PBGH in the News

Congratulations to Walmart, featured in this Harvard Business Review article coauthored by Lisa Woods, for their groundbreaking work (with PBGH and HDP) to bring better healthcare to their associates and transform care delivery for all.

PBGH's Board Chair, Lisa Woods, discusses Walmart's work with PBGH's Employers Centers of Excellence program with Catalyst for Payment Reform's Suzanne Delbanco.

Listen to the CPR podcast here.

PBGH is leading the charge to promote and expand the use of nurse midwives in hospitals and physician practices. Midwives are attractive to women who want less intervention, respectful care, and more choice, and they can help reduce unnecessary C-sections and OBGYN burnout.

Read the article on NBC News here.

 

PBGH and Trucker Huss, together, shared “transparent thinking” on PBM management. This group discussion featured Mary Powell (Trucker Huss) and Lauren Vela (PBGH) who explored the following topics:

• How to understand and improve a PBM Contract
• The state of government regulation of the PBMs
• Point of sale rebates and copay accumulators: benefit designs with systematic impact
• Effective ways to decrease costs - tactics and case studies
• Policy news - explanation of some of the solutions being considered

Register here to download the slide deck.

NOTE:  The webinar begins at 4:00.  Please advance the recording to 4:00 to listen.

 

PBGH and The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit aiming to improve health care quality for consumers and purchasers, announced 17 California have been named to its 2018 national list of Top Hospitals.

Read the press release here.

Bill Kramer, PBGH Executive Director for Health Policy, was interviewed in this Bloomberg article about new efforts to drive down pharmaceutical costs in California.

Feedback from over 40,000 patients was used to create patient experience ratings across California. Find the free results here and read the story here.

Are there quantifiable benefits to employers when coverage is expanded through Medicaid and other subsidies for low-income individuals? PBGH looks at the evidence.

Cutting out the middlemen, Walmart, General Motors and other companies are experimenting with new models for health coverage.  Read the Marketwatch story.

NPR's Planet Money Indicator podcast features David Lansky who discusses cost savings associated with licensed midwives.