Partnerships That Measure Up – The V-8 Group Initiative: An Overview of Health Plan Standardization Created by Coalitions and Employers

Partnerships That Measure Up - The V-8 Group Initiative: An Overview of Health Plan Standardization Created by Coalitions and Employers Of particular interest is the V8 group's expectation that health plans report on depression management programs in a standardized manner. Standards streamline markets, whether the product is light bulbs or solid rocket boosters. Employers as health care purchasers have long sought standardized measurement to determine quality. While regional report cards and outcomes initiatives have yielded some results, the need for nationwide standards by which purchasers could measure quality and compare health plans was clear. Five years ago, the leadership . . .