| 09/01/02 |
Tiered provider networks bring promise of higher quality care.
"Tiered networks make providers responsible for raising quality and bringing
down costs on their own. Moreover, says Gregg Lehman, president and CEO of
the National Business Coalition, doctors do not feel that by demanding
quality in their care, employers are telling them how to practice."
- Employee Benefit News |
| 2002 |
Does the BHCAG Approach Deserve Consideration as a
National Model?
"It appears that the Patient Choice program is achieving the ambitious goals
and objectives originally established for the program...substantial progress
has been made toward cost containment, quality improvement, care system
development and integration, effective financial risk management, and
enhanced consumer choice that has generated lower costs and improved quality
system-wide."
- Chapter nine, Financial Strategy for Managed Care Organizations by Charles William Wrightson |
| August, 2002 |
Sea Change Expected as Plans Adopt Tiers
"'We'd like to see this model expanded because it helps to align incentives
and to establish relationships between the provider and employer communities
instead of keeping them apart,' said Bob Burmaster, MD, president Fairview
Physician Associates."
- Physician Profiling & Behavior Change Report |
| July 2002 |
Let's Put Consumers in Charge of Health Care
"A recent evaluation shows that providers increased the quality of care for
some chronic diseases and health-promoting activities. Most providers
applaud the plan. Employers benefit, too; their costs have increased at
lower rates for BHCAG enrollees."
- Harvard Business Review |
| 06/20/02 |
Bucking trend, costs for Choice Plus health plan rise 8 percent
"As health plans faced double-digit cost increase, Patient Choice
Healthcare, which runs the 120,000-member Choice Plus health plan for large
self-insured Twin Cities employers, said Wednesday that its health care
costs rose just 8.3 percent in 2001."
- Minneapolis Star Tribune |
| 06/20/02 |
Patient Choice Gets Toehold in Colorado
Rocky Mountain News |
| May 2002 |
Is Quality Free? The
Relationship Between Cost and Quality Across 18 Provider Groups
Study findings: "...no evidence of a consistent relationship
between overall cost of care and quality on any measure."
- The American Journal of Managed Care |
| 04/04/02 |
Health Care Option
Likely Coming to Mass.
"Associated Industries of Massachusetts, the largest
industry group in Massachusetts is marketing the plan to its
6,400 members." - The Patriot Ledger |
| 03/08/02 |
Patient
Choice Offers Cost Options to Self-insured Employers - Boulder
County Business Report |
| January 2002 |
Saving
the Marriage - Minnesota Medicine |
| Jan./Feb.
2002 |
Cost and Quality Trends
in Direct Contracting Arrangements
"A Minnesota employer-provider initiative seems to have
cut costs without sacrificing quality, this empirical evaluation
finds." - Health Affairs |
| January 2002 |
Direct
Health Plan Contracting Regains Momentum - Employee Benefit
News |
2002