Creating a value-based healthcare ecosystem with the highest quality outcomes at a reasonable cost for employers and their healthcare consumers requires collaboration. In the state of Connecticut, a grassroots community has formed with the mission to create a value-based healthcare ecosystem.  The Moving to Value Alliance is a multi-stakeholder community composed of individuals, practices, and organizations deeply rooted in Connecticut’s healthcare environment.  They believe that collaboration is the key to solving complex problems and are leading the way to transform healthcare delivery in their state.

Joining us this week are two leaders involved in this important movement to employer-based healthcare transformation in Connecticut. With more than 35 years in the health care sector, Jeff Hogan is a consultant to payers and large provider groups for product development and launch and a resource to employers desirous of implementing strategies to manage their health spend. Lisa Trumble is the President and CEO of the Southern New England Healthcare Organization (SoNE HEALTH), a clinically integrated network comprised of six hospitals and 1,700 physicians, which is a for-profit entity owned jointly by Trinity Health Of New England and its employed and independent physicians.  In this episode, we talk about healthcare transformation in the state of Connecticut, vertical and horizontal consolidation in the industry, the dysfunctional health benefits market, the need for employer alliances, leading innovators in the marketplace, value-based insurance design, prescription drug costs, healthcare consumerism, and bundled payment innovation.

The time to move to value is now!  We can create a transformed healthcare ecosystem through industry collaboration.  Thank you, Lisa and Jeff, for showing us the way.