National Business Group on Health Honors HealthPartners With 2006 Award for Excellence and Innovation in Value Purchasing19 March 2006
The National Business Group on Health todayawarded HealthPartners its prestigious 2006 Award for Excellence andInnovation in Value Purchasing. HealthPartners, the largest consumergoverned non-profit health care organization in the nation, was recognizedfor its innovative programs that measure and reward quality health care.
Each year, the Business Group recognizes and honors organizations orindividuals that have demonstrated improved health outcomes and moreefficient use of health care resources, encouraging excellent practices,and have a documented track record of increasing value in health carethrough superior purchasing practices or developed approaches,methodologies, and tools that enable outstanding health managementpractices.
"A champion for quality improvement, HealthPartners' innovative measurementtools provide reliable and actionable performance information that enablesdelivery of better health for its members and better cost containment foremployers," said Martin Sepulveda, MD, Vice President of Global Well BeingServices at IBM and Chairman of the Board's Award Committee.
HealthPartners developed its composite outcome metrics to enable providersto focus on the total care of the patient rather than individual componentsof care. Their contention was that the resulting emphasis on reliabledelivery of all important components would create powerful leverage forpromoting systematic care improvement. HealthPartners composite metricstrack important clinical outcomes developed in collaboration with communityproviders to help identify the essential components of care for targetedconditions. Once baseline metrics are established, HealthPartnersincentive programs are introduced to tie composite metric improvement goalsto performance. Its Outcomes Recognition program rewards primary careclinics that achieve superior results in effectively promoting health andpreventing disease. Its Pay for Performance program links providerreimbursement and measurement of quality and efficiency to improved careand outcomes for its members.
"HealthPartners' groundbreaking work in composite measurement and qualityinnovation is rapidly being adopted across the country," said HelenDarling, President of the Business Group. "Their quality innovationprograms are transforming health care for providers, employers and members.The Business Group is proud to honor HealthPartners for their leadershipand pioneering work."
About the Award for Excellence and Innovation in Value Purchasing
The Business Group annually awards individuals, organizations, or programsthat encourage the efficient use of health care resources in addition toimproving quality and affordability; encourage excellent practices that arestarted by or involve large employers, or have a proven track record ofincreasing value in health care through superior purchasing practices orhave developed approaches, methodologies and tools that enable outstandinghealth benefit management practices.
About the National Business Group on Health
The National Business Group on Health, representing 242 mostly largeemployers, is the nation's only non-profit organization devoted exclusivelyto finding innovative and forward-thinking solutions to large employers'most important health care and related benefits issues. The Business Groupidentifies and shares best practices in health benefits, disability, healthand productivity, related paid time off and work/life balance issues.Business Group members provide health coverage for more than 50 millionU.S. workers, retirees and their families. For more information about theBusiness Group, visit www.businessgrouphealth.org.
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SOURCE: National Business Group on Health
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