March 31, 2016 Webinar: U.S.'s Largest Commercial Episodes of Care Payor on Payor-Provider Partnership That Improved Clinical Outcomes & Reduced Total Cost of Care

Sea Girt, NJ, March 03, 2016 --(PR.com)-- Horizon BCBSNJ, the nation's largest commercial payor of episodes of care (EOC), recently awarded $3 million in shared savings to 51 specialty medical practices through its Episodes of Care program.

During a March 31, 2016 webinar, "Episodes of Care: Improving Clinical Outcomes and Reducing Total Cost of Care Through a Collaborative Payor-Provider Relationship," Horizon BCBSNJ will outline its value-based EOC initiative and the results it has garnered in terms of hospital readmissions, clinical quality, cost efficiency and patient satisfaction.

The 45-minute webcast is sponsored by the Healthcare Intelligence Network.

Learn more about using Episodes of Care to improve clinical and financial outcomes at http://store.hin.com/product.asp?itemid=5125

News Facts:

Scheduled Speaker: Lili Brillstein, director of Horizon BCBSNJ's Episodes of Care program.

Conference Focus: Participants will get an inside look at Horizon BCBSNJ's EOC program, from the episodes they have bundled to program goals and results. Ms. Brillstein's presentation will cover the following:

- Why Horizon BCBSNJ uses a retrospective, upside-only model for its EOC program and how this is leading to transformational change between the payor and providers in its network;

- How Horizon BCBSNJ determines which episodes and providers to include in the EOC program, including details on how smaller practices can form virtual groups to gain enough scale to participate and which episodes are high on the EOC radar in 2016;

- The goals of the EOC program and which key financial, quality and patient satisfaction indicators Horizon BCBNJ measures; and

- Results to date from the EOC program as well as keys to the program's success.

Ample time for Q&A will be provided.

Webinar Formats: 45-minute live webinar on March 31, 2016 at 1:30 pm Eastern, including Q&A; "On-Demand" replay available April 2, 2016; 45-minute training DVD or CD-ROM with printed transcript available April 21, 2016. Participants may add an on-demand replay, DVD or CD to live session registrations to share with colleagues.

Learn more about using Episodes of Care to improve clinical and financial outcomes at http://store.hin.com/product.asp?itemid=5125

Quote attributable to Melanie Matthews, HIN Executive VP and COO:

"Horizon BCBSNJ's payor-provider partnership, one of the most rapidly expanding commercial bundled payment programs in the nation, demonstrates how insurers and physicians can reap the benefits of partnering to improve clinical outcomes and patient experience while reducing spend. Horizon BCBSNJ's EOC program is a template for value-based healthcare."

For Melanie Matthews's profile, visit http://www.hin.com/bios.html#mm

Please contact Patricia Donovan to arrange an interview or to obtain additional quotes.

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