Excellus BlueCross BlueShield awarded 31 upstate New York hospitals and health centers a combined $28 million in 2022 for quality care improvements.
The awards are part of the payer's hospital performance incentive program, which has paid out more than $400 million since 2005 for facility's meeting required clinical and patient safety measures, according to an Oct. 31 news release.
For 2022, payments were sent to nine hospitals in the Rochester area, eight in the Utica/Rome/North Country region, six in central New York, and four each in the southern and western parts of the state.