Value Based Purchasing

The Virginia Business Coalition on Health is pleased to offer a range of activities in which public and private purchasers engage to influence the behavior of consumers, plans, and providers to achieve greater value…we call this “Value Based Purchasing.” Our key strategy going forward is to:

• Improve the purchasing process of employers and employees
• Improve the health system (health plans, hospitals and other providers)
• Improve the health of the community (employees, consumers and public)

	eValue8 RFI eValue8 is the leading evidence based request for information tool available to health care purchasers today and is widely used by business health coalitions, their purchaser members and national employers to assess and manage the quality of their health care vendors.
	HealthMapRx... is a program that provides incentives to patients with chronic conditions such as diabetes and matches patients with a community pharmacist provider for evaluation, setting goals to achieve clinical outcomes and lifestyle improvement.  Sign up today.
	HOSPITALpick Consumer Hospital Comparison Tool ...Choose the right procedure at the right hospital! Search the latest data on 165 procedures nationwide, or as close as a mile away, on volume, mortality, complications, length of stay, and cost, and Leapfrog. Data you can trust!
	DocTour Graphic Surgery ...Surgery made simple. 20 to 40 Percent of many common elective surgeries are unnecessary ... and can be reduced with good education. Provides reliable medical information that helps employers and patients become better health care consumers.
	WHI Coalition Contract ...A Pharmacy Benefit Manager with transparency, special rates, performance guarantees, high quality clinical programs, and much more! Coalition-negotiated with you and 30 million covered-lives in mind. For additional information, see NBCH. For additional information from NBCH on the WHI Coalition Contract PBM.
	WebMD Professional ...The industry leader in hospital performance benchmarking. Easiest way to analyze client outcomes, utilization, and access to care with quality indicators.
	NVA ...High value, low cost, full service. 95.5% Client Retention Rate. Custom plans for custom needs. Extensive credentialing process.