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San Diego preventative healthcare collaborative yields more than $86 million in savings for hospitals, Health Affairs says

Healthcare Finance: A healthcare collaboration in one of the most populated counties in the country yielded big savings for hospitals and better health for residents, according to a new study in the September edition of Health Affairs.

Be There San Diego is a regional healthcare collaborative effort born out of the California Department of Managed Health Care and the Right Care Initiative of the University of California. BTSB seeks to reduce preventable morbidity and hospitalization related to heart attacks and heart disease through better identification and changing of risk factors, better clinical care and the implementation of best practices. Medical leaders from healthcare organizations, San Diego County, and several health plans that serve the county's 3.3 million residents lead the initiative and participation is voluntary.

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