Cutting through the clutter of health care reform discussions, leaders from The Center for Health Value Innovation (www.vbhealth.org), the nation’s leading information exchange for value-based design, gathered on Capitol Hill yesterday to celebrate the publication of Leveraging Health and emphasize the Center’s dedication to aligned incentives that improve health and economic security for Americans in every community.
Authored by three recognized experts in value-based design -- Cyndy Nayer, president and CEO of the Center, Jack Mahoney, M.D., chief medical officer of the Center, and Jan Berger, M.D., strategic advisor -- Leveraging Health is available for purchase at: www.amazon.com and www.vbhealth.org.
Speaking before an invitation-only event at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., Nayer told attendees, “Value-based design is not only about consumer engagement, but it’s also about employer engagement. For too long, employers have been focused on controlling cost, but that’s not how you build a healthier workforce. Without an engaged plan sponsor you can’t expect an engaged consumer – it goes hand in hand.”
Nayer added that by applying the value-based design strategies discussed in Leveraging Health, “We can build an America that’s the healthiest country in the world by 2015.”