ABSTRACT
As President and CEO of the National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH), Gregg Lehman leads a movement of 90 business coalitions nationwide seeking cost-effective, better quality healthcare for employees and their families. Member coalitions represent more than 8,000 employers with more than 32 million employees and dependents. Dr. Lehman has 25 years of leadership experience in higher education, private business, and a national association. In his current position, Dr. Lehman is actively working with coalitions to promote their role in relation to value-based healthcare purchasing and health policy issues. In addition, he is actively developing NBCH into an enterprise that assists local coalitions in developing national contracts and strategic partnerships for healthcare products and services. Dr. Lehman earned a PhD in higher education administration, with a minor in finance and economics, from Purdue University.
Subject(s)
Health Benefit Plans, Employee , Health Care Coalitions/organization & administration , Employer Health Costs , Group Purchasing , Health Benefit Plans, Employee/economics , Health Benefit Plans, Employee/standards , Leadership , United StatesABSTRACT
What types of activities do health care business coalitions undertake to address the rising pharmaceutical trend? The National Business Coalition on Health, in Washington, DC conducted a national survey to reveal some of their managing initiatives for, and perceptions of, the complex problem of rising pharmacy costs.
Subject(s)
Drug Costs/trends , Health Benefit Plans, Employee/economics , Health Care Coalitions/organization & administration , Cooperative Behavior , Cost Savings , Data Collection , Employer Health Costs , Health Benefit Plans, Employee/organization & administration , Humans , United StatesABSTRACT
The extent to which business coalitions and their employer members are catalysts for improving quality of care is of interest to policymakers, who need to know where and under what circumstances the marketplace succeeds on its own in assuring quality. Using data from the 1998 National Business Coalition on Health annual survey, this paper indicates that most coalitions have an infrastructure in place that could be tapped to advance quality goals. Although the survey data cannot tell us the extent to which coalitions are exercising their enhanced market influence specifically to improve quality, interviews with coalition leaders provide insights about how quality considerations can factor into coalition strategies.