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		<title>Leveraging Health:  A Decision Matrix for Value-Based Designs</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The Center has launched a new white paper that will guide you through the basics of value-based designs.  Funded through a generous grant from Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, the matrix was developed by the Innovators who guide the Center.  Read&#8230;</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Center has launched a new white paper that will guide you through the basics of value-based designs.  Funded through a generous grant from Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, the matrix was developed by the Innovators who guide the Center.  Read more and learn more here</p>
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		<title>Center for Health Value Innovation Conducts Innovators’ Summit &#8212; Validates Levers and Dividends of Value Based Benefit Design</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Twenty-two of the nation’s experts in value-based benefit<br />
design (VBBD) convened recently at an Innovators’ Summit,<br />
sponsored by the Center for Health Value Innovation<br />
(www.vbhealth.org), to identify and weigh the 15 macro<br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Twenty-two of the nation’s experts in value-based benefit<br />
design (VBBD) convened recently at an Innovators’ Summit,<br />
sponsored by the Center for Health Value Innovation<br />
(www.vbhealth.org), to identify and weigh the 15 macro<br />
levers that drive health improvement and bend the trend of<br />
cost inflation. The goal of the session was to deliver a<br />
decision matrix for priorities to employers, coalitions, and<br />
consultants.<br />
“This senior-level think tank offered its expertise and<br />
guidance, reaching consensus on achieving consumer<br />
engagement and priorities for change,” says Cyndy Nayer,<br />
president and CEO of the Center, noting that a formal report<br />
on these findings will be issued in August 2009. “Their<br />
collective experience in implementing value-based design programs cannot be replicated in any<br />
other forum, and the Center acknowledges their individual contributions with deep gratitude.”<br />
Over a two-day session, Innovators’ Summit stakeholders evaluated the levers of VBBD which<br />
collectively achieve improvement through prevention and wellness, care management, and care<br />
delivery for predictable, replicable heath and financial trends.<br />
Jack Mahoney, M.D., chief medical officer of the Center, and Nayer &#8212; both co-founders of the<br />
Center &#8212; concur, “The goal of the summit was to bring together the enormous firepower of the<br />
Board of Directors in order to share the learnings of leveraging health for improved economic<br />
stability. As a result, employers will be able to assess their priorities for program adoption, using<br />
the decision matrix that will also be delivered with the Summit results.”<br />
Mike Taylor, M.D., FACP, chairman of the Center, adds, “The Center is committed to providing<br />
these tools and evidence to promote health improvement across the value-chain and drive<br />
economic stability.”<br />
Innovators’ Summit participants include:<br />
Jan Berger, MD, President, Health Intelligence Partners, LLC<br />
Laura Carabello, Principal, CPR Strategic Marketing Communications<br />
Connie Goss, Risk Manager, Chippewa County, Wisconsin<br />
Peter Hayes, Director of Associate Health &#038; Wellness, Community Strategy, Hannaford<br />
Supermarkets<br />
Bob Holben, Director, Global Total Rewards &#038; International Human Resources, Gulfstream<br />
Aerospace Corp.<br />
Dave Johnson, MD, MBA, CPE, Regional Medical Director, Premera Blue Cross<br />
Gregg Kamas, Director of Health Risk Management, IMA Financial Group, Inc.<br />
Robert Kritzler, MD, Deputy CMO, Johns Hopkins Health Care, LLC<br />
Roy Lamphier, Vice President of Insurance Programs, Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce<br />
Jack Mahoney, MD, CMO, Center for Health Value Innovation<br />
Chris McSwain, Global Director of Benefits, Whirlpool Corp.<br />
Clare Miller, Director, Partnership for Workplace Mental Health / American Psychiatric Foundation<br />
Kavita V. Nair, Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy, University of Colorado, Denver<br />
Cyndy Nayer, President and CEO, Center for Health Value Innovation<br />
Jerry Reeves, MD, CMO, H.E.R.E.I.U. Welfare Funds<br />
John E. Riedel, CEO, Riedel &#038; Associates Consultants, Inc.<br />
Robert Scully, MD, Senior Medical Director, Health Alliance Medical Plans<br />
Brian Sweet, B.S. Pharm, MBA, Chief Clinical Pharmacy Officer, WellPoint<br />
Michael Taylor, MD, Medical Director for Health Promotion, Caterpillar, Inc., Chairman, Board of<br />
Directors, Center for Health Value Innovation<br />
Albert Tzeel, MD, MHSA, Regional Market Medical Officer, Great Lakes Region Humana, Inc.<br />
Fred R. Williams, Director of Health Benefits Management, Quest Diagnostics, Inc.<br />
Raymond Zastrow, MD, FAAFP, President, QuadMed<br />
About The Center for Health Value Innovation<br />
Information Exchange for Value-Based Design<br />
Launched in 2007, The Center for Health Value Innovation is a multi-stakeholder not-for-profit<br />
(501c3) alliance focused on employers that drives the financial value of health dollars.<br />
www.vbhealth.org.<br />
Contacts:<br />
CPR for The Center for Health Value Innovation<br />
Jim Stroh, 201-641-1911 ext. 18<br />
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