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    Anthem฀ Blue฀ Cross฀ and฀ Blue฀ Shield’s฀
Quality-in-Sights฀Hospital฀Incentive฀Program฀in฀Virginia฀rewards฀hospitals฀for฀improvements฀
in฀patient฀safety,฀patient฀health฀and฀patient฀satisfaction.฀The฀16฀hospitals฀that฀participated฀in฀the฀
first฀ year฀ of฀ Q-HIP฀ in฀ 2004฀ are฀ receiving฀ a฀ total฀ of฀ $6฀ million฀ for฀ actively฀ working฀ to฀ implement฀
nationally฀recognized฀care฀and฀safety฀practices฀that฀can฀save฀lives.฀Q-HIP฀hospitals฀performed฀above฀
the฀national฀average฀on฀key฀measures.฀In฀2005,฀45฀Virginia฀hospitals,฀which฀account฀for฀75฀percent฀of฀
Anthem฀member฀admissions฀in฀the฀state,฀participate฀in฀Q-HIP.฀
John฀E.฀Brush,฀Jr.,฀M.D.฀(pictured฀in฀his฀office)฀chairs฀the฀American฀College฀of฀Cardiology฀Virginia฀
Quality฀Leadership฀Council,฀and฀he฀helped฀develop฀the฀cardiac฀measures฀in฀the฀Q-HIP฀program.฀Dr.฀Brush฀
practices฀at฀Sentara฀Norfolk฀General฀Hospital,฀which฀was฀among฀the฀first฀participants฀in฀Q-HIP.
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Source: Elizabeth A. McGlynn et al., RAND Health, 2003
Hypertension
Congestive Heart Failure
Colorectal Cancer
Asthma
Diabetes
Hip Fracture
Overall
Pneumonia
64.7
63.9
53.9
53.5
45.4
22.8
55.0
39.0
% of Recommended Care Received ::
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