Quality Blue Program

Quality Blue Primary Care (QBPC) is Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana's innovative population health and quality improvement program. QBPC is designed to get better outcomes for patients with chronic diseases, support doctors and transform healthcare delivery. To implement QBPC, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana is targeting primary care physicians in the network family medicine, internal medicine or general practice that have high volumes of patients who are Blue Cross members with one or more chronic conditions.  Quality Blue, which incorporates the standards of the nationally recognized Bridges to Excellence (BTE) program, offers financial incentives to physicians who achieve certified recognition of quality in diabetes care and cardiac care, as well as smart office practices in primary care that produce better outcomes for patients.

QBPC builds on the basic features of Patient-Centered Medical Home to offer an enhanced model for population health, in which providers can focus on improving care quality for their total patient population, not just those who are actively seeking treatment. Blue Cross will offer QBPC practices the technical and clinical support and guidance they need to manage their patients' care in the least disruptive way. The QBPC payment structure rewards providers for better patient outcomes, with a care management fee paid on top of their usual fee-for-service setup.