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REGISTER NOW! NBCH's 14th Annual Conference
Improving Health, Reforming Health Care: An Employer Call to Action
November 8-10, 2009
Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort
Phoenix, Arizona
Attention, health care stakeholders! Join NBCH and its coalition employer members at the health care buyer's premier conference-two days of in-depth training, networking, & product demonstrations with health care's largest employer customers. Meet with peers and experts alike, capitalizing on this unique opportunity to discuss health care issues and insights as NBCH presents Improving Health, Reforming Health Care: An Employer Call to Action. The 2009 Annual Conference will convene nearly 500 health care leaders in Phoenix, Arizona to focus on the overarching and interconnected imperatives of health and health care transformation.
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| Jamie Robinson, UC Berkeley; Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation;
Francois de Brantes, Bridges-to-Excellence; Ron Williams, Aetna; Bob Galvin, General Electric; Tom Parry, IBI; and many more |
Opportunity knocks... What are you waiting for?
NBCH invites all parties interested in working with our member coalitions and their employers to submit an opportunity for our newly released Opportunity Knocks monthly eNewsletter—NBCH’s latest avenue to promote value-based purchasing concepts and health care reform, community by community. By submitting an opportunity, you’ll quickly spread your value proposition to NBCH’s nearly 60 member coalitions. Furthermore, you’ll have the opportunity to educate them on your organization, market what you have to offer, and explain how coalitions and their employer members can benefit. Click on the above link to learn more about the initiative and to submit an opportunity today!
IBI/NBCH Health & Productivity Forum
Many thanks to all of those who attended the First Annual IBI/NBCH Health and Productivity Forum. It was a tremendous success!
SAVE-THE-DATE: IBI/NBCH 2010 Forum
February 8-10, 2010
San Antonio, Texas
Again, thanks to all of the generous sponsors and attendees of this event!
How Coalitions Improve the Value of Health Care at the Community Level
New NBCH Minisite compiles experience from coalitions on how to organize, plan, fund and manage local value improvement projects. This Community Health Value Collaborative minisite is now available to NBCH members and the public.
Tobacco Cessation Resources
In conjunction with the American Cancer Society's 2008 Great American Smokeout, the National Business Coalition on Health is raising awareness about a valuable tool for employers to help secure a truly robust, effective smoking cessation benefit for their employees. Please take a minute to view the above link and its content: a quick video from Andy Webber, A Purchaser's Guide to Clinical Preventive Services for Smoking Cessation, and case studies that reflect employers’ efforts in helping Americans nationwide take a step in the right direction to stop smoking and live healthier.
Emergency Preparedness
NBCH supports the efforts of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and their commitment to national, state, and local efforts to prepare for and prevent public health disasters before they occur. As part of the NBCH/CCHI Cooperative Agreement with the CDC, NBCH has agreed to be part of the development and testing of a business emergency alert communications network. This emergency alert network is part of the CDC initiative for pandemic and emergency preparedness.
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Progress Report to the Nation’s Employers: How Health Plans are Improving Cardiovascular Disease Care eValue8 2008
Heart disease is one of the leading causes of death and disability in the working age population. Almost 40% of the working age population between the ages of 40 to 69 has some type of cardiovascular disease (CVD), including coronary artery disease or high blood pressure. The risk of CVD increases with age. CVD costs the United States $400 billion annually. Employers who provide health insurance pay for the cost of heart disease two ways: medical costs and lost productivity. This report shows how employers have used eValue8, a national standardized Request for Information (RFI), to assess the performance of local health plans. The business coalition members of the National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH) use eValue8 to assess performance and drive improvement. eValue8 encourages plans to adopt innovative and evidence based practices on preventing and managing cardiovascular disease.
Change Agent Work Group (CAWG) Employer Health Asset Management: A Roadmap for Improving the Health of Your Employees and Your Organization
The Employer Health Asset Management roadmap is a guide for introducing cost-effective employee health programs. While the roadmap refers to "employees," it can be applied equally within the framework of Taft-Hartley multiemployer trust funds to produce meaningful improvement in the health status of union participants.
NBCH Issues 2008 Report on Health Plans’ Efforts to Prevent Diabetes and Promote Better Care
In response to the growing employer awareness of the impact of diabetes on health care costs and productivity, the National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH) released its report on how America’s health plans are performing to improve care and control costs for diabetes. Designed to support employer purchasing strategies, the report offers purchasers a snapshot of health plan practices and identifies areas for improvement. Using data from NBCH’s eValue8™, the nation’s leading standardized Request for Information (RFI) tool utilized by employers and coalitions to measure and compare health plans, the report is publicly available and can be accessed here.
PBM Purchasers Guide
The PBM Purchasers Guide provides information that is essential for today’s purchaser of PBM services engaged in the process of evaluating, purchasing, or managing PBM services. By providing a series of questions to ask and important management tips to be aware of, this guide looks to empower purchasers with knowledge and information while helping to create an effective, transparent, and balanced relationship with a PBM. The PBM Purchasers Guide and Executive Summary can be downloaded at www.PQM.URAC.org.
National Health Leadership June 2008 White Paper
Engaging the C-Suite: Can We Do It?
Charleston, SC—June 25-27
Study puts a total on diabetes cost: $218 billion
A new study, released Tuesday exclusively to The Associated Press, puts the total at $218 billion last year — the first comprehensive estimate of the financial toll diabetes takes.
Modern Healthcare Names Andy Webber 48th Most Powerful Person in Healthcare
NBCH and its member coalitions wish to congratulate Andy in this impressive recognition! For the full article, and to see the top 100 most powerful people in healthcare, click here.
The Patient-Centered Medical Home - A Purchaser Guide
Developed by NBCH through a grant from the Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC), the Purchaser Guide is a handbook for understanding the medical home model and taking action to advance its implementation.
Voices of Value-Based Purchasing
At the 5th Annual World Health Care Congress, NBCH released its report on value-based purchasing, VOICES OF VALUE-BASED PURCHASING, a retrospective on the accomplishments and continuing challenges for value-based purchasing, and a look ahead for the future of the American health care system.
Diabetes in America: Public Knowledge, Perceptions & Behaviors
NBCH fully supports the National Diabetes Goal to increase by 2015 the number of Americans at risk of diabetes who know their blood glucose level and know the appropriate actions to take. Click on the link above to review the final report produced by Gallup.
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