NEWSLETTERS
Building Bridges: Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute's Newsletter
Second Quarter 2010
Late last year the Boards of Bridges To Excellence and PROMETHEUS Payment agreed to merge. As part of that merger, the new organization was named the Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute, or HCI3. And while the people haven't changed, the sum is certainly greater than the parts. Under HCI3 we now have a broad array of quality measurement tools - the Bridges To Excellence Recognitions - and cost measurement tools - the PROMETHEUS Payment Evidence-informed Case Rates. All these tools are available in our implementation sites and to our implementation partners, and we have already developed several creative ways in which they can be combined to significantly improve the current payment incentives in health care. Read more...
First Quarter 2010
In this issue you will find brief updates BTE programs and the PROMETHEUS Payment Model, as well as interesting things happening at pilots sites. Also information about a study grant awarded to HCI3 and the announcement of our new website. Read more...
In this issue:
- CEO Corner
- Health Plan Highlights
- Prometheus Implementations
- HCI3 Website
Fourth Quarter 2009
In this issue you will find brief updates about the BTE programs and the PROMETHEUS Payment Model, as well as interesting things happening at pilot sites, including our work to date to improve/deliver high quality care. Read more...
In this issue:
- CEO Corner
- Programs Update
- Health Plan Highlight
- Physician Performance Assessement Highlight
- PROMETHEUS Implementation
Third Quarter 2009
Welcome to the third edition of Bridges to Excellence Building Bridges Newsletter. Read on to learn more about our continued efforts to improve the health care system and physician performance assessment.
In this issue:
- Programs Update
- Health Plan Highlight
- Physician Performance Assessement Highlight
- PROMETHEUS Implementation Update
Second Quarter 2009
In this second quarterly issue of Building Bridges you will find brief updates on BTE's programs, including some important FAQs on the Prometheus Payment model. In addition, please note that we have a new report that describes our work with communities and EMR vendors across the country, and includes lessons for the Federal Government as it considers the criteria for meaningful use of EMRs. Health Affairs has also published a paper on the Prometheus Payment model, the first peer-reviewed paper on this important payment reform initiative. Read more...
In this issue:
- Programs Update
- BCBS TX Sponsors BTE Program
- BTE & NextGen: Working to Automate Quatity Assessment
- PROMETHEUS Around the Country
First Quarter 2009
We are pleased to share with you the first issue of the Building Bridges: Bridges to Excellence Newsletter. The first few months of 2009 have proved to be both exciting and challenging, with the remainder of the year appearing to promise more of the same. With all of this activity it can seem like a full time job to stay up to date on all of the information critical to purchasers and providers, let alone react. Our goal is to provide you as a BTE stakeholder with the information you need to help meet your health care challenges and create new opportunities. Read more...
In This Issue:
- Accelerating Transformation
- BTE Care Links Update - New programs to help engage physicians towards improving care and educating employees
- Health Plan Highlight - Aetna in New Jersey and beyond
- EMR-Based Quality Performance Assessment - BTE 2009 implementation update
- PROMETHEUS Payment Inc. Pilot Update
- Your Questions Answered