CA health plans collaborate in 'pay for performance' program to boost chronic care management.
In an unprecedented move, six of California's largest health plans have agreed to go along with a common scorecard that will be used to measure provider groups on clinical quality and patient satisfaction. Developers of the program are taking specific aim at chronic care management as well as preventive medicine, and they're hoping the effort establishes a new model for boosting care at the provider level.
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