About eValue8
eValue8 was created by business coalitions and employers like Marriott and General Motors to measure and evaluate health plan performance. eValue8 asks health plans probing questions about how they manage critical processes that control costs, reduce and eliminate waste, ensure patient safety, close gaps in care and improve health and health care.
Health plans provide detail on how they educate, engage and incent consumers to promote health and manage disease, as well as measure and pay providers. Plans and purchasers receive objective scores enabling comparison of plans against regional and national benchmarks and a roadmap for improvement. As a result of face-to-face discussion of findings and roadmap, plans learn what they need to do to align their strategies with purchaser expectations to maximize the value of the health care investment and ultimately, improve health and quality of care.
eValue8 is a transformational resource to help NBCH member coalitions lead in improving health and value of health care services in their communities by advancing value-based purchasing.
In 2017, eValue8 is the essential resource used by coalitions and purchasers to align purchaser-plan strategies that advance value-based purchasing.
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eValue8 Fact Sheet
measuring cost, quality and performance
What is eValue8? eValue8 is an evidence based resource created by business coalitions and employers like Marriott and General Motors to measure and evaluate health plan performance.
eValue8 asks health plans probing questions about how they manage critical processes that control costs,reduce and eliminate waste,ensure patient safety, close gaps in care, and improve health andhealth care.
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eValue8 Benefits Teaser
Stressed by runaway health care cost trends?
Are you looking for ways to hold plans and
providers accountable for the quality and cost of care for your employees? eValue8 can help.
eValue8 enables payers of health care to become active purchasers, setting expectations and goals that will fundamentally improve the value of their health care dollar and health of their employees. |
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NBCH Action Briefs
NBCH is pleased to announce a new series of action briefs developed to support the critical role purchasers and purchaser-led coalitions play as change agents in improving health and health care in employee populations and the community at large. Each action brief will center on a specific topic of interest highlighting why employers should care; using eValue8 data to better explain the role of health plans around the issue; and providing action steps and strategies employers can take to improve health and health care delivery.
September 2012 - COPD
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an important issue affecting employee health and productivity at work. Its also costing employers three times more than what they spend on employees without COPD. About 70% of the 12 million people with diagnosed COPD and 12 million people with impaired lung function are under age 65. Its also a major driver of AVOIDABLE health care costs. In 2010 the U.S. spent $29.5 billion in direct health care expenditures, with additional costs not captured in claims due to under-diagnosis and misdiagnosis. This Action Brief outlines the scope and costs of COPD; how health plans are addressing the issue based on data from eValue8 a resource used by purchasers to track health plan performance and actions employers can take to improve health and lower costs of their COPD population.
This Action Brief was developed in partnership with the COPD Foundation and the DRIVE4COPD Campaign. |
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July 2012 - Shared Decision Making
Shared decision making means patients and providers collectively making health care decisions that are:
informed by evidence-based options,
weighed by potential benefits and risks, and
considerate of the overall preferences of the patient
Particularly important when multiple treatment options exists without a clear "best" option, shared decision making relies heavily on decision aids - tools designed to engage patients in the decision making process and ensure that options are clear and guidance is balanced.
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In 2010, the United States spent $2.6 trillion in health care expenditures with private employers footing the bill for nearly $743 billion (21%) of the costs. Despite continued frustration with rising health care costs in a seemingly unsustainable system, innovative payers and purchasers have identified a promising strategy that critically transforms the way health care services are chosen and paid for, with the goal of ultimately improving health and lowering costs.Value-based insurance design(V-BID) comprehensively addresses the way health benefits are both structured as well as utilized by employees. |
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March 2012 - Patient-Centered Medical Homes
The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is an important strategy within larger efforts to revamp the way care is delivered and paid for. By centering an individual's health care experience around strong primary care, PCMH seeks to bring order to a health care system that is dangerously fragemented. |
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February 2012 - Diabetes: Costs and Opportunities
Diabetes is epidemic. Over eight percent of the U.S. workforce suffers from this disease, and a quarter of them aren't even aware that they have this condition. The number of diabetes patients is rapidly rising considering that 79 million adults over 20 years of age have pre-diabetes. |
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December 2011 - Weigh the Benefits of Bariatric Surgery
For appropriate candidates, bariatric surgery (e.g., gastric bypass and gastric banding) has proven to be one of the most effective and long lasting treatments for morbid obesity and the resolution of comorbidities, including type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and sleep apnea.1 An estimated 220,000 people in the United States had the surgery in 2008 alone,2 and more employers are considering the value of bariatric surgery for their eligible employees. |
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About one-third of U.S. adults1 and approximately 17% of children and adolescents are obese2 (a body mass index or BMI over 30). Employers must act now to mitigate the cause for overwhelming health care costs and loss of productivity associated with obesity. Employers can play a key role in improving the health and well-being of their workforce.
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September 2011 - Hospital Patient Safety
Hospital-acquired conditions, readmissions and serious reportable events are significant issues impacting employee health and the health care claims costs incurred by employers. For example, $30 billion is lost annually due to avoidable costs such as longer hospital stays. Employers can play a key role in improving patient safety and reducing preventable occurrences.
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