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Creating the Health
Care System Employers
are Proud to Offer

PBGH operates as a change agent designing, implementing and spreading innovative programs and best practices to increase health care value for private employers and public purchasers.

Creating the Health
Care System Employers
are Proud to Offer

PBGH operates as a change agent designing, implementing and spreading innovative programs and best practices to increase health care value for private employers and public purchasers.

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Quality Care at Lower Cost

Tangible programs and services that increase employee productivity, retention and satisfaction.

Policy Expertise

Provide a voice and influencing laws to benefit employers, purchasers and consumers.

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Leading corporations sharing best practices, new solutions and insights into where markets are going.

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Access to expertise, tools and resources that help you work smarter and save your organization money.

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PBGH brings all kinds of cutting-edge information and programs that have been absolutely instrumental for Walmart and other employers in lowering our health care costs.”

Lisa Woods
Vice President, Physical and Emotional Wellbeing
Walmart

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Our membership in PBGH is a great way to partner with other large employers to influence and push the health care system toward greater efficiency and lower cost.”

Teresa Wolownik
Senior Director of Global Benefits and
Executive Compensation, Qualcomm

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Membership in PBGH has immediately proven to be of high value for King County. We have access to some of the country’s foremost subject matter experts and other leading purchasers, enabling us to tap into a range of cutting edge solutions and insights to support our efforts around PBM contracting, ideas for analytics using our data warehouse and other critically important initiatives.”

Michele Ritala
Benefits Strategic Planner
King County, WA

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Purchaser Business Group on Health Releases Maternity Care Common Purchasing Agreement to Improve Outcomes for Mothers and Newborns

The Purchaser Business Group on Health announces the release of its Comprehensive Maternity Care Common Purchasing Agreement. With benefits leaders from Qualcomm and Walmart serving as co-chairs of the initiative, this resource seeks to improve maternal care and birth equity through a collective commitment among employers and public purchasers of health care.

Purchaser Business Group on Health Receives Funding to Launch CAA Data Demonstration Project

PBGH has launched a CAA Data Demonstration Project, which aims to complement employer claims and utilization data with pricing and quality data to provide actionable, specific insights to ensure high-value, affordable care.

Purchaser Business Group on Health Launches Program to Connect Employees to Top-Performing Primary and Specialty Care Providers

The Purchaser Business Group on Health (PBGH) announces the launch of PBGH’s groundbreaking Care Excellence Program in California. Designed to establish a gold standard in health care, this innovative program rigorously evaluates and identifies top-tier advanced primary care teams based on an employer and purchaser set of standards and shared quality metrics.

4 Steps for Large Employers to Meet Fiduciary Duties and Mitigate Legal Risk

The Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) has created both opportunities and risks for employers when it comes to overseeing employee health benefits.

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We are a purchaser-only coalition of the country’s largest and most influential private employers and public purchasers working to create the health care system organizations are proud to offer American workers. We harness the clout and concentrated power of our members to deliver impressive results rarely seen in the health care market, including avoided unnecessary procedures, reduced waste, payment reform and an overall reduction in total cost of care.

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