Innovate Blog


December 22, 2022

Top 5 Blogs of 2022

The PBGH Innovate Blog features articles written by PBGH and other experts about PBMs and drug-price reform, health care market consolidation and the high prices it brings, efforts to lower health care costs, expanding access to advanced primary care and more. Here, the top five blogs of 2022.

December 15, 2022

No Surprises Act Facing Continued Pressure from Providers

In the courtroom and in the field, provider interests are continuing their full-court press to undermine elements hollywood casino bonus of the No Surprises Act, federal legislation enacted to shield patients, payers and purchasers from exorbitant and unexpected out-of-network medical bills.

December 14, 2022

Better Data Collection Essential to Understanding and Addressing Health Inequities

The ability to effectively collect a range of data points about patients and the care they receive is essential.

November 17, 2022

Telehealth Waiver for High-Deductible Health Plans Facing Uncertain Future

Without congressional action, employers will be required to charge employees more to access telehealth services, creating a barrier to care.

November 8, 2022

Hollywood Casino poker room Midterms 2022: 6 Health Care Public Policies Employers Should Watch

Outlined here are six possible implications of the election that large employers and purchasers – who provide health benefits for more than half the country – should watch.

October 21, 2022

5 Lessons for Achieving High-Quality Virtual Care

A new report presents five lessons to support the long-term use of telehealth services as a tool to deliver high-quality virtual care.

September 29, 2022

8 Steps to Implementing Advanced Primary Care

Despite these outsized benefits, misaligned financial incentives, chronic under-investment, infrastructure barriers Hollywood Casino poker room and a lack of integration with other elements of care continue to severely constrain primary care’s impact on the health of American workers and families.

August 18, 2022

Historic Drug Legislation Passed: What It Means for Employers and American Workers

In the wake of the recent drug pricing reforms passed, learn six steps employers and purchasers can take to address the exceedingly high-cost burden of prescription drugs.

August 2, 2022

Study Finds Person-Centered Care Improves with Level of Provider Financial Risk

Medicare Advantage providers, particularly larger organizations, hollywood casino bonus that are paid using full-risk capitation models outperform their lower risk counterparts when it comes to delivering person-centered care, a new study shows. 

June 10, 2022

Strengthening Primary Care: A Pilot with Four Large Purchasers

Together with the Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA), PBGH brought together four large health care purchasers in California to pilot this set of performance measures that emphasize patient experience and outcomes.