This course explores the features and functionality specific to Episode Builder, within SAS Health Analytics Framework 4.5, to balance the goals of cost reduction and quality improvement through analysis of episodes of care. By attending this course, students gain competence with the Health Analytics Framework building block products.

Learn how to

• Define the main components in Episode Builder.
• Create and modify the components of conditions and episode definitions.
• Build episode definition groups and describe how association sets enhance these groups.
• Apply episode construction definitions and processes to medical claims data.
• Create analytically prepared data by filtering, attributing episodes to providers, and risk-adjusting the constructed episodes.
• Conceptualize analytical data sets.
• Create visual reports.

Who should attend

Anyone in the organization who will use Episode Builder features in SAS Health Analytics Framework

Formats available	Standard Duration (duration can vary, see event schedule for details)
Classroom:	2.0 days

Before attending this course, you should be familiar with using an internet browser.

This course addresses SAS Health Analytics Framework software.

SAS Health Analytics Framework 4.5 Episode Builder User Interface Introductions

• General user interface introductions.
• Episode definitions and editing.
• Episode definition groups and association sets.
• Episode construction with claim and cost assignment.
• Episode analysis - filtering, association, and provider attribution.
• Episode analysis - risk adjustment and budgeting.
• Episode analysis - standard visual analytics reports and exploration.
• Episode analysis - output tables.

Episode Definitions and Editing

• Modifying episode definitions.
• Available episode definitions.
• Condition types.
• Adding a new condition.
• Condition definitions and notes.
• Episode definitions and the user interface.
• Adding and building a new signal rule.
• Signal codes and code selector.

Episode Definition Groups and Association Sets

• Episode definition groups.
• Grouping definition sets.
• Association sets.

Episode Construction - Claim and Cost Assignment

• Episode construction.
• Episode construction process.
• Episode signal logic and time period.
• Service assignment type and cost allocation.

Episode Analysis - Filtering, Association, and Provider Attribution

• Episode filtering.
• Episode builder architecture and analysis settings.
• Filtering parameters and results.
• Association levels.
• Filtering and association UI results.
• Provider attribution rules.
• Provider attribution UI results.

Episode Analysis - Risk Adjustment and Budgeting

• Episode builder architecture.
• Risk adjustment and process overview.
• Risk adjustment conditions, settings, and timing.
• Readmissions and provider profiling.
• Risk output.
• Budgeting overview and process.

Episode Analysis - SAS Visual Analytics Reports (Standard) and Exploration

• Preparing standard reports.
• Beyond standard reports.
• Explore reports.

Episode Analysis - Output tables

• Output tables.
• Creating data sets.
• Table overview.