We actively participate on the Government Affairs Committee of the National Business Coalition on Health. The committee has set the following as top priorities for its advocacy efforts:
- Value-driven health care initiatives
- Physician/hospital/insurer performance measurement, reporting and incentives
- Quality and cost transparency/quality and safety improvement
- Health information technology infrastructure
- Access to affordable, quality health care
- Employer cost containment
- Health care industry reform
- Population health improvements
- Comparative-effectiveness research
- Patient-centered care/medical home
- Medicare program reform
- HHS funding support for
CDC and AHRQ
The Committee meets quarterly and regularly submits position papers to legislators, legislative committees and other groups advocating for health care reform.
To view the committee’s papers, visit http://www.nbch.org/Publications.