PBGH Announcements
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2024 PBGH Moonshot Award Winners
Congratulations to this year’s PBGH Moonshot Award winners, who are recognized for reimagining the status quo to improve health care quality, affordability and equity.
PBGH Launches its Advanced Primary Care-Driven Health Care Network in Puget Sound, Washington
Boeing, eBay and Other Large Employers Now Offering Advanced Primary Care and High-Value Specialist Referrals to Employees and Families Purchaser […]
PBGH Supports Site Neutral Legislative Framework Issued by Senators Cassidy and Hassan to Improve Competition and Reduce Health Care Costs
Oakland, CA – Purchaser Business Group on Health (PBGH), a nonprofit coalition representing 40 private employers and public entities across […]
Purchaser Business Group on Health Approved for a PCORI Engagement Award to Support Maternal Health and Birth Equity
Oakland, CA – The Purchaser Business Group on Health (PBGH) has been approved for a $100,000 funding award through the […]
Purchaser Business Group on Health Announces Inaugural Care Excellence Award Recipients
The first recipients of the PBGH Care Excellence Award include: BT Health (part of Brown & Toland Physicians), (Bronze Award), Crossover Health (Bronze Award), One Medical (Bronze Award), and Vera Whole Health (an apree health brand), (Bronze Award), in recognition of their superior commitment to delivering high-quality advanced primary care, and by doing so, are helping to move the market towards greater quality, equity and affordability.
Purchaser Business Group on Health to Sunset Patient Assessment Survey Program
Without a business case for providers to measure and report patient experience, the Patient Assessment Survey (PAS) program is no longer sustainable. PBGH will sunset the program July 31, 2024. Upon conclusion of the program, PBGH will work with partners to seek new and innovative measurement methods. PBGH remains committed to enhancing health care quality and patient outcomes.
Purchaser Business Group on Health Receives Funding to Launch CAA Data Demonstration Project
PBGH has launched a CAA Data Demonstration Project, which aims to complement employer claims and utilization data with pricing and quality data to provide actionable, specific insights to ensure high-value, affordable care.
PBGH Joins Employer Groups Urging Congress to Pass PBM and Health Care Reform Legislation
PBGH has joined a diverse collection of organizations representing the nation’s employers that are dedicated to bringing more transparency and accountability to health care for employers and their employees. They are calling on Congress to enact meaningful pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) and health care reform legislation this year.
Purchaser Business Group on Health Releases Maternity Care Common Purchasing Agreement to Improve Outcomes for Mothers and Newborns
The Purchaser Business Group on Health announces the release of its Comprehensive Maternity Care Common Purchasing Agreement. With benefits leaders from Qualcomm and Walmart serving as co-chairs of the initiative, this resource seeks to improve maternal care and birth equity through a collective commitment among employers and public purchasers of health care.
Purchaser Business Group on Health Launches Program to Connect Employees to Top-Performing Primary and Specialty Care Providers
The Purchaser Business Group on Health (PBGH) announces the launch of PBGH’s groundbreaking Care Excellence Program in California. Designed to establish a gold standard in health care, this innovative program rigorously evaluates and identifies top-tier advanced primary care teams based on an employer and purchaser set of standards and shared quality metrics.