R.I. doctors receive $1.8M in bonus payments from UnitedHealthcare

PROVIDENCE – Fifty Rhode Island care providers who have been named winners of the PATH Excellence in Patient Service Awards have received approximately $1.8 million in bonus payments from UnitedHealthcare, part of UnitedHealth Group.
Recipients achieved the highest adherence levels for key quality measures by successfully closing gaps in care when treating UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage members, according to a news release from UnitedHealthcare.
More than 4,000 care providers nationwide were given the award, receiving more than $54 million in bonus payments.
The PATH program annually rewards physicians who meet certain performance-based criteria, including achieving or exceeding compliance targets for 17 specific health care effectiveness data and information set measures, including percentages of eligible UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage members who received a breast cancer screening or colorectal cancer screening.
Other measures evaluate the percentages of members who adhere to their medications to help manage their diabetes, high blood pressure or cholesterol.
“We are committed to recognizing and rewarding physicians in Rhode Island for consistently helping our plan participants live healthier lives,” Dr. Sam Ho, chief medical officer of UnitedHealthcare, said in a statement. “As UnitedHealthcare continues building deeper, more collaborative relationships with care providers, the PATH Excellence in Patient Service Awards are just one step we are taking to support the transition to a value-based health care system in which payment is increasingly based on ensuring the people we serve receive the quality care they need.”
UnitedHealthcare created the PATH program to help its Medicare Advantage members be as healthy as possible by encouraging greater use of preventive health care services and proactive monitoring of chronic conditions, the release said.

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