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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) is an independent licensee of Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. [1] Currently it is headquartered in 600 E. Lafayette Blvd. in downtown Detroit. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, a nonprofit mutual insurance company, provides and administers health benefits to more than 4.3 million members residing ...
Under the AQC model, groups of doctors and hospitals are paid set fees "to work as a team in caring for patients." [14] In the first year of implementation, AQCs resulted in medical cost savings in all participating provider groups, but the incentives that BCBSMA paid to providers are estimated to have made up for the savings.
Founded in 1948, [26] Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield (ABCBS) [27] is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, and the largest healthcare provider in the state. [28] It donated $1.98 million to The Walton College of Business toward founding its Robert L. Shoptaw Master of Healthcare Business Analytics Program. [ 29 ]
In late 2006, it sold M-CARE to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and its Blue Care Network subsidiary to suffice the need for the health system focused on its core missions of patient care, research, and education. University of Michigan Health System was renamed "Michigan Medicine" in 2017. [6]
A unique physician identification number (UPIN) was a six-character alpha-numeric identifier used by Medicare to identify doctors in the United States. They were discontinued in June 2007 [ 1 ] and replaced by National Provider Identifier , or NPI numbers.
The Medical Education Number (ME Number) is an 11-digit identifier assigned to every physician member of the American Medical Association (AMA) in the United States. It is used for identification and recording basic physician information and Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits.
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The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, self-appointed physician-evaluation organization that certifies physicians practicing internal medicine and its subspecialties. The American Board of Internal Medicine is not a membership society, educational institution, or licensing body.