title: Are employers pursuing value-based purchasing?
abstract: Some employers have begun to undertake a variety of initiatives, collectively termed value-based purchasing (VBP), which aim at factoring quality into the purchasing decision-making process when negotiating costs with providers and insurers. There is evidence that the VBP movement has begun gaining momentum; yet it is unclear whether employers are firmly committed to VBP principles. By surveying a national sample of employers, this study investigates the extent to which employers are currently engaged in VBP activities and also increases our understanding of barriers hampering the broader implementation of these activities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: Vittorio
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Maio
authors.forename: Christine W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Hartmann
authors.forename: Neil I
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Goldfarb
authors.forename: Adam R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Roumm
authors.forename: David B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Nash
mesh_terms: D003132:Commerce; D003625:Data Collection; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D017008:Negotiating; D014481:United States