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Partnership Unveils New Purchaser Guides to Value-driven Health Care Last November, HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt convened a meeting of major US employers to discuss health care transparency and value-driven health care. There, he issued a challenge to employers to implement “four cornerstones of value-driven health care”: utilizing health information technology, measuring and publishing quality information, measuring and publishing price information, and creating positive incentives for high quality, efficient health care. In response, members of The Partnership for Value-driven Health Care initiated the development of three guides to help various types of purchasers quickly identify which initiatives they can undertake to meet each of Secretary Leavitt’s cornerstones. Last February, the first guide was introduced: “The Purchaser Guide to Value-driven Health Care.” Two additional Guides –"A Guide for State Employee Benefits Purchasers" and "A Guide for State Medicaid Agencies" – were released in May. Now, all major groups of health care purchasers have clear direction on how to jumpstart value-based purchasing and bring health care into the 21st century. [5/07] |