From Blue Cross Blue Shield      

FARGO  (KCSi-T.V. News (nov 14, 2012) – Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota (BCBSND) has signed a Total Cost of Care contract with Essentia Health, Fargo. The new contract is part of an effort to reimburse medical facilities with an emphasis on quality of care rather than volume of services delivered, while improving care coordination and holding down member health care costs.

Essentia Health joins Altru Health System, Grand Forks; Sanford Health, Fargo and Sioux Falls; and Sanford Bismarck (formerly Medcenter One), as the state’s largest integrated hospital systems that have signed the new reimbursement arrangement.