Value Partnerships report celebrates 20 years of achievements

The Value Partnerships 20 Years report has been posted on the Value Partnerships webpage on MI Blue Daily at bcbsm.mibluedaily.com/value-partnerships.

It provides highlights from 20 years of working for safer, higher-quality and cost-effective health care in Michigan. The achievements are many, some examples include:

• Our Value Partnerships program has led to $6.3 billion in health care costs avoided.
• Participation in Value Partnerships portfolio of initiatives includes approximately 20,000 physicians, 33 physician organizations and more than 100 hospitals.
• There are 1,591 primary care practices, including 4,677 health care providers, across Michigan with the Patient-Centered Medical Home designation.
• Blue Cross awarded 217 practices the inaugural Advanced Primary Care designation in 2024. APC designation recognizes PCMH practices that have built a significant Provider-Delivered Care Management program for their members and are also Collaborative Care designated for their integrated behavioral health efforts.
• Through the Physician Group Incentive Program, we made medication-assisted treatment available statewide to support those underserved patients who suffer from opioid use disorder, leading to a 285% increase of MAT providers across Michigan.
• The work of the Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative, which is a Collaborative Quality Initiative, led to a 70% reduction in post-operative opioid prescribing.
• After bariatric surgery, 1,800 patients avoided readmission to the hospital because of the work of the Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative.

“This year’s Value Partnerships report highlights 20 years of internationally recognized practice transformation work that has been conducted in partnership with the Michigan provider community on a variety of statewide quality improvement program efforts,” said Thomas Leyden, director of Value Partnerships. “The report does a great job of illustrating the progress being made across Michigan and shares some highly compelling outcomes we have been able to produce over the years. If you want to understand how Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is leading the nation in innovative practice transformation, this report provides a great read.”

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