PURCHASER BUSINESS GROUP ON HEALTH

Purchaser value: pbgh partners with employers who purchase health care for their employees to create measurable progress toward a more efficient and effective healthcare system. Pbgh supports health care purchasers and members, by providing services including: education, technical assistance, and access to networking and partnership opportunities.

Influence policy: pbgh represents its member organizations with a strong, unified voice in washington, dc by testifying in congress, communicating with the white house and agency staff, serving on key advisory bodies, and publishing issue briefs, blog posts, and op-eds about current topics in healthcare. Pbgh advocacy focuses on the "value agenda" of health reform including: payment reform and alignment, use of measures to support value-payment systems, data transparency, fostering of competitive markets, and improving advanced primary care and maternal health.