According to Healthcare Trends Institute (HTI), U.S. workplace wellness programs reached a new milestone in 2016. Eighty-four percent of companies are offering employee wellness initiatives or plan to expand their existing initiatives over the next few years. The same HTI report states that wellness programs have generally shown significant increases in return-on-investment and value-on-investment. 

Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) has launched, and QualChoice is excited to be one of the program's major payers in Arkansas. CPC+ is a five-year, multi-payer model created to strengthen primary care. The program's main goals include:

QualChoice officially begins its new role as a payer in CPC+ on April 1, 2017 and looks forward to helping participating providers in Arkansas test this innovative program. For more information on how providers and payers are working to improve primary care, visit QualChoice.com or CMS.gov .