Four Calif. Medical Groups Made Clinical Quality Gains After Joining Anthem Blue Cross ACO
On Thursday, Anthem Blue Cross announced that four California medical groups participating in the insurer's accountable care organization experienced clinical quality gains since joining the ACO. According to Anthem, the four groups performed 35% more mammograms and increased the "appropriate" prescribing of antibiotics for bronchitis by 44% since joining the ACO.
- "Anthem Blue Cross: ACOs Make Progress on Quality" (Rauber, "Bay Area BizTalk," San Francisco Business Times, 12/5).