A partnership including the Business Health Care Group is gaining recognition from the federal government for driving meaningful change in the health care system. The Wisconsin Healthcare Value Exchange (WHVE) was recently designated one of 14 Chartered Value Exchanges (CVE) nationwide by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Read More

by Dianne Kiehl

Every day, BHCG members’ successes are turning heads at more businesses. And those companies are becoming members themselves. More than 600 employers are now participating in the BHCG, including some of the area’s largest and best-known corporations, as well as hundreds of small and mid-sized businesses. Read More

The Business Health Care Group is pleased to announce the May launch of module 8, the final piece in our online education series, “A Buyer’s Guide to Health Care,” available exclusively to member organizations. The series helps to maximize the effectiveness, efficiency and value of the health care experience in a memorable, easy-to-understand format.

Module 8 gives viewers a primer on the mission of the Business Health Care Group. It not only provides the context for earlier modules, but reinforces how employees can use the information, tips and techniques offered in past modules in shifting the health care market.

Once again, the module features “Joe,” an average health care consumer, and his doctor friend John. Joe learns about the BHCG’s long term strategy for driving meaningful change in the health care market including the tools and resources that are available. The module also highlights the role of other key audiences – including the provider community and administrators – in the health care equation.

Each module in the “A Buyer’s Guide to Health Care” series also includes a downloadable list of health care tips, links to other key resources for consumers and a glossary of terminology. Although module 8 will not be available until May, modules 1-7 are available today via password here.

At the BHCG, we continue to look for the best health care options that meet our members’ many unique needs. The latest is a contract with Health Dynamics, a medical service corporation that assists business organizations, insurance carriers, health funds and associations in containing health care spending through preventive health programs. Read More

Over the past year, the BHCG has utilized two grants received from Novo Nordisk to continue our efforts to increase the number of physicians recognized in diabetic care and management by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). This important work was initiated years earlier by Medical Associates Health Centers, a group of multi-specialty clinics located throughout southeastern Wisconsin. Statewide, many of the physicians who have qualified to date for DPRP recognition are from Medical Associates, who has led the way in diabetes care quality initiatives. Read More

“Do I really need to go to a doctor for this?”...“Could I use the nurse hotline instead?” These are just a few of the considerations more employees are taking into account today at Mequon-based Charter Manufacturing Inc., thanks in part to the Business Health Care Group’s series of online education modules. Read More