In the same way that healthy competition among cell phone providers and banks drives improvements in the marketplace, consumer choice in health care has the power to drive better care for less money by creating incentives for consumers and providers.
The Partnership for Value-driven Health Care is a consortium of influential business groups committed to improving the nation's health care system by empowering employees to make informed decisions about their health care. Together, members work to provide affordable, quality health care by equipping employees with cost and quality data.
Founded by Business Roundtable, the group was initially convened to host Implementing Health Care Transparency: A National Summit for Employers on the President's Executive Order and share actionable information on transparency best practices.
Building on the success of the summit, in February 2007, the group issued "The Purchaser Guide to Value-driven Health Care," which provides employers with information on how to ensure that the four cornerstones of the President's Executive Order – interoperable health IT, transparency of quality, price transparency and incentives for high-value health care – are part of their health care purchasing activities.
Since that time, the Partnership for Value-driven Health Care has continued to help employers, both private and public, make value-driven health care a priority in purchasing health care services for employees. Members have continued to explore strategies to help employers utilize health information technology, measure and publish quality and price information and create positive incentives for high-quality, efficient care.
Members of the Partnership include:
- American Benefits Council
- Bridges to Excellence
- Business Roundtable
- Corporate Health Care Coalition
- The ERISA Industry Committee
- HR Policy Association
- The Leapfrog Group
- The National Association of Manufacturers
- The National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors
- The National Business Coalition on Health
- The National Business Group on Health
- The National Federation of Independent Business
- The National Retail Federation
- The Pacific Business Group on Health
- The Society for Human Resource Management
- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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