Publications

eValue8 2012: Health Plan Performance Purchaser Guide
This guide assists purchasers of healthcare benefits to measure health plan performance in a standardized way. It has three focuses: 2012 eValue8 health plan performance results, explanation of what the results mean to the purchaser, and purchaser’s action plans.

Reducing Preventable Hospital Readmissions
Tackling preventable hospital readmissions has emerged as a major priority among employers, hospital systems, and health plans. This report details an investigation by NEBGH’s Solutions & Innovations Center into local and regional stakeholders’ perspectives, insights, and concerns related to preventable readmissions, and highlights a number of local initiatives aimed at addressing this important issue.
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eValue8 2010
This report examines the performance of health plans serving New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, and evaluates strategies to improve care in several clinical and non clinical areas.

eValue8 Employer Report: 2010 New York Regional Health Care Chronic Care Performance.
Employers in New York are facing a diabetes epidemic that affects one out of every 12 adults, and continues to rise. The report examines strategies used by health plan in New York tri-state area to improve care and prevent diabetes and heart disease.

Improved Mental Health Benefits. Improved Productivity. Healthy Employees. Making the right choices for your organization.
For employers in the Northeast, mental health disorders are common, serious, and expensive. This guide presents step-by-step information for employers and other healthcare purchasers on how to evaluate current needs and assess the benefits they provide. Read our One Voice Project Executive Summary.

Purchasing Value In Hospital-Associated Care.
As hospital costs continue to trend upward amid reports of substandard quality of care, a new approach to purchasing hospital-associated care is eclipsing traditional hospital-payer relationships.