Press
Releases
May
17 , 2006 - BRIDGES TO EXCELLENCE ANNOUNCES THE RECEPIENT
OF THE FIRST ANNUAL LEADERSHIP AWARD -On May 17th, Bridges
to Excellence (BTE) Officers, Dale Whitney and Thomas H. Lee,
MD presented Dr. Robert Galvin, Director of Corporate Health
Care and Medical Services for GE, with BTE's first ever Annual
Leadership Award.
April
4, 2006 - BRIDGES TO EXCELLENCE AND eHEALTH INITIATIVE FORM
NEW BUSINESS AGREEMENT -Organizations Will Maintain Separate
Boards Of Directors, Separate Identities But Will Work Collaboratively
To Promote Quality in Healthcare
SEPTEMBER
16, 2005 - LOCAL TOP-PERFORMING PHYSICIANS RECOGNIZED BY EMPLOYERS;
CAPITAL DISTRICT PHYSICIANS HEALTH PLAN, Inc. (CDPHP) TO JOIN
AS A LICENSEE FOR 2006 -Bridges to Excellence pay-for-performance
program continues to grow in Albany area.
MARCH
28 , 2005 - PHYSICIANS, BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT & INDUSTRY
EMBRACE COMMON STRATEGY TO IMPROVE HEALTH CARE: PAY-FOR-PERFORMANCE
- Eight major new initiatives poised for launch; Bridges
to Excellence coalition pairs with CMS, six business coalitions
& employers, many health plans. Family physicians applaud
approach.
DECEMBER
13, 2004 - NATIONAL BUSINESS COALITION ON HEALTH AND LOCAL
COALITIONS LAUNCH BRIDGES TO EXCELLENCE INITIATIVE - To
move value-based physician pay-for-performance incentive programs
forward, the National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH),
a non-profit organization of employer-based health coalitions,
announced that it has selected four of its member organizations
as Bridges to Excellence demonstration sites.
DECEMBER
2, 2004 - EMPLOYER COALITION PAYS TOP BOSTON DOCTORS $800,000
IN BONUSES; INCENTIVES REWARD INVESTMENTS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(IT) SYSTEMS THAT IMPROVE QUALITY - Bridges to Excellence
(BTE) coalition highlights 35 area medical groups as IT leaders;
for patients, IT means better care.
JULY
14, 2004 - UNITEDHEALTH GROUP TO SUPPORT NATIONAL PROGRAM
REWARDING PHYSICIANS WHO PROVIDE CARE CONSISTENT WITH EVIDENCE-BASED
BEST PRACTICES - UnitedHealth Group to promote Bridges
to Excellence, an employer-sponsored coalition pioneering
an innovative program that recognizes and rewards quality
physician-delivered medical care · Over 20 major employers
already considering this employer-paid program that promotes
and rewards outstanding medical care
MAY
26, 2004 - BRIDGES TO EXCELLENCE EFFORT LAUNCHES NEW REWARD
PROGRAM, ADDS FOURTH METRO AREA - .New effort to help
doctors fund IT investments; physicians in New York's Capital
District now eligible; first reward checks issued in Boston
NOVEMBER
25, 2003 - BRIDGES TO EXCELLENCE COALITION ISSUES FIRST BONUS
PAYMENTS TO DOCTORS FOR EXEMPLARY DIABETES CARE - Diabetes
program is one of three designed to drive and fund better
health care; programs will also help consumers find top doctors
APRIL
10, 2003 - GE, FORD, UPS, P&G, VERIZON, OTHERS BACK NEW
PAY-FOR-QUALITY INITIATIVE FOR PHYSICIANS - Bonuses
may equal 10 percent raise for top doctors; effort aimed to
improve diabetes, cardiac care and care management systems;
CMS lauds effort
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