Advanced Plan for Health Selects MPIRICA® as Surgery Quality Transparency Partner

SEATTLE and IRVING, Texas, Feb. 28, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- MPIRICA^® Health Inc., a leading healthcare quality transparency company and Advanced Plan for Health (APH), a provider of data analytics technology that helps organizations improve health benefits programs, today announced a partnership which will support APH's mission to provide excellence in healthcare analytics guidance for self-insured employers, health insurance brokers and health plan providers.

By using MPIRICA's trusted measurement of surgery quality, APH will benefit from an outcomes-based methodology derived from decades of applied medical quality data analysis experience. The partnership will help APH's customers to make informed population health management decisions that reduce costs and optimize a group's overall health and health plan.

"We've had great success in optimizing self-insured employers' health plans with our proprietary technology, and this partnership will only strengthen our toolset," said Neil Godbey, CEO, Advanced Plan for Health. "MPIRICA has a unique and innovative approach to objective quality transparency, and their solid, risk-adjusted methodology makes them really stand out in the market."

MPIRICA's unique 3-digit scoring system (similar to a credit score) reports the surgery performance of hospitals and surgeons for over 850 inpatient and outpatient procedures. Godbey plans to integrate MPIRICA Quality Scores into APH's Poindexter, a data analytics risk engine custom-built for population health management.

"We are pleased to have been chosen by APH to help reduce both risks and costs associated with expensive, low-quality surgery providers," said Shakil Haroon, Founder and CEO of MPIRICA. "APH customers already have a great technology platform working on their behalf in Poindexter, and the use of our data from the MPIRICA Quality Scores will make their offering even stronger."

About MPIRICA Health, Inc.
MPIRICA was founded in 2014 to demystify healthcare quality transparency for consumers and payers using an intuitive measurement of surgeons and hospitals. The MPIRICA Quality Score is based on past medical outcomes, across hundreds of surgical procedures. Find more information about this digital health startup on Twitter, LinkedIn or at www.mpirica.com.

About Advanced Plan for Health

Founded in 2004, APH continuously delivers customized and precise, cost-saving answers and actions that help brokers, employers, providers, health plans and others optimize health benefit programs to produce maximum value and savings. APH leverages custom-built technology and an unparalleled history in healthcare data mining and analysis to generate a distinct view with proven, practical action plans. From troublesome trends in population health to inefficient provider utilization, APH has the data and expertise to help its clients implement speedy actions that achieve short-term results and support long-term strategies. Additional APH offerings include the design and management of Nurse Navigation services, engagement and relationship building with local healthcare providers, health risk assessments, employee outreach strategies, as well as education and program implementation. Learn more at www.mypoindexter.com.

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SOURCE MPIRICA Health