Innovate Blog


January 25, 2024

Empowering Care: The Role of Alternative Payment Model Design in Advancing Equity

Alternative Payment Models (APMs), incentivizing clinicians to provide high-quality, cost-efficient care beyond traditional fee-for-service payments, hold immense potential to revolutionize health care delivery, expanding access, improving outcomes and addressing health disparities.

January 11, 2024

From Data to Delivery: Measuring Advanced Primary Care in California

CQC and IHA executed a pilot project in California, bringing together four large health care purchasers — Covered California, California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), eBay and San Francisco Health Services System — and 13,055 primary care practices.

October 16, 2023

Hospital Posturing on Finances Obscures Grave Crisis of Health Care Affordability

It’s true many smaller hospitals serving rural and disadvantaged populations are suffering post-pandemic financial hardship, and targeted policy solutions are essential to ensure their sustainability. But for the country’s larger health systems, the situation is hardly as bleak as advertised.

October 13, 2023

Changing the Game: Groundbreaking Drug Benefit Purchasing Standards for Large Employers

PBGH’s PBM Purchasing Standards build on a long history of combatting rising drug costs and helps employers and other health care purchasers combat abusive PBM contracting practices.

August 29, 2023

Employees Ready for Action to Address High Health Care Costs

For years, employees have faced increasing premiums and cost-sharing. But how well do they understand the sources of those increases, and how ready are they for employers or policymakers to take action?

August 1, 2023

What Employers Need to Know About Removing Gag Clauses from Health Care Contracts

Before the clock strikes midnight on December 31, 2023, private employers and other public health care purchasers will have been required to attest to their benefit plan contracts being free of gag clauses.

June 14, 2023

Advanced Primary Care Key to Reducing Health Inequities

Robust, comprehensive primary care – a critical foundation for a more cost-effective, high-functioning health system – is equally important in helping boost health equity.

May 22, 2023

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.

May 11, 2023

PBM Reform Act a Critical First Step in Ending PBM Abuses, Key Fiduciary Requirement Missing

The bipartisan Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) Reform Act advanced out of a key congressional committee this week, paving the way for eventual floor debate of the landmark legislation.

May 4, 2023

One Health Issue Impacting Almost Half of America’s Workforce

A recent survey of more than 1,000 working women found that 40% of women age 50 to 65 years old stated that menopause symptoms interfered with their work performance or productivity on a weekly basis.