Why is a major health insurer conversing with hospital systems in Pennsylvania to discuss performance on quality measures? They are discussing reimbursement incentives as participants in Highmark Inc.
Under Highmark’s value-based Quality Blue program, member hospitals experienced lower readmission and infection rates in 2014. The Quality Blue program uses financial incentives to lower ...
Harrisburg, Pa.-based PinnacleHealth System will receive the highest maximum payment under Highmark’s Quality Blue program, the insurer’s pay-for-performance program for hospitals, the two groups ...