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Board questions Best Doctors' $1.4M claimed savings; renewal deferred pending data
Summary
Best Doctors presented 2017 results (142 expert second opinions, ROI 1.35:1, about $1.4M in reported cost avoidance). Commissioners pressed on the cost-savings methodology and case-level assumptions; the board deferred a motion to renew the contract at $1.40/employee-month until staff provides detailed case-level reconciliations and membership counts.
Representatives from Best Doctors presented their 2017 program results to the Health Service Board and described clinical and fiscal outcomes from the expert second-opinion service.
Heather Underhill (Director of Client Management) said Best Doctors closed 391 Find-Best-Doctor cases and 142 interconsultations (expert second opinions) in 2017; the company reported a program ROI of about 1.35:1 and estimated approximately $1.4 million in cost avoidance using Best Doctors— costing methodology. Dr. Harrison,…
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