Maine Network for Health is a provider-owned organization with a contracted provider network of 12 hospitals and almost 800 physicians practicing in Maine.
A pilot is being launched by the Maine Quality Forum, Quality Counts, and the Maine Health Management Coalition to explore payment and reporting methods to support the PCP practice model being called the "Patient Centered Medical Home" (PCMH). More details
Open Enrollment for Medicare Advantage Plans
10/24/2008
"Medicare Advantage" is the private-insurer option for Medicare enrollees. It is not a Medicare Supplement (which covers items like deductibles that Medicare does not cover), and it is not solely the Part D prescription drug coverage plans offered to Medicare enrollees. More details
Guidelines for Consumer-Focused Public Reporting
07/21/2008
Aetna, Cigna to pay physicians for virtual office visits
04/11/2008
4/1/08
Aetna and Cigna have announced they will pay physicians for online visits with patients, a service they believe will "improve efficiency and might prevent more expensive problems," the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. More details
CompNet Agreements Assigned to EBPA
01/25/2008
NOAG & CIGNA Quality Metrics Agreement 2007
01/25/2008
CMS Promotes E-Prescribing
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Medicare is taking new steps to speed the adoption of electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) by offering incentive payments to physicians and other eligible professionals who use the technology. More details
