Mission & Goals

Mission

The Pacific Business Group on Health seeks to improve the quality and availability of health care while moderating costs.

Goals

PBGH responds to the needs of its member companies and their employees. Mindful of its role in the community, it strives to accomplish the following:

Value Based Purchasing

• Enable purchasers to make value based choices that promote efficient delivery and equitable access to high-quality care.
• Support improvements in the accountability with regard to the delivery, purchasing and consumption of health care.

Quality Measurement & Improvement

• Increase the availability and usability of quality and economic efficiency performance information for all levels of care: health plans, hospitals, medical groups and individual physicians.
• Identify high impact methods to improve performance and create market demand for adoption by plans and providers through effective value purchasing and consumer engagement efforts.

Consumer Engagement

• Make information available for every level of the health care system and provided in ways and at times consumers believe are relevant and critical to their needs.
• Encourage the use of performance information by consumers.
• Use information to encourage value based decision-making.