UMass Memorial Health Care Joins Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts' Alternative Quality Contract (The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association)

(Source: The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association) BOSTON-February 27, 2013 - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA) and UMass Memorial Health Care, the largest health care system in Central New England and the clinical partner of the University of Massachusetts Medical School, announced today that UMass Memorial will participate in Blue Cross' Alternative Quality Contract (AQC), a global payment system designed to encourage cost-effective, patient-centered care. Under the four-year agreement, physicians will be paid for the quality, rather than the quantity of care they provide. They can also earn significant performance incentives for adhering to nationally endorsed...