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Winter 2012, Vol. 1:  In this issue...Are They Still Smoking? Help Them Quit! • Transportation Without Flashing Lights or a Siren • Depressing Results: Primary Care Patients Not Taking Antidepressants Long Enough to Achieve Desired Results • Reimbursement for Substance Abuse Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment • New Limits on Occupational, Speech, and Physical Therapy • Hudson Covers Diabetes and Asthma Self-Management Training • Bacterial or Viral Sore Throat? Overuse of Antibiotics for Pharyngitis Is Common

Vol. 4, Issue 1:  In this issue...Performance Bonuses in Perilous Times: Hudson cares for the sickest patients; Hudson is committed to enrollment streamlining and care coordination; Hudson is a regional health plan, not a large corporate insurer; Hospital and Specialty Care costs • NYS Medicaid Redesign Team Looks to Managed Care for Savings: Personal Care Services; Restricted Recipients; Pharmacy Benefits Through Managed Care

Vol. 3, Issue 2:  In this issue...Hudson Ranks Highest in Quality Incentive Scores in NYS Again! •  Hudson Partners with Health Integrated in Pilot Program • Primum non nocere in Pediatric Imaging • New Programs to Promote Higher Quality of Care as Measured by NYS QARR • Consent for HIV Testing Made Easier Under New Law • Hudson Rolls Out New Case Management Software • Adults Need Vaccinations, Too • Teenage Boys Shortchanged on STD Counseling, Study Finds • Rising Radiation Exposures Worry State Department of Health

Vol. 3, Issue 1:  In this issue...New York Medicaid’s Statewide Patient-Centered Medical Home Incentive Program •  The Hats of Cathy Clancy, Sr. VP • June Dinner Honors Top Performing Practices on NYS Quality Measures • Federal Funds Available for ‘Meaningful Use’ of Electronic Medical Records • Supporting Excellence Upcoming Dates • The New York State DOH Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement Practitioner Notification Program Automated •  Family-Centered HIV/AIDS Management • Laboratory and Radiological Medicaid Claims

Vol. 2, Issue 2:  In this issue...Say No to Infant Circumcision • Hudson Ranks Highest in Quality Incentive Scores in NYS • H1N1 Information Sources • Supporting Excellence Upcoming Dates • A Message from the 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

Vol. 2, Issue 1:  In this issue...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

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

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

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 

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