Who is Cohere Health?
- Cohere is a digital health company developing a collaboration platform for digital prior authorizations.
- Cohere was founded in 2019 based on R&D that began in 2017; it already serves 2.5M patients nationwide and will expand to over 5.5M patients in 2022.
- Cohere is physician-led and clinically focused, with the goal of using technology to expedite patient access to evidence-based treatment plans.
Why is the AAOS Registry Program partnering with Cohere?
- Cohere’s goals align closely with the AAOS Registry Program’s efforts to collect, analyze, and report actionable data for its participants to promote clinical best practices.
- The partnership between Cohere and AAOS is the first of its kind between a prior authorization vendor and AAOS.
What is the goal of the program?
- Allow AJRR participants to track their performance against key quality metrics, with surgeons achieving quality benchmarks qualifying for decreased burden for prior authorization (greenlighting).
- Program participants will all receive a benefit of reduced administrative burden for their prior authorization submissions. Highest performers will benefit from greenlighting (full waiver of their prior authorizations).
Who can participate?
- Contracted AJRR sites submitting data on four selected quality measures
- Participation is optional; sites may opt-in for the Registry to submit data on their behalf
What are the selected measures reported on for participation?
View an overview of the Cohere program measures here. The measures include:
- 90-Day Readmission
- Discharged to Home
- Preoperative Functional/Health Status Assessment
- Postoperative Functional/Health Status Assessment
What are the steps to getting started with the program?
- Reach out to RegistryEngagement@aaos.org and sign a data sharing agreement.
- Continue or begin data submission for measure data elements.
- Prior to AAOS sending your measure scorecard to Cohere, we will reach out to have you review measure data on your RegistryInsights® dashboard and either approve the metrics or re-upload any necessary data. The scorecard includes benchmark status and aggregate, deidentified numerator and denominator data for the program measures.
- Scorecards will be submitted on a quarterly basis and determinations will be made on an annual basis.
For additional information about Cohere, please visit the Cohere website.