PBGH Announcements
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PBGH Hires Three New Executives to Accelerate Improvement in Health Care Quality and Affordability for America’s Largest Employers
The Purchaser Business Group on Health (PBGH), a nonprofit coalition committed to reducing health care costs while improving care quality and equity, has announced the addition of three veteran executives to accelerate the development of solutions designed to address the needs of health care purchasers and their employees, and to help its member organizations implement those programs.
PBGH Strongly Supports the No Surprises Act Interim Final Rule: A Big Win for Consumers and Employers
On Sept. 30, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and Treasury, released an interim final rule (IFR) implementing the No Surprises Act.
Quality Improvement Project to Modernize Primary Care Launched
Covered California, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) and the Purchaser Business Group on Health (PBGH) are partnering to launch a pilot program to promote improvement in primary care which will benefit all Californians.
Patients and Employers Agree: Congress Must Allow Medicare to Negotiate Lower Drug Prices for Americans
Patients and employers urge the House Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce Committees to move forward with H.R. 3, a bill that will empower Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices on behalf of Americans.
EmployersRx: Congress Must Reduce Drug Costs for Everyone
Congressional leaders are currently drafting legislation that would allow the federal government to negotiate the price of high-cost drugs and those newly entering the market.
Final Approval Granted for the Sutter Health Settlement
The settlement agreement achieved in the Sutter Health case, along with the injunctive relief, will have a significant and beneficial economic impact.
PBGH Statement on President Biden’s Remarks on Lowering Drug Costs
Addressing health care costs, and in particular the cost of prescription drugs, is an economic issue. Earnings siphoned off by health care costs limit job creation and wage growth, divert investment and cripple competitiveness and innovation.
PBGH Statement in Response to CMS Raising Penalties for Hospitals Failing to Make Prices Public
We are very pleased that the Biden administration is signaling its intention to aggressively implement the previous administration’s hospital price transparency rule.
Purchaser Business Group on Health Appoints Four New Members to Its Board of Directors
The Purchaser Business Group on Health (PBGH) has announced the addition of four new board members.
PBGH statement on President Biden’s Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy
We are exceptionally pleased by the messages in President Biden’s Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy.