PBGH in the News

PBGH CEO David Lansky and the Employers Centers of Excellence Network are featured in this article on transparency, hospital prices and what organizations are doing to make improvements.  Read the article.

PBGH CEO David Lansky is featured in this Information week article on value - how to measure it, and the Purchaser perspective.  Read the article

PBGH CEO David Lansky is quoted in the SF Business Times article on the difficulties in pursuing similar hospital pricing initiatives in California.  Read the article.

PBGH Executive Director Bill Kramer is quoted in an LA Times article on this much needed transparency initiative.  Read the article

Miles and years apart, sisters reconnect at Mercy Springfield for no-cost knee replacements. The Employers Centers of Excellence Network makes knee replacement surgeries and a family reunion possible for two sisters.  Read the story

PBGH believes that bipartisan, bicameral agreement reached  this week is a significant step forward in reforming the Medicare physician payment system.  Read the statement.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced it would begin responding to Freedom of Information Act requests for individual physician payment data on a case-by-case basis. CP Alliance issued a statement supporting greater data transparency.

For the first time, results of the Physician Assessment Survey have been made available in and insert in Consumer Reports special February 2014 issue.

The Private Exchange Evaluation Collaborative (PEEC), which includes PBGH, provides much-needed, objective assessments of the private-exchange marketplace. Download the survey

PBGH President David Lansky was interviewed on NPR, discussing the mission and benefits of ECEN.  Listen to the audio