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Article: Blue Cross launches pay for performance incentive programs.
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- Health & Medicine Week
- Article date:
- October 13, 2003
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2003 OCT 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota recently launched two new outcomes-based provider incentive programs called Recognizing Excellence and Assisting Smokers to Quit.
Blue Cross, the largest health insurer in Minnesota, is taking a lead in the "pay-for-performance" trend that is sweeping the country. Unlike other incentive programs, these new programs are focused on proven positive outcomes, not just incremental improvements in clinical practice.
Recognizing Excellence and Assisting Smokers to Quit will reward clinics that achieve superior, measurable outcomes in specific predefined areas. They represent a ...