The following are resources and information that the the South Carolina Business Coalition on Health offers. Click on the subject titles to view relevant topic articles.
American Health Strategy Project
- Leading by Example- Creating a Corporate Health Strategy: The Kansas City Collaborative Experience – Mid-America Coalition on Healthcare, Partnership for Prevention, NBCH
- Leading by Example – Creating a Corporate Health Strategy: The American Health Strategy Project Early Adopter Experience – Partnership for Prevention, NBCH
Behavioral & Mental Health
- Improved Mental Health Benefits. Improved Productivity. Healthy Employees – Northeast Business Group on Health
- An Employer’s Guide to Child & Adolescent Mental Health – National Business Group on Health
Benefit Design
- Value-Based Insurance Plus Disease Management Increased Medication Use and Produced Savings – Health Affairs
- Compendium of Best Practices in Value-Based Benefits – Texas Business Group on Health
- Tailoring Health Care Benefits to Your Employees – NBCH
- Center for Value-Based Insurance Design – University of Michigan
- Aligning Incentives & Systems: Promoting Synergy Between Value-Based Insurance Design and the Patient Centered Medical Home – NBCH & Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative
- Health Plan Capabilities to Support Value Based Benefit Design – NBCH
- Value-Based Benefit Design: A Purchaser Guide – NBCH
- A Research Agenda for Value-Based Benefit Design – NBCH
- Value Based Benefit Design PowerPoint; Bibliography; and Users Guide;- NBCH
- Promoting Consumerism Through Responsible Health Care Benefit Design – NBCH
- Benchmark Your Preventive Service Benefits – National Business Group on Health
- Leveraging the Value of Health: A Decision Matrix for Value-Based Designs – Center for Health Value Innovation
Calculators
- The Alcohol Cost Calculator – The George Washington University Medical Center
- Quality Dividend Calculator – NCQA
- Health Benefits Excise Tax Calculator – The Alliance
- Lost Productivity Calculators – Integrated Benefits Institute
- Depression Calculator – Treatment Cost Savings – PhRMA
- BMI Calculator – CDC
Cardiovascular Disease
- Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Toolkit for Employers – Virginia Business Coalition on Health
- Successful Business Strategies to Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke Toolkit – CDC
- A Public Health Action Plan to Prevent Heart Disease and Stroke – CDC
- 2008 Health Plan Cardiovascular Disease Care Report – NBCH
Coalition Capacity Building
- 2012 Member Dues Structure Survey Summary and Results – NBCH
- 2012 Purchaser Interest Survey – Comprehensive Results – NBCH
- 2011 NBCH Coalition Executive Salary Survey Report – NBCH
- Leading the Way to Better Healthcare – FrontPath Health Coalition
- 2011 Member Meeting Minutes – NBCH
- How to Choose a Broker/Consultant: A Guide for Employers – Rhode Island Business Group on Health
- Membership & Milestones Brochure – Buyers Health Care Action Group
- Small to Mid-Size Employer Focus Group Recap – Memphis Business Group on Health
- Non-Profit Liability Resources – Traveler’s Insurance
- Strategic Plan 2017: Helping Coalitions Lead – NBCH
- 2011 Town Hall & Strategic Update – NBCH
- 2010-2011 Satisfaction Survey Results – NBCH
- NBCH’s Member Assessment & Response Spreadsheet – NBCH
- Employee Handbook – NBCH
- Contract Template for Consulting Services – NBCH
- Draft Work Plan – NBCH
- PowerPoint Slideshow Creator– Kaiser Family Foundation
- Educational Programming by Coalitions – NBCH Coalitions
- PR for Coalitions: Tips & Techniques – Conway Communication
- Why Join a Business and Health Care Coalition Presentation Template – NBCH
Consumer Engagement
- Know Your Numbers – Employers Health
- Successfully Reporting & Communicating Performance Measures: Lessons from Consumers – Aligning Forces for Quality
- Engaging Healthcare Consumers through Social Media: Maine Alliance Case Study – Aligning Forces for Quality
- Patient & Consumer Guides (Comparative Effectiveness Research) – AHRQ
- Talking Quality with Consumers – AHRQ
- Understanding Your Health Insurance – URAC
- Helping Employees Choose a Health Plan – Pacific Business Group on Health
- Your Pharmacy Benefit Employer Toolkit – YourPharmacyBenefit.org
- Helping Employees Choose the Right Hospital: A Toolkit to Facilitate Effective Communication – National Business Group on Health
- Communication Toolkit: Using Information to Get High Quality Care – American Institutes for Research
Community Health
- What Works for Health – Robert Wood Johnson Foundation & University of Wisconsin
- Community Health Planning Technical Action Guide – NBCH & United Health Foundation
- Community Health Partnerships Business Case Framework – NBCH
- Community Health Partnerships: Tools and Information for Development and Support – NBCH
- Community Action Plan Template – NBCH
- Community Quality Collaboratives – AHRQ
- The Guide to Community Preventive Services – CDC
- Principles of Community Engagement – CDC
Delivery & Payment Reform
- A Burning Platform and Trust: Key Ingredients for Payment Reform – RWJF
- The Road to Health Care Delivery Reform: Payment Reform and Accountable Care Organizations – NBCH
- Patient-Centered Medical Home: Has the Time Come? – NBCH
- The Patient-Centered Medical Home Purchaser Guide – NBCH
- Protecting Our Network – Savannah Business Group
- Incentives and Rewards Compendium – The Leapfrog Group
- Buying Value – multi-stakeholder collaboration including NBCH
Diabetes
