“At CareSource, we have long recognized that our health care provider partners are vital to the success of value-based care initiatives and our goal of elevating the quality of health care for Georgians,” said Jason Bearden, CareSource Georgia president. “By incentivizing and rewarding partners who provide high-quality, cost-effective care, we are improving health outcomes for our members.”
CareSource works with health care providers across the state to implement value-based care initiatives designed to improve health and wellness. Partnering with providers who recognize the importance of offering value-based care has allowed CareSource to increase by 23% (from 2021 to 2022) the number of members in Georgia who see a provider that participates in a contractual value-based care model, bringing the total to 82%.
As a result of participation in this model, CareSource saw the following results in 2022, compared to 2021:
· Two-times more members are seeing a primary care physician each year
· Well child visits increased by 44%, and preventative dental visits increased by 10%
· The amount of value-based care incentives payments to health care providers nearly doubled
· Emergency room visits decreased by 16%
· Member costs were reduced by 28%
In addition, members accessed quality services through the provider Quality Enhancement program which aims to improve maternal and infant health. The program includes well child visits for the first 30 months, which 24,508 members accessed, as well as prenatal and postpartum care….
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