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SUBMITTER: Song Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3548447 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Song Zirui Z Safran Dana Gelb DG Landon Bruce E BE Landrum Mary Beth MB He Yulei Y Mechanic Robert E RE Day Matthew P MP Chernew Michael E ME
Health affairs (Project Hope) 20120711 8
Seven provider organizations in Massachusetts entered the Blue Cross Blue Shield Alternative Quality Contract in 2009, followed by four more organizations in 2010. This contract, based on a global budget and pay-for-performance for achieving certain quality benchmarks, places providers at risk for excessive spending and rewards them for quality, similar to the new Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations in Medicare. We analyzed changes in spending and quality associated with the Alternative Quali ...[more]