New York Business Group on Health has expanded to help employers across the northeast improve health care. As part of the expansion, the organization has been renamed to Northeast Business Group on Health (NEBGH). The new and improved NEBGH blog can be found at www.nebgh.org/blog, where all new posts created after November 22, 2010 will be available.
A press release announcing the name change is available by clicking here.
Please also visit us at NEBGH.org.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Thursday, November 18, 2010
New York Employer Coverage Survey Released
A new report on employer-sponsored health insurance, released this week by the New York State Health Foundation, indicates that the percentage of New Yorkers covered by their employer has fallen over the last decade, from 69% in 2001 to 58% in 2009. This percentage is, furthermore, slightly lower than the national average of 65%. The percentage of employers actually offering coverage, though, remained steady at 70% over the same period. Decreases in take-up are attributed to tighter eligibility rules, increased cost-shifting, and limited coverage choices.
The complete report, "Decade of Decline: A Survey of Employer Health Coverage in New York State" can be accessed by clicking here.
The complete report, "Decade of Decline: A Survey of Employer Health Coverage in New York State" can be accessed by clicking here.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
CMS Launches Innovations Center and Announces New York's Inclusion in an Eight-State Medical Home Demonstration
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the opening of its new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovations and the launch of demonstration projects, one of which will include New York State.
The CMS Innovations Center was created by the Affordable Care Act in hopes to jump start innovation in health care payment and delivery reform through the promotion of quality and coordinated care. The permanent center will be guided by a diverse stakeholder group consisting of members from a broad range of the health care marketplace that includes hospitals, physicians, consumers, payers, states, employers, advocates, and other federal agencies.
In short, the Innovation Center seeks to promote better care for individuals, develop models to coordinate care to improve health outcomes, and create community care models. In addition to these specific focuses of the Innovation Center, CMS also announced the launch of three care coordination projects: Expansion of the Multi-Payer Advanced Primary Care Practice Demonstration (in which New York will participate), the Federally Qualified Health Center Advanced Primary Care Practice Demonstration, and the launch of the Medicaid Health Home State Plan Option. There will be an additional $1 million in grants provided to states for demonstration projects they design.
To learn more about the CMS Innovations Center visit http://www.innovations.cms.gov/
The CMS Innovations Center was created by the Affordable Care Act in hopes to jump start innovation in health care payment and delivery reform through the promotion of quality and coordinated care. The permanent center will be guided by a diverse stakeholder group consisting of members from a broad range of the health care marketplace that includes hospitals, physicians, consumers, payers, states, employers, advocates, and other federal agencies.
In short, the Innovation Center seeks to promote better care for individuals, develop models to coordinate care to improve health outcomes, and create community care models. In addition to these specific focuses of the Innovation Center, CMS also announced the launch of three care coordination projects: Expansion of the Multi-Payer Advanced Primary Care Practice Demonstration (in which New York will participate), the Federally Qualified Health Center Advanced Primary Care Practice Demonstration, and the launch of the Medicaid Health Home State Plan Option. There will be an additional $1 million in grants provided to states for demonstration projects they design.
To learn more about the CMS Innovations Center visit http://www.innovations.cms.gov/
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
NYBGH Annual Meeting Tomorrow! Uwe Reinhardt Giving Keynote
Please join us for the NYBGH 2010 Annual Meeting tomorrow, November 10th from 4:00 to 7:30pm. The business portion of the meeting runs until 6:00pm, with cocktails until 7:30pm. Registration begins at 3:45pm.
The keynote speaker is Uwe E. Reinhardt, James Madison Professor of Political Economy and Professor of Economics at Princeton University. His speech is titled, "The Accountable Care Act: Why Have It? What Next?"
The event is being held at Con Edison, located at 4 Irving Place (at 14th Street) in Manhattan. To register, please visit www.nybgh.org.
The keynote speaker is Uwe E. Reinhardt, James Madison Professor of Political Economy and Professor of Economics at Princeton University. His speech is titled, "The Accountable Care Act: Why Have It? What Next?"
The event is being held at Con Edison, located at 4 Irving Place (at 14th Street) in Manhattan. To register, please visit www.nybgh.org.
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