About VBCH

The Virginia Business Coalition on Health (VBCH) is a non-profit, 501(c)(3), founded in 1983 under the name of the Hampton Roads Health Coalition.  It has since expanded Virginia-wide.  VBCH is a mixed-model coalition of 70 stakeholder-members made up of purchasers (employers) and providers, representing 300,000 employees and their dependents.   VBCH is a member of the National Business Coalition on Health, and together represents some 40 million covered lives.  VBCH, is a Virginia Roll-out Leader for The Leapfrog Group which publicly reports hospital quality and patient safety data, since 2003.  VBCH also collects and compares data on nine health plans in Virginia through the eValue8 RFI Tool. Additionally, VBCH engages in community quality improvement, education and communication, and workplace wellness and health promotion.  Visit www.myVBCH.org or phone 757.552.0913 for more information about VBCH. 

Vision, MIssion and Goals

VISION

We envision a unified, knowledgeable, unified stakeholder* voice to promote best practices for high-quality, cost-effective health care and a healthy productive workforce.

MISSION

To provide superior membership service and to build the capacity to convene and be the collective resource for Virginia employers to advance value-based purchasing, productivity, wellness, patient safety and quality.

GOALS

• Expand, unify and strengthen VBCH membership
• Educate and disseminate on national best practices and VBCH-acquired data
• Build data gathering and reporting capacity (through the eValue8 RFI Tool and Leapfrog Hospital Quality and Safety Survey, for example)
• Promote Wellness in the Workplace in Virginia and Identify opportunities to improve the health status of Virginia communities
• Serve Our Members

*VBCH member stakeholders include purchasers as well as providers (health plans/insurers; hospitals; consultants; pharmaceutical companies) believing that cooperation between all parties will bring solutions to the health care environment.

 

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