Health Payer Intelligence August 31, 2020
The value-based contract will seek to achieve 10 percent lower cost trend over five years through telehealth usage, preventive care, and coordinated care strategies.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (Blue Cross) struck a six-year value-based contract with Allina Health that focuses on quality improvement and cost savings through care coordination, telehealth, and preventive care, the payer announced.
Allina Health is Blue Cross’s largest provider partner in Minnesota. This partnership will span a large population of Minnesotans because Blue Cross covers about a third of the state and Allina Health conducts more than 6 million patient visits annually. The press release indicated that the contact would impact around 130,000 Minnesotans.
“Months prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic...
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