multiple years.
Moreover, our clients depend on CCGroup to produce the most accurate and reliable physician access to care, efficiency, and effectiveness information for their patient steerage programs, stated Yuri Alexandrian , Chief Operating Officer of CCGroup.
Clients retrieve the physician access to care, efficiency and effectiveness information for patient steerage and other value based programs through the CCGroup Cloud/SaaS subscription model.

Mountain-Based Health Plan Works with CCGroup to Relax Prior Authorization and Build High Value Networks

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Wednesday, January 5, 2022

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A mountain-based health plan is working with Cave Consulting Group, Inc. (CCGroup) in the area of prior authorization and utilization management (PA/UM) transformation.

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A mountain-based health plan is working with Cave Consulting Group, Inc. (CCGroup) in the area of prior authorization and utilization management (PA/UM) transformation.
By specialty type, the CCGroup Clinical Decision Support System examines clinical rows of practice for many medical conditions.
The mountain-based health plan also selected CCGroup for the companys most proven, transparent, and accurate efficiency (cost-of-care) methods and analytics.
This information allows the health plan to more accurately stratify, build, and maintain their high value provider network.

Southern Health System Works with CCGroup to Tier Clinically Integrated Network Based on Cost and Quality

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Tuesday, November 23, 2021

A large southern health system with many employed and affiliated physicians is working with Cave Consulting Group, Inc. (CCGroup) to support their clinically integrated network (CIN), tiered network strategy.

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A large southern health system with many employed and affiliated physicians is working with Cave Consulting Group, Inc. (CCGroup) to support their clinically integrated network (CIN), tiered network strategy.
The large health system selected to work with CCGroup for several reasons, stated Dr. Douglas Cave , President of CCGroup.
Once the health system is successfully tiered, Tier 2 physicians will desire to understand how to achieve Tier 1 status.
Therefore, the southern health system needs access to a clinical decision support system based on medical condition, clinically appropriate ranges of clinical practice.

Hawaii IPA Works with CCGroup to Address Practice Variations for Medicare Advantage Patients Under Risk-Adjusted, Capitation Payments

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Wednesday, August 11, 2021

A main reason is that Hawaii IPA accepts capitation payment for Medicare Advantage patients.

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A main reason is that Hawaii IPA accepts capitation payment for Medicare Advantage patients.
These criteria are important for our Hawaii IPA physicians to positively engage in behavioral change as we educate practitioners on unintended practice variations.
The CCGroup-CMS Innovator Project allows Hawaii IPA access to over 75% of all practicing PCPs and specialists efficiency performance across Hawaii.
Hawaii IPA desires to preserve independent practice by creating an engaged, connected health community that empowers our physicians and their patients.