Welcome to the Regence Provider web

The Regence Group ("Regence"), an independent licensee of the BlueCross and BlueShield Association, is an affiliation of BlueCross and BlueShield health plans operating in the Pacific Northwest and Intermountain West regions.

Notice: Regence discontinued support for its outcomes informed care effective May 30, 2011.

Regence providers' outcomes improved again in 2010!

• Over all outcomes for all patients improved significantly over 2009 results.
  • p<.01; Two-tailed t-test
• Regence providers' SAES for clinical range case in the Highly Effective range
  • Effect size for national managed care network calculated from tables included in Brown, Lambert, Jones & Minami, 2005

Toolkit usage and outcomes

Increases in effect sizes appear to be correlated with Toolkit usage. Clinicians who used the Toolkit frequently were significantly more likely to show improvement during 2010 than those who did not. To read more, see: Toolkit usage and outcomes

How do I register to access the questionnaires and use my Toolkit?

Frequently Asked Questions

Ace Certificates

• See list of attached files (below) for current Certificates.
• Learn more about ACE
• If you have questions about the certificates, please contact jebbrown@clinical-informatics.com

More information

The Regence behavioral health outcomes informed care pilot project came about at the encouragement of a large employer and a core group of forward looking behavioral health providers committed to providing evidence of the effectiveness and value of behavioral health services. As a result, Regence agreed to provide funding to cover the cost of questionnaire development, data capture and reporting for those clinicians who wish to explore the implications of outcomes informed care for their practices.

This web is not the property of Regence and Regence is not responsible for its content. The content of this web is shaped by the community of outcomes informed clinicians participating in the pilot project. Any registered participant may contribute to or comment on the contents of this web. Participants in the project are encouraged to work collaboratively to understand the implications of data collected through this project.

Quick links:

ACORN Online Outcome Questionnaires manual

Outcomes Measurement: Concepts & Definitions

Research: Whats New?

• Check out updates on the latest research publications and other happenings on ACORN. WhatsNew

Limited participation

The project is designed for those clinicians who are familiar with the evidence for outcomes informed care and see the potential benefit to all of their patients of using outcome questionnaires as a routine part of treatment. The project is also designed to serve the needs of those clinicians who wish to use outcome data to demonstrate the value of their services to employers and other referral sources. How this is achieved will depend on the wishes of the participating clinicians.