October 2015 | Joel C. Cantor | Opinion: The OMNIA Alliance and the Future of New Jersey Safety-Net Hospitals
The daylong New Jersey Senate committee hearing on October 5 exposed controversies about the new OMNIA Health Alliance plan introduced this month by Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield.
As I noted in my testimony at the hearing, OMNIA represents an important shift in New Jersey healthcare financing that has the potential to address long-standing problems in care delivery. New Jersey, for example, ranks near the bottom of states in expensive but potentially avoidable inpatient and emergency department use, while we rank near the top in health spending per capita. In its new OMNIA products, Horizon will reward better care and lower cost delivered by partnering hospitals.