The Puget Sound area of Washington is the primary to supply the Purchaser Enterprise Group on Well being’s Superior Main Care-driven healthcare community to eligible member staff and households.
PBGH is a nonprofit coalition representing 40 non-public employers and public entities throughout the USA. The community is a “system of excellence” pushed by high quality and affected person care requirements of PBGH’s Superior Main Care (APC) program and contains high-value specialty referrals to ship complete, whole-person care.
A number of PBGH employers are collaborating, together with The Boeing Firm and eBay whose mixed tens of 1000’s of eligible staff can now entry the community of superior main care and high-quality specialists by way of their employer-sponsored well being advantages.
“PBGH identifies high suppliers who meet high quality requirements based mostly off of scientific greatest practices, purchaser expectations of affected person expertise, and administrative transparency to attain the PBGH Care Excellence designation,” stated Raymond Tsai, M.D., MS, a household medication doctor serving as PBGH’s Vice President of Superior Main Care, in a press release.
EmsanaCare, an organization co-founded by PBGH, straight contracts with these suppliers and allows care navigation amongst them. Eligible staff and households achieve entry to a vetted community of high-quality main care and specialty suppliers, and navigation providers for referrals.
“By straight contracting with high main care and specialty suppliers, 1000’s of staff and their dependents can entry main care that meets PBGH’s high quality requirements. By guaranteeing seamless navigation between main care and high specialists, we make getting one of the best care straightforward. Staff have improved entry, satisfaction, and outcomes,” stated Dane Guarino, CEO of EmsanaCare, in a press release. “On the identical time, employers get pleasure from simplified plan implementation and peace of thoughts that they’re making a pathway to improved well being that’s simpler for his or her staff to make use of.”
The Puget Sound area of Washington is the primary of many markets nationwide deliberate for the community. There’s at the moment one other open request for proposal for APC suppliers who need to work with employers within the San Antonio, Texas, market, with extra markets being deliberate for 2025.