Harvard Pilgrim and the GIC are working together on a new initiative called Centered Care. This approach to health care emphasizes greater coordination of care, quality improvements, and shared responsibility for health care costs and quality.
The goal of Centered Care is to help members get the right care at the right place, while also containing costs.
Three key elements of Centered Care are PCP designation, PCP engagement and data sharing.
Primary care providers (PCPs) play an essential role in your care. Even if your plan doesn’t require you to select a PCP, we strongly recommend that you have one.
PCPs not only help you stay healthy, but they also arrange for additional health services you may need. By coordinating your care, PCPs can help to ensure that other physicians are aware of your medical history, and make sure everyone is on the same page.
By using electronic health records, all the members of your health team have secure access to your health history, prescriptions, lab results and appointments. This allows them to keep track of your medical needs and make sure those needs are met.
Harvard Pilgrim’s commitment to Centered Care—and to you
As a leader in clinical quality for more than 35 years, Harvard Pilgrim has developed exceptional preventive care, disease management and clinical quality programs, as well as sophisticated quality incentive programs and tools to measure and evaluate performance. Harvard Pilgrim is actively collaborating with physician groups to expand these programs and develop new standards that support the principles of the IRBO Initiative and Centered Care—and better meet the needs of GIC employees.
Quicklinks
- View our presentation Primary Care Providers (PCPs) – how to find one, how to access specialty care and how to change a PCP
- Read Primary Care Providers: Essential to getting the best possible care in Harvard Pilgrim’s Your Health newsletter
- Read about Centered Care in the GIC’s For Your Benefit newsletter