Advancements in Care Delivery

Transforming Care Delivery - [PDF]

The private sector is improving health care quality and affordability through the use of alternative approaches to transform care delivery. This issue brief highlights key elements of these approaches such as patient-centered medical home, accountable care and bundled/episode-based models that health plans have implemented in partnership with providers.

U.S. Map of Alternative Delivery and Payment Models - Private Sector Initiatives - [PDF]

Map of the U.S. showing private sector alternative delivery and payment activity by state – patient centered medical home, accountable care arrangements, bundled or episode of care, and comprehensive global payment models.

Health Plans and Providers Partnering to Advance Accountable Care

New health care delivery and payment models in the private sector are being shaped by active collaboration between health insurance plans and providers, according to a new study by America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) that appears in the September edition of Health Affairs.

Aetna: Identifying and Addressing Serious Health Risks

Aetna: Preventing Dangerous Drug Interactions

Aetna: Supporting the Practice of Evidence-Based Medicine

Amerigroup: Coordinated Case Management

AHIP member company produced video - Amerigroup: Coordinated Case Management

Amerigroup: Dedicated Doctors and Nurses

AHIP member company produced video - Amerigroup: Dedicated Doctors and Nurses 

BCBS of Massachusetts: The Alternative Quality of Contract

AHIP member company produced video - BCBS of Massachusetts: The Alternative Quality of Contract 

Cigna: A Cigna Member Tells How the Health Plan Helped Her Following a Car Accident

AHIP member company produced video - Cigna: A Cigna Member Tells How the Health Plan Helped Her Following a Car Accident 

Cigna: A Cigna Member with Diabetes Tells How the Health Plan's Wellness Program Turned Her Life Around

AHIP member company produced video - Cigna: A Cigna Member with Diabetes Tells How the Health Plan's Wellness Program Turned Her Life Around 

Cigna: Coaching a 9/11 Survivor for Better Health

Cigna: Getting on the Right Track with Weight Loss, Diabetes, and Depression

Cigna: Going Smoke-Free and Shedding Pounds Before Pregnancy

Cigna: How Health Coaching Works

EmblemHealth Nurse Case Managers Provide a Personal Touch To Put Patients on a Path Toward Better Health

EmblemHealth: Finding Creative Ways for a Patient to Afford Treatment

EmblemHealth: Overcoming Alcoholism and Addressing Unmet Medical Needs

EmblemHealth: Reaching Out to Patients with Complex Conditions

Excellus BCBS: Keeping Medications Affordable

Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield - Keeping Medications Affordable

Excellus BCBS: Overcoming Confusion about Medications after a Hospital or Rehab Stay

Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield Video - Overcoming Confusion about Medications after a Hospital or Rehab Stay

Excellus BCBS: Protecting Patients from Adverse Drug Interactions

Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield Video - Protecting Patients from Adverse Drug Interactions

Group Health Cooperative: Living Well with Chronic Conditions

AHIP member company produced video - Group Health Cooperative: Living Well with Chronic Conditions 

Group Health Cooperative: The Medical Home

AHIP member company produced video - Group Health Cooperative: The Medical Home

HealthPartners: Achieving Results that Make a Difference for Diabetes Patients

HealthPartners Video - Achieving Results that Make a Difference for Diabetes Patients

HealthPartners: Coaching Patients on Reaching Goals for Better Health

HealthPartners Video - Coaching Patients on Reaching Goals for Better Health

HealthPartners: Empowering Patients with Diabetes to Improve Their Health

Health Partners Video - Empowering Patients with Diabetes to Improve Their Health

HealthPartners: The Diabetes Wizard

HealthPartners Video -The Diabetes Wizard

Humana: Humana Cares

AHIP member company produced video - Humana: Humana Cares

Independence Blue Cross: Enabling Doctors and Nurses to Realize their Goals for Excellence

Independence Blue Cross video -  Enabling Doctors and Nurses to Realize their Goals for Excellence

Independence Blue Cross: Teaming Up to Address Patients’ Many Needs

Independence Blue Cross's doctors, nurses, medical assistants, and pharmacists work together to make sure that patients have the lab tests, primary and specialty care, and patient support they need to live healthy lives.

Kaiser Permanente: Making Exercise a Vital Sign

Kaiser Permanente Video - Making Exercise a Vital Sign

Kaiser Permanente: Offering Culturally Sensitive Counseling for Weight Loss

Kaiser Permanente Video - Offering Culturally Sensitive Counseling for Weight Loss

Kaiser Permanente: Using Web-Based Learning and Social Media to Help Patients Lose Weight

Kaiser Permanente Video - Using Web-Based Learning and Social Media to Help Patients Lose Weight

Molina: Shots for Shorties and Check Up or Check Out

AHIP member company produced video - Molina: Shorts for Shorties and Check Up or Check Out 

SCAN Health Plan: A Better Way to Care

AHIP member company produced video - SCAN Health Plan: A Better Way to Care 

Sentara/Optima Health: The Wellness Payoff

AHIP member company produced video - Sentra/Optima Health: The Wellness Payoff