Blue Cross of California news from FierceHealthIT
NewsCalPERS tests e-prescribing
The California Public Employees' Retirement System provides benefits to more than 1.6 million employees, retirees and dependents, and manages more than $656 million in assets. So when it announced Read more...
Health IT helps CA medical groups improve care
Let's see if this news boosts group practice IT adoption. A new performance report from a large California trade group says the more groups participating in its Pay for Performance initiative Read more...
The chicken and the egg
So, it seems that health plans aren't as stoked about physician IT adoption as you might think (see article, below), ranking it low in importance when setting up pay-for-performance measurements. While I'm sure … Read more...BCBS plans offer data for 11 million insuredsA group of Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans spanning four states have come together to funnel data on 11 million people into a broadly-accessible EMR. The EMR, which uses MeDecision's Patient Clinical Summary Software, pulls together patient data from various sources, including eligibility, medication, lab visit, hospitalization and physician office visit databases into a single integrated system. The system then uses data analytics to offer physician reminders, including preventive care … Read more...Kennedy to file PHR legislationAfter months of discussion, it looks like Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) is planning to move ahead with a bill promoting the use of PHRs. As anticipated, the bill would offer incentives of as much as $3 per patient to providers that play ball. The payments would come from an incentive fund drawing on dollars from the Medicare trust as well as health plans, drug and device manufacturers. Kennedy's PHR would work based on Web technology, rather than requiring doctors or hospitals to invest in … Read more...Blue Cross of California launches PHROne of the nation's largest health insurers, Blue Cross of California, has joined the PHR craze. The Blue has launched an integrated wellness, care management and physician communication program--360 Degree Health--with its personal health record model as a central component. The program is intended to better reach the 20 percent of the health plan's members at greatest risk. Like other new PHRs, it's also an exercise in seeing how much useful information patients can actually be tempted … Read more... | Press ReleasesSAVE THE DATE: U.S. Healthcare Experts to Convene at National Conference in California to Deliberate Implementation of AccLOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Leading healthcare experts from across the country will meet in Los Angeles, October 25 - 27, 2010, during the National Accountable Care Organization Congress to Read more >> SAVE THE DATE: U.S. Healthcare Experts to Convene at National Conference in California to Deliberate Implementation of AccLOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Leading healthcare experts from across the country will meet in Los Angeles, October 25 - 27, 2010, during the National Accountable Care Organization Congress to Read more >> |
