| Aug. 2004 |
Point of View: Tiered Networks Can Be Effective Marketing Tools for Groups
Ann Robinow, vice president and general manager of Patient Choice is interviewed by Physician Compensation Report.
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| 08/06/04 |
SMDC Competes With CareNorth for Bigger Slice of UMD Pie
"The university’s Dan Champan said SMDCs new tier I status—reflecting its competitive emphasis on pricing—shows the [Patient Choice] model is working."
"This is a huge, significant development. This approach to provider contracts (that guides employees to efficiently-delivered health care) is having impact on the provider community,’ said he said"
–Business North |
| May 2004 |
Tiers Keep Costs in Tow
"As tight networks wane tiers drive patients to more effective providers"
–Managed Healthcare Executive |
| 03/27/04 |
Medica Buys Patient Choice
"’If every plan operated this way, we’d have a good functional marketplace,’ said Carolyn Pare, executive director of the Buyers Health Care Action Group."
–Star Tribune |
| March 2004 |
Consumer-Driven Healthcare: Freeing Providers to Innovate
"…enrollees have moved from high-cost [Care Systems] to lower cost ones and suppliers have transformed themselves from high-cost to lower-cost status"
–Healthcare Financial Management |
| March 2004 |
Beyond the HMO
"If while making costs more transparent, plan designers and providers can also develop useful systems for evaluating patient outcomes at clinics and hospitals, they could help slow the rise in care costs by reducing clinical errors and promoting medical best practices. […] Patient Choice Healthcare has built such a database of outcomes, evaluating providers by analyzing clinic and hospital claims data."
–Twin Cities Business Monthly |
2004