OSC program continuing to expand, evolve

As you’ve read before, our Organized Systems of Care program brings primary care doctors, specialists, and hospitals together to more closely and effectively manage populations of patients.

The program works hand-in-hand with our value-based reimbursement arrangements with hospitals to support health care transformation. A major component of these arrangements is providing hospitals with the necessary infrastructure funding to develop OSC capabilities, ranging from patient registries to performance measurement.

Over the past year, the OSCs have placed a greater focus on bringing more hospitals into the OSC fold. Currently, more than 106 hospitals are affiliated with one or more of our current 39 OSCs.

New product coming
In addition, Blue Cross is developing a new PPO product, Blue Cross Personal Choice PPO, expected to launch in July 2016. This product will use our existing TRUST PPO network and offers lowest out-of-pocket costs for members who choose a primary care physician from a higher performing OSC.

We’re excited about these new developments and look forward to providing more details over the next 12 months. By working closely together with our physician partners and hospitals, we can make significant strides toward controlling health care costs and improving population health.