The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association has been victorious with their hospital quality program. The association revealed at a news conference recently that patient outcomes have significantly improved, and costs have been diminished.
The program has been implemented in 45 states with certified centers containing four categories: cardiac care, bariatric surgery, transplants and complicated and rare cancers. There are 800 programs at 650 hospitals within 45 states.
Establishments using the program have shown a 26 percent lower rate for bypass surgery readmission and a 37 percent lower rated for outpatient angioplasty readmission. All this has occurred within an astonishing 30 days. This was revealed in a study by WellPoint on 41,000 patients. Also, bypass procedure costs at these hospitals came to be five percent less than facilities that did not take part in the study, and outpatient angioplasty costs were an amazing 12 percent lower.
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