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Welcome to the Midwest Health Purchasers Foundation
An affiliate of the Midwest Business Group on Health (MBGH)

Where employers leverage purchasing power to move the market

MHPF Buyers Groups

Chicago HMO Buyers Group
Composed of employers who use the leverage of collective purchasing power to obtain access to preferred rates and services with HMOs which has saved employers over 80 million dollars since 1998. Learn More

Pharmacy Benefits Buyers Group
Offers employers access to a transparent pass-through PBM model offering guaranteed
rebates and performance features. Learn More


"MHPF Buying Groups not only save employers millions of dollars, they provide a vehicle for increased communication between employers and their vendor partners."
            - Louis A. Lazovsky, Vice President, Human Resources,
               Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago

Chronic Disease Management

Taking Control of Your Health (TCOYH) is a mutual accountability program for employers working to motivate healthy behavior change in their covered populations through incentives tied to employee use of a pharmacist coach certified in chronic disease management. Participating employers have saved on average of over $800/year per participant which has meant thousands of dollars in savings.
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"The Taking Control of Your Health program has been a valuable program to help Hospira reduce costs while improving the health of our employees with diabetes. Through our participation, we've realized significant savings and the response from our employees has been overwhelmingly favorable."
- Pam Hannon, Vice President, Total Rewards and Employee Services, Hospira, Inc.

Health Benefit News

Just Released! In March 2012, a new national survey was released on the employer perspective on health care reform.

Summary of key findings

A full report costs $100.
Contact info@mbgh.org to place your order.

Health Benefit Resources

Health Benefit Tools

eValue8™ - An annual health plan survey and evaluation used by health care purchasers to assess and manage the quality of their health care vendors. Learn More

NBCH Value-Based Purchasing Guide - An online resource developed to educate employers on how to implement value-based purchasing. Learn More

Health Benefit Publications

NBCH Purchasing High Performance Newsletter - A quarterly bulletin for employers and others interested in promoting value in health care. Latest Issue - April 2012

EBRI Data Book on Employee Benefits - A statistical reference volume on private and public employee benefit programs and work force related issues. Learn More