INHALE allows participation for both primary care physicians and specialists. Our specialists include Adult and Pediatric Pulmonologists and Allergists. Practices are able to participate in the INHALE CQI through their Physician Organization (PO). Recruitment of practices/providers takes place twice a year for participating POs and aligns with the BCBSM Value-Based Reimbursement (VBR) start dates.
Upcoming Recruitment Dates
When recruiting physicians/practices to participate in the INHALE CQI please give careful consideration to the patient population served. While there is no minimum number of asthma and COPD patients required for participation (at this time) we do anticipate stipulations around patient population size in the future. Of note, if a physician has less than 10 attributed patients, data will not be visible on the Population Health Registry.
Each PO can choose to recruit individual physicians or full practices to participate. For practice-level participation, all eligible physicians from the practice will be listed as participating in the CQI.
The checklist below can help ensure all physicians and practices are successfully onboarded into the CQI.
INHALE prepares regular PO and Clinical level newsletters that contain:
Support for the INHALE CQI is provided by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan as part of the BCBSM Value Partnerships program. BCBSM’s Value Partnerships program provides clinical and executive support for all CQI programs.
Although Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and the INHALE CQI work in partnership, the opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints expressed by INHALE CQI do not necessarily reflect the opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints of BCBSM or any of its employees.