Pacific Business Group on Health joins a diverse group of employer, consumer and labor organizations to issue consensus recommendations that would strengthen health reform legislation through payment redesign, comparative effectiveness research, performance measurement, and public reporting. Read more.

Previously, PBGH called for delivery system reform in a joint letter to Senate and House leadership:
• Change existing payment structures to foster competition and value-based payment models;
• Introduce new models for delivering care to improve quality and accountability;
• Create an Innovations Center within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; and
• Expand comparative effectiveness research to help patients and providers make better decisions about treatment options. View Consensus Statement.
Read more: Stand for Quality Comments on H.R. 3590, "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act."

Additional Information
• Peter V. Lee's US House Committee on Ways and Means Testimony Health Reform in the 21st Century.
• PBGH letter to the Senate Finance Committee on payment reform.
• Peter V. Lee's Senate Finance Committee Testimony on delivery system reform.
• David Lansky's Comparative Effectiveness Testimony.
• Center for Payment Reform core principles supported by consumers, labor, employer and provider groups.
• HIT Policy Committee Meaningful Use Matrix.