PBGH Supportive Cancer Care Measure Set

Your Employees Are Getting Cancer Treatment. Are they Getting Supportive Cancer Care?

Cancer is a top priority for PBGH members. Diagnoses are growing among younger populations and costs of care continue to increase. Not just medical costs, but the hidden costs of lost productivity, absenteeism, and employees leaving the workforce entirely.

Introducing the Supportive Cancer Care Employer Measure Set

In Spring 2025, PBGH launched a Supportive Cancer Care Workgroup with generous support from the Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation and the Healing Works Foundation. The Workgroup brings together employers and public purchasers to align on measures, purchasing priorities, and standards for delivering high-quality, supportive cancer care.

Supportive cancer care is a comprehensive, whole-person approach that ensures patients and their caregivers have access to physical, psychological, spiritual, educational, economic, and community-based support throughout and beyond their cancer treatment journey.

In the first phase of this initiative, PBGH partnered with its members, external stakeholders, and measurement experts to develop the Supportive Cancer Care Employer Measure Set. To inform this effort, PBGH reviewed a wide variety of measures highlighted in the literature and endorsed by national cancer and medical organizations, then facilitated a multi-stakeholder process to define a measure set focused on care access and utilization, high-value care, and patient-reported outcomes.

Access the Measure Set

What’s Next

The Workgroup will develop purchasing principles to guide the procurement of whole-person cancer care. These principles will serve as the foundation for contracting standards that will provide actionable recommendations for purchasers and their partners to ensure patients and caregivers can access high-quality supportive care services.

For questions regarding PBGH’s Supportive Cancer Care initiative, please contact Logan Waterman.