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Article: First Rewards Paid to New Jersey Doctors Through Participation in Bridges to Excellence
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- March 12, 2009
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To: MEDICAL EDITORS
Contact: Cary Conway, +1-972-731-9242,
cary@conwaycommunication.com, for Bridges to Excellence
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TRENTON, N.J., March 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- 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 ...