Pilot Sites

Role of the pilot market
As a pilot market the community will serve as a home for the PROMETHEUS Payment® model to develop in such a way that it will provide ample feedback and substantial lessons learned. The market will encourage further growth and clarification for deployment on a much larger scale in the years ahead. Information gathered will be analyzed and distributed in a variety of outlets such as toolkits, meetings and forums and website outreach initiatives.
Pilot market sites will be eligible for some financial support during the three years of pilot implementation.

How to become a pilot market
In order to be considered for a pilot location, we ask that you contact Francois de Brantes.

The implementation of PROMETHEUS Payment® does not require collaboration among multiple payers in a market, nor does it require financial integration of participating providers. What PROMETHEUS Payment® does do is encourage clinical integration among those providers that are willing to cooperate to better improve their care delivery processes and efficiencies. The voluntary participation of local stakeholders is crucial to pushing this model forward.

How the PROMETHEUS Payment® model will be implemented in pilots
The implementation of the model calls for payers in the pilot site to “plug into” the PROMETHEUS Payment® model Engine. The Engine is a combination of claims tracking and financial accounting system, along with a scorecard that uses both claims and other data, including medical record data, to measure the quality of care that is being delivered to patients. As a result, payers and providers will not have to modify their existing claims systems to accommodate the implementation of the model. Instead, the Engine will work through the tracking of the ECRs® in the background and inform payers and providers.

Attached is a description of the Engine's functionality.