Industry Bulletins | April 20, 2022
Evernorth & Behavioral Health Center Of Excellence Collaborate To Measure Health Outcomes For Autism Treatment
Evernorth, the health services business of Cigna Corporation, and Behavioral Health Center of Excellence (BHCOE), a health services accreditor, announced a partnership to develop quality performance measures to assess quality of applied behavioral analysis (ABA) treatment for autism. Evernorth’s behavioral health consumers, as well as Cigna health plan members who receive health coverage through their employer or marketplace exchange plans, will be among the first to benefit from these standard performance metrics. The goal is that the measures will help consumers and payers assess treatment quality.
Through this collaboration, Evernorth and BHCOE will work to establish foundational measures for . . .