Alternative Quality ContractIn the News
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July 21, 2010
"(A Conversation with Dana Gelb Safran About) Getting the Incentives Right: The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Alternative Quality Contract" by The Commonwealth Fund -
June 15, 2010
"Overtreating earliest cancers - but which ones?" By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press -
June 14, 2010
"Biggest Radiation Threat is Due to Medical Scans" by Marline Marchand, Associated Press -
June 14, 2010
"Employers Expect Medical Costs to Jump in 2011" by Tom Murphy, Associated Press -
June 14, 2010
"Millions of Cancer Survivors Delay Care" by Mike Stobbe, Associated Press -
June 8, 2010
"Overtreated: Time May Be Best Treatment for Back Pain" by Lauran Neergaard, Associate Press -
June 7, 2010
"Overtreated: More Medical Care Isn't Always Better" by Lauran Neergaard, Associate Press -
May 25, 2010
"Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and Northeast Health Systems Physician Hospital Organization Sign Alterative Quality Contract" -
April 15, 2010
"474 Infected in Massachusetts Hospitals in Year, State Says" by Liz Kowalczyk, Boston Globe -
April 12, 2010
"Actor Dennis Quaid Calls on Media to Help Improve Health Care Safety" National Press Club -
March 11, 2010
"Pricey Imaging Pushes Up Health Costs" by Liz Kowalczyk, Boston Globe -
March 4, 2010
"Chest Scans Cost $550 to $3232 in Opaque Market for Radiology" by Charles R. Babcock, Bloomberg News -
March 3, 2010
"Health Care Industry Sick with Medical Waste" by John Bonifield, CNN -
February 25, 2010
"The Impact of Health Care Reform in Massachusetts" BBC News (note the report starts after a brief commercial) -
February 11, 2010
"Massachusetts Health Quality Partners Issues 2010 Report on Quality of Care" Press Release from MHQP -
January 5, 2010
"U.S. Health Spending Slowed in 2008" by Erica Werner, Associated Press -
January 4, 2010
"Caritas Christi Health Care Expands Relationship with athenahealth; Selects athenaClinicals for Physician Networks" BusinessWire -
November 27, 2009
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and Caritas Christi Health Care Sign Alternative Quality Contract -
November 27, 2009
"Insurer Aims to Alter Health-Care Fee Model" by Barbara Martinez, Wall Street Journal -
November 12, 2009
"10 Ways to Cut Health Care Costs Right Now" by Catherine Arnst, BusinessWeek -
October 30, 2009
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Honors Health and Education Services, Inc. with its Third Health Care Excellence Award at Annual Quality Forum. -
September 29, 2009
"In Delivering Care, More Isn't Always Better, Experts Say" by Ceci Connolly, Washington Post -
September 23, 2009
"Getting Well: It's About Time" by Melinda Beck, Wall Street Journal -
September 7, 2009
"From tragedy to advocacy" by Jean DerGurahian, Modern Healthcare -
August 25, 2009
"Why primary care doctors are fed up" by Dr. Vance Harris, CNNHealth.com -
August 24, 2009
"Pitching Patient Safety and Hospital Transparency on YouTube" by Laura Landro, Wall Street Journal Health Blog -
August 12, 2009
"10 Steps to Better Health Care" by Atul Gwande, Donald Berwick, Mark McClellan, New York Times -
August 3, 2009
"World's Best Darn Health Care System Needs Help" by Brian Barefoot, TCPalm.com -
July 22, 2009
"U.S. medical payment idea may help restrain costs" by Erin Kutz, Reuters -
July 17, 2009
"Pay for care a new way, state is urged" by Liz Kowalczyk, Boston Globe -
July 17, 2009
"State eyes revamp of health payment system" by Christine McConville, Boston Herald -
July 17, 2009
"Payment Reform: the Time is Now!" by Gene Lindsey, Commonhealth, WBUR -
July 16, 2009
"Another Health Care Overhaul" Commonhealth, WBUR -
July 16, 2009
"Mass. Panel Backs Radical Shift in Health Payment" by Kevin Sack, New York Times -
June 18, 2009
"How to Cut Health-Care Costs: Less Care, More Data" by Michael Grunwald, Time Magazine -
June 12, 2009
"Cleve Killingsworth Interview on National Health Care Reform" , Fox Business -
June 9, 2009
"Decision Makers Differ on How to Mend Broken Health System" by Ceci Connolly, Washington Post -
June 5, 2009
"The 5 Big Health Care Dilemmas" by Karen Tumulty, Time Magazine -
June 5, 2009
"Fixing Health Care When Patients Don't Know Best" by Dr. Scott Haig, Time Magazine -
June 1, 2009
"The Cost Conundrum" by Atul Gawande, The New Yorker -
June 1, 2009
"Listen to Atul Gawande's talk about his article, 'The Cost Conundrum'" on NPR 's Fresh Air program (30 minutes) -
May 7, 2009
"State seeks to revamp way doctors, hospitals are paid" by Liz Kowalczyk, The Boston Globe -
April 1, 2009
"Global Capitation Returns: This time, it's back with a quality twist" by Ken Terry, Physicians Practice Journal -
March 30, 2009
"Hospitals Divided Over New Blue Cross Deal" by Livia Gershon, Worcester Business Journal -
March 29, 2009
"A Lesson on Health Care From Massachusetts" by Kevin Sack, New York Times -
March 15, 2009
"Massachusetts Faces Cost of Big Health Care Plan" by Kevin Sack, New York Times -
March 11, 2009
"First groups sign on for new capitation model in Massachusetts" by Emily Berry, AMA News -
March 7, 2009
"Blue Cross model could be the start of a trend" by Jon Chesto, The Patriot Ledger -
March 2, 2009
"Raising the bar for Boards" Registration required -
March 1, 2009
"Middle Ground: Quality requires that stakeholders work together for the greater good" by David Bennett, Managed Healthcare Executive -
February 3, 2009
"Blue Cross to help fund training plan" by Jeffrey Krasner, Boston Globe -
February 2009
"Sharing the Rewards of Quality and Efficiency" by Abigail Jeffries, Healthcare Ledger -
January 27, 2009
Payment Reform Options: Episode Payment Is A Good Place To Start" by Robert E. Mechanic and Stuart H. Altman, Health Affairs -
January 15, 2009
"Western Mass. Medical group signs contract linking bonuses to improved patient health" by Michael McAuliffe, Springfield Republican -
January 14, 2008
"Blue Cross sets sights on lower health costs" by Jeffrey Krasner, The Boston Globe -
December 1, 2008
"Changing the Cost of Health Care" by Cleve Killingsworth, Boston Globe Op-Ed
