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  "While primary care is a small slice of health spending overall, it has a significant impact on downstream costs and quality—and that’s why we think bringing true value-based care to primary care can be such a significant step.”
- Eric D. Hargan, Deputy Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

 
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  Results from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Arizona's value-based care initiative include a 26.3% reduction in 30-day hospital readmissions, shared savings of $1 million for 600 providers, 15.2% fewer ED visits per 1,000 patients and 28.1% fewer all-cause readmissions.

Excerpted from: Value Based Payment News, Volume 4 Issue 10, May Second Edition 2019, "HealthEdge Report Examines ‘How We Got Here, Who’s Doing It Well’ in Value-Based Care."
 
 
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Niko Lehman-White and Saeed Aminzadeh: 5 ways payers can reduce churn to increase value

1. Pick the right members to target your marketing campaign.
2. Try to understand why members might disenroll.
3. Stay ahead of network changes.
4. Try to coordinate member outreach with other plan initiatives.
5. Know that this is a journey; stay in touch with enrollees.

Source: The Health Care Blog, May 15, 2019
     
 
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