News Report | June 3, 2018
BCBS Total Care Program Reduced Hospitalizations & Emergency Department Visits
On April 26, 2018, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBS) announced that BCBS members served by physicians, hospitals, and clinical care teams participating in its Blue Distinction Total Care program had fewer emergency department visits, and fewer hospitalizations than BCBS members served by non-participating clinical professionals and hospitals. BCBS members with cardiovascular disease served by the Blue Distinction Total Care participating professionals and provider organizations had better adherence to medications than BCBS members with cardiovascular disease served by non-participating professionals and provider organizations.
The Blue Distinction Total Care program is part of the BCBS system's Blue Distinction . . .