proHealthlines Newsletter Archive

Important news and information for Hudson Health Plan Providers

Vol. 2, Issue 2:  Say No to Infant Circumcision, Hudson Ranks Highest in Quality Incentive Scores in NYS, H1N1 Information Sources, Supporting Excellence Upcoming Dates, A Message from teh Pesticide Poisoning Registry, Depression Testing Urged for Teens, NY Increases Payments to Primary Care Practices with Medical Home Recognition, Provider Profile: Louis P. Rodriguez, MD, DOH Clarifies Policy on Injectable/Infusion Drugs & IUDs, $$$ to Counsel Patients on Appropriate Antibiotic Use.  Read

Vol. 2, Issue 1:  Recognizing Quality Care - Top Performing Practices HEDIS 2008, Hudson Appreciation Dinner for Primary Care Professionals to Become Biennial Affair, Office-Based Surgery Deadline, Smoke-Free New York:  A Guide for Patients and Doctors, Hudson to Pay $25 to PCPs for Each Member with Annual Preventive Care Visit, Pregnancy:  Every Week Counts, Hudson Health Plan to Expand to Putnam County, Dr. Jay Zaslow:  A Putnam PCP with an "Open Access" Model, Hudson's Medical Director,  Hudson Health Plan Recieves Chronic Illness Demonstration Project (CIDP) Grant, Pediatric Obesity Initiative.  Read

Vol. 1, Issue 4: In this issue...Suicide Watch: Hudson Teams with Beacon Health to Fight Pediatric Depression; Function Follows Form - Better QARR Ratings from Custom EMR Software; Child Health Plus Expansion; A Breath of Fresh Air: New Asthma Inhalers on the Way; Healthlines Provider Profile: Ching Rong Tsai, M.D.; No Pay but the Co-Pay: Medicaid Enrollees Can't Be Billed; Claims Corner; Supporting Excellence Upcoming Dates.  Read

Vol. 1, Issue 3: In this issue...MedSolutions Implementation; HHP joins two NY State Funded Pay for Performance Demonstration Projects; Hudson Health Plan Awards 9 Primary Care Practices with Grant Money; Peggy Leonard named President-elect of the Case Management Society of America; Recognizing excellence in care; Access and availability standards.  Read

Vol. 1, Issue 2:  In this issue...New Supporting Excellence Program Rewarding Quality Preventive Care; Chlamydia Screening in Women What Primary Care Professionals (PCPs) can do to help more young women get screened;  Annual Provider Appreciation dinner; Recent reports of community acquired MRSA highlight the importance of appropriate use of antibiotics; A collaborative approach to helping members.  Read

Vol. 1, Issue 1:  In this issue...Supporting Excellence through patient-centered pay-for-performance; Process Improvement Grants; Dr. John E. Jacoby at Metro+Med talks about how the use of a computer registry helped him to achieve highest performance in Diabetes Management; Rewarding Quality Diabetes Management Program Cited in JAMA; Hudson Health Plan Rewarding Quality 2006 QARR Winners; Are you getting credit for all of the services you are providing?  Are you coding all your diagnoses?; Adolescent well-visits; Claims Corner - IVR Automation; Prescription for fewer patient complaints – Improved customer service; Moving into the ‘E’ age; HHPnet — information at your fingertips; NY Smokers’ Quitline.  Read