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Article: First Rewards Paid to New Jersey Doctors Through Participation in Bridges to Excellence.
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- Diabetes Week
- Article date:
- March 23, 2009
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Through Bridges to Excellence (BTE), the nation's most extensive effort to recognize and reward high-performing physicians, improve patient health and reduce costs of care, the first rewards are being paid in New Jersey to BTE-recognized doctors. The program was first launched in the Garden State in 2008 by a core group of employers, health plans and physicians working together to address specific goals and standards for quality care for diabetes. Almost 50 physicians will receive the initial incentives (see also Marketing and Licensing Agreements).
"The Bridges to Excellence program makes quality a key component in the value equation of health care reform," said ...