Welcome to Purchasing High Performance

Purchasing High Performance is a new quarterly bulletin for employers and others interested in promoting value in health care. The newsletter is produced in partnership with the National Business Coalition on Health. Read more »

Can Employers Really Make a Difference in Health Care Costs?

The menu of options for controlling health care costs is expanding. What's your strategy?
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Doctors vs. Doctors with IT Support—Who's Better?

A new study finds that health IT can make a big difference in health care quality...and save money, too. Read more »

What Works in Health Care? What Doesn't?

With dozens of treatment options for even the most routine issue, who's to say which one's best? Turns out, it's science. Read more »

It's All About Value...Based Benefit Design

What if the way you structured your health benefits could encourage employees to make better health care choices? Read more »

Health Care Reform Is Not a Spectator Sport

The stakes for employers in health care reform are very high – do you know what's on the table? Read more »

Peter Lee of PBGH Talks about the Uninsured

Also: why employers still want to be in the business of administering benefits, where the money for universal coverage will come from, and what he had for breakfast. Read more »

What Happened When GE Paid Employees to Quit Smoking?

GE's experience with an effort to pay smokers to quit shows the power of incentives to shape behavior. Read more »

A Coalition Builds a Report Card

How the Puget Sound Health Alliance developed a hospital and clinic report card that won the support of employers, consumers, policymakers, and the medical community. Read more »

Tax Incentives for Wellness Programs?

The Healthy Workforce Act could cut the cost of your disease management programs. Read more »

Editorial Advisory Board and Steering Committee

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