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Meet The Heartland Healthcare Coalition
The Heartland Healthcare Coalition is a non-profit association of employers committed to working together to promote quality and cost-effectiveness in the allocation, management and use of health care resources available in our members communities. The coalition is a strong advocate
of value-based purchasing of health care services.
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Heartland Healthcare Coalition Strives
For Improved Population Health in each community our members represent .
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Improving Patient Outcomes Through Communication
For each community that our members represent we strive to: Encourage and Facilitate Communications Between Employers, Providers, and other Stakeholders to Improve Patient Outcomes
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Focused on Reducing the Costs of Healthcare
For our members we assist them to obtain: Value-Based Health Care Services
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Promoting Quality Through Education
For our members, providers, and other stakeholders and the community at-large we provide: Health Education and Information that, when acted upon, can lead to a more affordable and efficient health care system
Recent News
DIABETES ON THE RISE
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 35% of adults are now prediabetic. With 26 million people already diagnosed with diabetes, this means 105 million Americans now have some stage of the chronic disease. These numbers are increased from 81 million in 2008. Diabetes is the 7th leading cause of death in the US. The CDC predicts that if this trend continues, 1 in 3 Americans will have diabetes by the year 2050.
WHAT EMPLOYERS ARE THINKING
According to Benfield Research, the three most important chronic conditions to employers are diabetes (79%), obesity (76%), and cardiovascular disease (69%). Benfield has annually tracked employers' 25 most important disease states and conditions since 2005.
3 Reasons to Choose HHC
As an employer, there are a number of reasons to join HHC, but lets just start with a few key ones:
Why Join a Healthcare Coalition? View our Presentation and find out.
Cost Savings
There are a number of ways to reduce your healthcare related costs through HHC and its group purchasing of products and services.
Networking
Through membership meetings and task force meetings members are able to interact with their peers on issue involving healthcare plan design, legislative reform, wellness, etc.
Educational Info & Survey Data
Annual Conference held in central Illinois with key national speakers presenting. E-Mail blasts when important info comes our of NBCH. Quick turnaround electronic surveys from participating members.
Member Alert
News Alert
Program for Advancing Value-based Expenditures (PAVE)
The Heartland Healthcare Coalition (HHC) is pleased to announce that it is among the first NBCH coalition members nationally to make application and be approved for participation in the Program for Advancing Value-based Expenditures (PAVE).
The PAVE program, which is jointly sponsored by NBCH and The Delta Group, is a hospital quality initiative designed to create a catalyst for multi-stakeholder community action.
The reporting on fifteen (15) hospitals in the region will be on both hospital efficiency and quality performance. These reports will support employer/consumer decision making and will use both state and national norms along with benchmarks.
This initiative supports and compliments the national Partnership for Patients program that is designed to reduce hospital acquired conditions, readmissions, and hospital mortality rates for both the public and private sector (www.healthcare.gov/compare/partnership-for-patients/).
More information will be provided to HHC members and regional hospitals in the weeks and months ahead on this Initiative. A detailed presentation on the PAVE Initiative will be given to the membership at our February 16th general membership meeting. In addition, we are planning on hosting a technical meeting some time in March for those hospitals that will be included in the reporting process.
Featured Members
