Changing the Health Care Landscape in Boston: A Strategy to Reduce Healthcare Costs while Maximizing Value
By Northeast Business Group on Health
Date and time
Friday, February 6, 2015 · 8 - 10am EST
Location
Towers Watson - The Prudential Tower
800 Boylston Street 7th floor Boston, MADescription
MASSACHUSETTS EVENT
Breakfast & Networking: 8:00 - 8:30 am | Program: 8:30 - 10:00 am
Employers in the Boston area are challenged by the high cost of healthcare in the region. This is largely due to the prices that health systems and providers charge for care.
What if you could dictate the prices and performance level of the providers that take care of your employees and dependents? Come hear about an initiative that could get Boston employers working together to demand quality and value from health systems in the Boston area. NEBGH is featuring a company that has done this in other markets like Chicago, San Antonio, Dallas, Houston, Boise and Albuquerque called Imagine Health. Imagine Health creates custom provider teams of hospitals and physicians for large, self-funded employers in a way that can transform healthcare delivery.
Unlike traditional "narrow" or "high-performance" networks that focus solely on cost, Imagine Health starts with quality. They build a team of top-tier, quality providers. These teams consistently deliver higher quality care at significantly lower costs than both broad-panel and traditional narrow networks. Imagine Health leverages the purchasing power of its large employer clients to negotiate preferred reimbursement rates with the top-performing providers in exchange for incremental volume. In the experience of Imagine Health, the quality of care and efficiency improvements from these providers typically result in savings that exceed 20 percent. Allison Robbins, founder and CEO of Imagine Health will be presenting on the Imagine Health concept, including a discussion on whether this could work in the Boston region.
FEATURED SPEAKERS:
Allison Robbins
Founder and CEO
Imagine HealthCraig Jannino
Group Benefits Practice Leader and Senior Consultant
Towers Watson
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