The Colorado Business Group on Health (CBGH) is a purchaser-led, multi-stakeholder non-profit organization committed to collaboratively improving the healthcare value proposition for all Colorado communities.
News & Updates
DECEMBER 2021
IN THIS ISSUE:
Articles
Document
Webinar & Events Calendar
Director's Corner
Happy Holidays, CBGH Members and Friends…

As you, hopefully, get to slow down a bit for a period of reflection and renewal throughout this celebratory season, we also hope you can look back at 2021 with satisfaction and a sense of achievement in matters both professional and personal. It probably was not the year most of us expected it to be – but then, what year ever is?

Throughout the course of 2021 at CBGH we’ve worked diligently and intentionally to do two basic things – both of which are multifaceted and neither of which has been particularly easy.   Combined, these various efforts have been intended to support our members, as both purchasers and users of healthcare, in moving the healthcare marketplace toward greater efficiency and effectiveness on behalf of ALL Coloradans.  While we’ve put great energy into these efforts, we’ve also derived great energy and a good amount of satisfaction from them. This is work well worth doing. We’re appreciative of the opportunity to do it as well as your support in doing it.
Articles
As Big Pharma and Hospitals Battle Over Drug Discounts, Patients Miss Out on Millions in Benefits

In early July, as the covid-19 pandemic slammed rural America, the president of a small Kansas hospital sat down on a Friday afternoon and wrote the president of the United States to plead for help.
Mass. Blue Cross sued for 'mismanagement' of state employee health plan

A Massachusetts union health plan has filed a lawsuit accusing Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, its third-party claims administrator, of systematically allowing...
Federal Jury Finds CVS, Walgreens & Walmart Liable for Role in Opioid Epidemic

A federal jury in Cleveland on Tuesday found that three of the nation’s largest pharmacy chains, CVS, Walgreens and Walmart, were liable for contributing to the opioid epidemic in two Ohio counties.
Medicare Model Helps States Control Costs – Within Limits

Following innovation of a Medicare-style pricing model for the Montana state employee health system, other states have achieved varying degrees of success.
Medical Debt is Crushing Black Americans – And Hospitals Aren’t Helping

Tango Walker estimates her family owes more than $28,000 in medical debt. Her five active kids often got banged up playing sports and needed minor surgery or physical therapy.
How much hospitals charge for J&J, Moderna, Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines, by state

The average price hospitals charge insurers for a COVID-19 vaccine varies drastically by state and type of vaccine, according to a nationwide study conducted by Hospital Pricing Specialists. 

Colorado’s mental health safety net is “failing.” Will planned reforms fix or further the problems?

Colorado, the state with the nation’s highest rate of adult mental illness and lowest access to care, has been giving community mental health centers non-compete contracts and a...
Documents reveal the secrecy of America's drug pricing matrix

American businesses spend hundreds of billions of dollars a year on prescription drugs, and the bills keep getting bigger. But some of the companies promising to help..
Document
Understanding Your Fiduciary Responsibilities Under a Group Health Plan
Webinar & Virtual Conference Calendar
Questions & Information: Contact Lisa Slavinski at lisa.slavinski@cbghealth.org
January 20, 2022 | VIA ZOOM | 12:00pm - 1:30pm MT
January Strategy Session
Taking Control of Healthcare Delivery
February 17, 2022 | VIA ZOOM | 12:00pm - 1:30pm MT
February Strategy Session
The Flow of Prescription Drug Money and The Abuse of the 340B Program
Note: Topics are subject to change.
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