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Interview: Independence Blue Cross has big dreams for medical home model
As Martin Luther King, Jr., famously said, "I have a dream." So too does Rich Snyder, chief medical officer for Independence Blue Cross (IBC). Although Snyder's dream won't likely cause major rifts
Payers shift to understanding the individual, retail store-fronts
Many Blue Cross Blue Shield plans are taking steps to better understand the individual consumer so they can successfully operate within the new individual market and health insurance exchanges. When
Blue Cross freezes rates to complete Medicaid expansion
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan has agreed to freeze the rates for its Medigap plan for five years so that it can move forward with its purchase of a Medicaid company . The rate freeze, which
Bundled payments might not yield big savings
Bundling payments to providers for certain episodes of care may not yield savings and efficiencies as easily as once thought, according to a new study of the Prometheus payment project by the RAND
Bundled-payment pilots spinning their wheels
Bundling payments to providers for certain episodes of care may not yield savings and efficiencies as easily as once thought, according to a new study of the Prometheus payment project by the RAND
Blues plans spend $170M to expand into Medicaid
Hoping to significantly expand Medicaid coverage nationwide and increase the presence of Blues plans in the Medicaid market, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Independence Blue Cross are jointly
Insurers target short-stay inpatient admissions at Philly hospitals
Philadelphia-area hospitals are learning that Medicare and its merry band of contractors aren't the only ones paying attention to national, regional and state outliers. Over the past 18 months, the
Efforts to cut hospital readmission rates ongoing in Michigan, Pennsylvania
Michigan and Pennsylvania are both beginning multi-organization efforts to cut unplanned readmissions to hospitals. The larger program, in Michigan, is being managed by Michigan Blue Cross Blue
Independence Blue Cross launches P4P physician payment with medical home component
Independence Blue Cross (IBC) in Philadelphia is investing an additional $47 million a year to launch a pay-for-performance payment model for primary-care physicians in its southeastern Pennsylvania
Alabama MDs say state Blue plan hasn't followed class-action agreement
Working with 20 specialist physicians and practices, the Medical Association of the State of Alabama has filed formal complaints arguing that Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama hasn't been
