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Director of national AHRQ speaks about challenges of improving surgical quality, patient safety
“Quality measurement is in its early days. Think of it as training wheels,” said Carolyn Clancy, M.D., director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. “We first need to get people used to the idea before we can develop health care quality measures that reflect the most important issues.” Read More.

A message from Dr. Kipa
Michigan Primary Care Transformation: A public-private partnership in action
The Michigan Primary Care Transformation, or MiPCT, project officially launched in January, giving Michigan physicians an important and direct opportunity to shape the future of primary care in the United States. Michigan has close to half of the more than 900 practices participating in the national CMS project, covering more than 1.2 million patients. Read More.

CPAP device medical, benefit policies change
As a result of collaboration with the Michigan Home Health Association, BCBSM has changed its benefit and medical policies for continuous positive airway pressure devices. Read More.

Medicare Advantage providers required to participate in risk adjustment reviews
Please remember that Medicare Advantage health care providers must participate in our risk adjustment chart reviews. The reviews are conducted by MedAssurant, a Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan vendor. Read More.

Register now for Medicare Advantage Health e-Blue^SM
You may already be familiar with Health e-Blue, a clinical support tool that helps track the health of Blue Care Network members. The tool offers physicians easy access to consistent and timely patient data, like health registry, utilization and pharmacy information. Read More.