Empire BlueCross BlueShield and Rockville Centre, N.Y.-based Catholic Health have partnered on a multi-year value-based payment and care delivery model.
Catholic Health will be reimbursed by Empire BCBS through improved patient health outcomes and quality-of-care metrics, according to a Sept. 6 news release. Specifically, payments will be partly based on readmission rates, patient safety, and patient satisfaction metrics.
"Our continued partnership with Catholic Health will keep care affordable for Long Islanders by aligning payments with health outcomes instead of on the volume of care provided—a win-win for employers and consumers," Daniel Jorgenson, vice president of healthcare networks at Empire, said. "There is no health system that has made a more meaningful commitment to our value-based relationship, including being the first system in New York to join with us on the Epic Payer Platform to support communications between payers and providers."
Empire BCBS is a subsidiary of Elevance Health and is the largest payer in New York, serving more than 4 million members. Catholic Health employs more than 16,000 people across six hospitals and other care facilities.