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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan First Health Plan to Provide Reimbursement for Participation in QOPI

ASCO launched the Quality Oncology Practice Initiative (QOPI) Health Plan Program in 2006 as a way to help reduce redundancy of data collection and measurement in quality improvement programs. To date, 14 health benefit companies around the country have elected to participate in the QOPI Health Plan Program, and each health plan has established its own way of recognizing QOPI participation, such as a special designation in physician directories. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) is the only one of the health plans to provide a financial incentive to oncology practices that participate in QOPI.

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