- A Coalition Guide for Implementing a Diabetes Recognition Program Initiative – NBCH
- Community Health Value Collaborative – Tools for Diabetes Prevention and Care – NBCH
- NCQA Recognition Survey Findings – MidAtlantic Business Group on Health
- 2010 Health Plan Diabetes Care Performance – NBCH
- 2009 Health Plan Diabetes Care Performance – NBCH
- 2008 Health Plan Diabetes Care Performance – NBCH
- Taking Control of Your Health – Midwest Business Group on Health
- NBCH Releases Diabetes Seed Grant Final Report – NBCH
- Diabetes Self-Management Education: Establishing a Community Based Program for Adults – Partnership for Prevention
- Diabetes at Work – Diabetes at Work
Health Care Rankings & Comparisons
- State Scan on Value-Based Purchasing – Bailit Health Purchasing
- America’s Health Rankings – United Health Foundation
- County Health Rankings – Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Comparing Health Care Quality: A National Directory – Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- State Health Facts – Kaiser Family Foundation
- The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care – The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
Hospital Patient Safety & Readmissions
- Hospital Patient Safety Action Brief – NBCH
- Health Care Purchaser Toolkit: Hospital-Acquired Condition Payment Policy – NBCH & Discern Consulting
- After Hospitalization: A Dartmouth Atlas Report on Post-Acute Care for Medicare Beneficiaries – The Dartmouth Atlas
- Policy & Perspective on ‘Never Events’ – Colorado Business Group on Health
Measurement & Transparency
- Annual Health Matters Health Plan, Physician & Hospital Quality Report – Colorado Business Group on Health
- Hospital Quality Rankings – The Leapfrog Group
- Why Not the Best? – The Commonwealth Fund
- Partnership for Value Driven Health Care Purchaser Guide – Consortium of of business groups including NBCH
Obesity, Nutrition, & Activity
- Obesity Trends Among U.S. Adults Between 1985 and 2010 – CDC
- LEAN Works! Leading Employees to Activity and Nutrition – CDC
- F as in Fat 2011 – Robert Wood Johnson Foundation & Trust for America’s Health
- A Healthy City is an Active City: A Physical Activity Planning Guide – World Health Organization
- Healthy Schools, Healthy Communities, & Youth Obesity – Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Youth Physical Activity Guidelines Toolkit – CDC
- Let’s Move: Toolkit for Faith-based & Neighborhood Organizations – HHS
- Recommended Community Strategies and Measurements to Prevent Obesity – CDC
- Recipe for Change: Healthy Food in Every Community – Prevention Institute
- State Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity Program: Technical Assistance Manual – CDC
- Places for Physical Activity – Partnership for Prevention
- Social Support for Physical Activity – Partnership for Prevention
- Healthy Eats: How to Overhaul the Worksite Cafeteria – SHRM
- Active Living by Design – Active Living by Design
- Blue Zones – Blue Zones
Pharmacy
- National Employer Survey on Biologics/Specialty Pharmacy – Midwest Business Group on Health
- Medication Adherence Campaign – National Consumers League
- Seasonal Influenza in the Workplace – CDC
- Strengthening Adult Immunization: A Call to Action – Partnership for Prevention
- HHC’s Antibiotic Utilization Education – Heartland Healthcare Coalition
- Assessing Value in Pharmacy Benefits – Avalere
Policy
- Health Policy Brief Series – Robert Wood Johnson Foundation & Health Affairs
- Health Reform and State Workforce Challenges – Kaiser Family Foundation
- Understanding Health Care Reform – Kaiser Family Foundation
Tobacco Cessation
- Helping Patients Quit: Implementing The Joint Commission Tobacco Measure Set in Your Hospital – Partnership for Prevention
- Tobacco Cessation Resources: A Purchaser’s Guide, Health Plan Performance Report, & Employer Case Studies – NBCH
- Stop and Think About How Smoking Affects You and the Ones You Love – HealthCare 21
- The Mental Health Parity & Addiction Equity Act: Smoking Cessation Issues to Consider – NBCH
- Investing in a Tobacco Free Future – Partnership for Prevention
- Smoke Free Policies – Partnership for Prevention
- Smoking and Tobacco: Best Practices User Guide – CDC
Women's Health
- Healthy Babies, Healthy Business – March of Dimes
- Investing in Maternal and Child Health: An Employer’s Toolkit – National Business Group on Health
Worksite Health & Wellness
- Louisiana Worksite Wellness Toolkit and Resource Guide (2011) – Louisiana Business Group on Health
- Road Trip! A Journey to a Healthier You – Dallas-Fort Worth Business Group on Health
- Wellness, Disease and Care Management: Employer Toolkit – DMAA and NAM
- The Community Guide: Worksite Health Promotion – CDC
- Employer Health Asset Management Roadmap – Change Agent Work Group
- HRA at the Worksite: Basics for HRA Decision Making – NBCH
- Business Case for Employer Sponsored Individual Health Risk Assessments – NBCH
- Personal Health Records – Pacific Business Group on Health
- Healthy Incentives: Building a Colorado Culture of Health – Colorado Business Group on Health
- Investing in Health: Proven Health Promotion Practices for Workplaces – Partnership for Prevention
- Why Invest? Recommendations for Improving Your Prevention Investment – Partnership for Prevention
- Healthy Workforce 2010 and Beyond – Partnership for Prevention
- 101 Low Cost Ideas for Worksite Wellness – New York State Department of Health
- Essential Elements of Effective Workplace Programs and Policies for Improving Worker Health and Wellbeing – CDC