Premier : Health Groups Urge Trump, Congress to Maintain Push for Value-Based Care
January 25, 2017 at 01:27 pm EST
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U.S. News and World Report: Dozens of health care organizations - including professional groups, insurers, pharmaceutical giants and hospital chains - are urging the White House and members of Congress to preserve key reforms as debate over Obamacare and the overall future of the nation's health care system rages on. The organizations - which include the American Hospital Association, the American Medical Association, Sanofi, Merck, Catholic Health Initiatives and several Blue Cross Blue Shield plans nationwide - are sending a letter to political leaders Wednesday calling on them to accelerate, not impede, the transformation of the fee-for-service health system to one based on payment for a high value of care.
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Premier, Inc. is a healthcare improvement company uniting an alliance of approximately 4,350 United States hospitals and health systems and approximately 300,000 other providers and organizations. It operates through two segments: Supply Chain Services and Performance Services. The Supply Chain Services segment includes the Companyâs group purchasing organizations (GPO), supply chain co-management, purchased services, and direct sourcing activities. The Performance Services segment consists of three sub-brands, which include PINC AI, the Companyâs technology and services platform; Contigo Health, the Companyâs direct-to-employer business; and Remitra, the Companyâs digital invoicing and payables business. It delivers technology-enabled platform that offers critical supply chain services, clinical, financial, operational and value-based care software as a service (SaaS) as well as clinical and enterprise analytics licenses, consulting services, and third-party administrator services.
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