Humana's Quality Program Provides $10M to Physicians Across U.S.

Humana's Provider Quality Rewards Program will soon distribute nearly $10 million to approximately 2,800 physicians across the U.S. as incentive payments for improving quality and efficiency, according to a Humana news release.

Humana's incentive payments are based around performance in nine National Committee for Quality Assurance preventive and chronic-condition management areas, including:

•    Breast cancer screening
•    Glaucoma screening
•    Colorectal cancer screening
•    Cholesterol screening
•    Diabetes management
•    Osteoporosis medication management
•    Spirometry testing for COPD patients
•    Monitoring patients on persistent medication
•    Anti-rheumatic drugs for patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Physicians will receive payments up to as much as $175,000 for the improvements.

Read the release on the Humana Provider Quality Rewards Program.

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