SPL Resource Methodology

Premier’s Standard Product List (SPL) incorporates the following features:

• In-depth reporting capabilities
• Five comparative reporting levels (hierarchies)
• SPL Modifiers and intravenous (IV) to oral (PO) medications
• Detailed mapping philosophy for key departments
• Current Procedural Terminology CPT®4 detail and methodologies

In-Depth Reporting Capabilities

The Perspective Standard Charge Master is the core of all SPL Resource analyses. The more than 56,000 line items form the basis for in-depth reporting capabilities of comparative resource consumption.

Premier’s clinical staff maps every hospital’s charge master to the Standard Charge Master.

Hospital charge master line items are mapped to Perspective Standard Charge Master line items within the same comparative departments. The only exceptions are pharmaceuticals and supplies:

• All pharmaceuticals are mapped to the Premier Standard Department called “Pharmacy.”
• All supplies are mapped to the Premier Standard Department called “Central Supply.” For example, Emergency Room supplies are mapped to Central Supply.

The Perspective Standard Charge Master provides the greatest level of comparative detail available. The ability to capture this level of detail when mapping a hospital’s charge master forms the basis for more appropriate departmental aggregation.