JNMC added to BCBSF bundle network May 11, 2011
Posted by Arnon Krongrad, MD in Uncategorized.trackback
In an ongoing effort to expand choice and convenience, Mobile Surgery International™ (MSI) has partnered with Jackson North Medical Center (JNMC) to deliver the bundled prostatectomy service that MSI is developing for patients insured through Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida (BCBSF). This partnership means that eligible BCBSF members will have expanded access to MSI’s value-generating services — based upon personal preference and convenience.
Dr. Krongrad, the chief executive of MSI, told me that JNMC has served as one of MSI’s carefully selected treatment centers for a number of domestic and foreign payers. MSI’s surgical teams get top notch support from JNMC’s anesthesia and pathology staff. The operating room is well organized and the concierge service cannot be better. He is delighted with the new agreement.
JNMC is one of several hospitals operated by Miami-Dade County’s Jackson Health System, recently rated by US News & World Report as the best hospital system in South Florida.
MSI’s first surgical cases for BCBSF insured members at JNMC are scheduled for this month. The bundled services will include quality-focused, patient-centric, no-wait support, education, and service, appropriate supplies, and everything necessary for conduct of the radical prostatectomy and related procedures: surgeon, surgeon’s assistant, operative technical team, anesthesia, pathology, nursing care, operating room, recovery room, medications, and room and board. The arrangement brings quality, efficiency, and value to all eligible members. It brings administrative simplicity and value to the payer.
To read an article about the agreement with BCBSF, please click here.
To read a joint statement with BCBSF, please click here.
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Mobile Surgery International: MSI offers patients and payers surgical choice and quality with cost containment through its Centers of Excellence with Global Convenience™ in Kansas, Florida, Mexico, Panama, and Trinidad. MSI cuts overhead, recruits outstanding surgical talent, and identifies host surgical facilities, providing differentiating surgical programs and custom solutions with minimal regard to geography. Whether the patient comes to the surgeon, the surgeon goes to the patient, or patient and surgeon meet at a mutually convenient location, MSI coordinates all arrangements at a cost agreeable to the patient and/or the payer.
