PBGH Reports & Issue Briefs

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Helping Employees Choose A Health Plan
June, 2010

Personal Health Records (PHRs)
November, 2009

Tobacco Cessation Benefit Coverage and Consumer Engagement Strategies: A California Perspective
June, 2008 (updated)

Cost Efficiency at Hospital Facilities in California:  A Report Based on Publicly Available Data
Full Report                     Summary Report
Milliman, Inc., October, 2007

Value Promoting Policy Review:  Payments to Out-of-Network Hospitals in California
Milliman, Inc., August 17, 2007

Evaluation of Consumer Decision Support Tools:  Helping People Make Health Care Decisions
Conference Summary      Report
June, 2007

Purchaser Expectations for Health Care Value:  Advancing Health Plan and Provider Accountability
July, 2006

Supporting Health Care Re-engineering: Provider Payment Issues and Reform Strategies
July, 2006

Assessing Quality-Based Benefit Design
April, 2006

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery in California: 2003 Hospital Data
California CABG Outcomes Reporting Program, February, 2006

Hospital Cost Efficiency Measurement: Methodological Approaches
January, 2006

Advancing Physician Performance Measurement: Using Administrative Data to Assess Physician Quality and Efficiency
September, 2005

Aligning Physician Incentives: Lessons and Perspectives from California
September, 2005

The California Report on Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
2002-2003 Hospital Data
February, 2005

PBGH Member Benefit Strategies: Promoting Quality, Value and Access
February, 2005

PBGH Consumer Engagement: Supporting Informed Health Plan Choice
March, 2005

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