HealthBlawg

David Harlow's Health Care Law Blog

    • Twitter
    • Facebook
    • LinkedIn
    • RSS
    • Email
  • About
  • Archives
  • Podcast
  • Press
  • Awards/Reviews
  • HIPAA
  • HCSM

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and Tufts Medical Center reach agreement

January 19, 2009

Drawing a line in the sand seems to be working.

Thanks in large part to the current environment (I'm referring to the chill brought on by the recent Boston Globe spotlight series), Tufts Medical Center has apparently improved its position and has inked a deal with the Blues.  No public word on the details, but there must be significant upside potential for Tufts under its new alternative contract.  The Blues are pushing this alternative contract (the latest euphemism for capitation) for all provider systems, but it hasn't exactly been taking off.  It is not an unreasonable reimbursement system — sharing risk with providers, and offering quality-based bonus opportunities — but provider organizations (including BIDMC, for example) are still wary, even if open to the conversation.

David Harlow
The Harlow Group LLC
Health Care Law and Consulting

Filed Under: Health care policy, Health Law, Hospitals, Managed Care, Massachusetts, Pay for performance, Physicians

you might also like:

  1. Alternative Quality Contract with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts: A model for ACOs?

  2. The Massachusetts provider-payor ultimatum: deja vu all over again

  3. Peter Neumann, Director, Tufts Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health, speaks with David Harlow about the role of cost-effectiveness research in health care policy

« Is American Well the disruptive innovation to unseat retail based health clinics?
Pan-Mass Challenge 2009: The training and fundraising begin »

Follow me on Twitter

Tweets by healthblawg

HIPAAtools

Hipaatools

The HIPAA Compliance Toolkit

The Walking Gallery

The Walking Gallery

Quick Links

  • Home
  • Categories
  • Archives
  • Podcast Interviews
  • HIPAAtools
  • HIPAA Compliance
  • Health Care Social Media
  • Speaking
  • In the Press
  • Blogroll

David Harlow

David Harlow

HealthcareNOW Radio

Connect with David

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • RSS
  • Email
  • Subscribe
  • Contact
  • Book Me: Speaking
  • About
  • The Harlow Group LLC
Copyright © 2006–2021
HealthBlawg is a publication of The Harlow Group LLC. See Copyright notice and disclaimer.
Fair use with attribution and a link is encouraged. Click for more on David Harlow.
[footer_backtotop text="Back to top" href="#"]