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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) has integrated Motive Practicing Wisely’s provider practice analytics into their Physician Efficiency, Appropriateness, and Quality (PEAQ) program methodology.
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) has integrated Motive Practicing Wisely’s provider practice analytics into their Physician Efficiency, Appropriateness, and Quality (PEAQ) program methodology.
Motive’s Chief Medical Officer Richard Klasco, M.D., says the conventional wisdom to “ask around” when seeking a doctor is wrong. A smarter strategy is to follow the data, as there are multiple trustworthy physician-comparison websites offering performance data related to quality measures.
Pamela T. Johnson, MD, and Marty Makary, MD, MPH, members of the Motive Practicing Wisely physician advisory council, deliver their views on the physician’s role in pursuing higher-value care.
CT, M.R.I. and ultrasound scans have varying advantages and drawbacks. Motive’s Chief Medical Officer Richard Klasco, M.D., highlights the Choosing Wisely Initiative, a consortium of professional societies including the American College of Radiology, that advocates more appropriate use of imaging.
Most employers are at the mercy of an imperfect health care system, bearing the burden of costly yet unnecessary procedures. Now, early innovators such as Walmart are bypassing these pain points by working directly with health systems to offer better care to their employees.
Low-value care is known to cause unnecessary patient harm and delay critical care for other patients. But did you also know that 15% of patients develop hospital-acquired complications when receiving low-value care?
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