PBGH in the News

PBGH signed on to C-P Alliance’s comment letter, urging CMS to close the gap between the MIPS and Advanced APM tracks in MIPS

PBGH, along with 19 other consumer and purchaser organizations, signed on to C-P Alliance's comment letter, urging CMS to adopt only high-value measures - that is, those that are meaningful, important, and actionable - in its hospital accountability programs including the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program (IQR), the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program (HVBP), the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program (HACR), the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP), and the PPS-Exempt Cancer Hospital Quality Reporting Program (PCHQR). We caution CMS against making any changes to these programs to reduce burden without considering the trade-offs in availability of information.

PBGH's Olivia Ross co-authored an article in the Harvard Business Review about large employers that directly purchase bundled care for their employees through selected providers. Read more

Bill Kramer and David Lansky co-authored a piece featured in the Health Affairs Blog exploring two major issues that are relevant to America’s large employers – value-based payment and delivery reform, and publicly financed coverage. As Congress and the new Administration consider reforming our healthcare system, policymakers should take into account the unique perspective and insight on these issues offered by large employers. Read more

 

 

Bill Kramer was quoted in Medpage Today about the need to pay physicians based on their quality of care and outcomes. "To fix these problems, we need major delivery system improvements ... right now is one of those moments when we can influence the future." Read more

 

 

David Lansky explores the big challenges facing value-based care innovation in the new Trump administration in his recent publication for the Center for Health Journalism blog. Read more

 

 

David Lansky was interviewed for Health Data Management about the prospect of repealing and replacing the ACA and the implications on value-based care initiatives. “The jury is out on whether the new administration’s interest in a consumer-oriented, less regulated model will undermine the drive toward value-based purchasing.” Read more

April Watson co-authors article in the CHIA Journal, publication of the California Health Information Association, about the work of one Practice Transformation Network and how it plans to impact care quality in California. Read more

Bill Kramer authors article in California Healthcare News about the Purchaser Value Network's work to accelerate the adoption of value-based payment and care delivery reforms. Read article

David Lansky quoted in the Smart Care California press release and news article on the hospitals that met or surpassed a federal goal aimed at reducing Cesarean births (C-sections) for first-time moms with low-risk pregnancies. View press release and read article.