Excellus BCBS Awards Hospitals $30 Million for Quality Improvements
Thirty-one upstate New York hospitals and health centers earned a combined $30 million in quality improvement payments from Excellus BlueCross BlueShield last year as part of the nonprofit health insurer’s Hospital Performance Incentive Program. Since 2005, Excellus BCBS has paid out more than $371.2 million in quality improvement incentives. “It’s…