Advancing Quality Care: National Conference on Correctional Health Care
The National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC) will host its flagship National Conference on Correctional Health Care from November 1-5, 2025, in Baltimore.
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Setting the Pace in Correctional Healthcare: Reflections from the 2025 NCCHC Spring Conference
Leaders from across the spectrum of correctional healthcare gather to share innovations at the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC) Spring Conference in Louisville, Ky.
Boston Area Medical Centers Join Blue Cross Blue Shield AQC Plan
BOSTON — The Boston Medical Center and seven affiliated health centers will join Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts’ Alternative Quality Contract (AQC), which aims to promote the quality of care over the number of services provided.
Blue Cross Blue Shield established the contracts in January 2009 as a result of concerns with the fee-for-service reimbursement model, which, according to the health care network, unintentionally rewards doctors and hospitals for the quantity and complexity of services provided rather than the quality and outcomes of care.