Collaboration and technology are the keys to improving healthcare results for all parties involved, according to Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association Senior Vice President and CFO Robert J. Kolodgy. In a keynote speech today at HFMA's Revenue Cycle Strategies Conference in Chicago, Kolodgy outlined areas where providers and payers could collaborate to support innovation and improve patient results. Those areas included care delivery, medical home pilots, electronic health records, e-prescribing and information sharing. Kolodgy pointed to the Alabama Hospital Quality Initiative and the Minnesota Health Information Exchange as examples of collaboration with positive results. He also voiced support for comparative effectiveness via an Independent Research Institute.
