"Value-Based Purchasing and Consumer Engagement Strategies in State Employee Health Plans," a new SCI report written by Bailit Purchasing, LLC, is a purchaser guide that lays out concise descriptions of two principal means for improving the value that states can gain through administering State Employee Health Plans (SEHPs): value-based purchasing and consumer engagement. It highlights innovative strategies and examines successful programs operated today by SEHP purchasers that focus on changing contractor behavior and/or changing employee, retiree, and dependent behavior. Despite their size and potential impacts, these large state-administered programs have drawn less attention than might be expected with respect to efforts to identify and implement successful strategies. Such strategies could not only benefit their purchasing activities, but also improve the performance of the broader health care system.

Join SCI for a webinar to discuss the major findings with the authors and state officials from Massachusetts and West Virginia.

When: May 13, 2010 from 1:30-3:30 p.m. EDT
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This webinar is for state officials only.


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