Accelerated Program Overview (1.5 Days)
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Approved for 10 General recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute.

The College for Value Based Purchasing of Health Benefits was created to help employee benefit managers meet the growing challenges of providing high quality health benefits and managing rising benefit costs. The College offers a practical, intensive program that focuses on benefits purchasing techniques and skills that emphasize improving the value, quality-cost ratio, and effectiveness of health care services purchased on behalf of employees.


Program Structure

Each regional training program offered by the College for Value Based Purchasing of Health Benefits is limited to 40 participants, to ensure that attendees have an opportunity to interact with faculty and customize learning to their individual company’s needs. The training program is administered through didactic and small group discussion sessions.

Course Objectives

Graduates of the College for Value Based Purchasing of Health Benefits Advanced Program will be able to:

  • Describe how the health care system operates today and why a value based approach to employee health benefit purchasing is needed;
  • Use knowledge and skills acquired in the program to better negotiate and communicate with health plans and insurance carriers, providers, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), benefit consultants, disease management companies, and other vendors;
  • Identify and use standardized tools for measuring and reporting the quality and performance of health plans and providers;
  • Monitor the impact of benefit purchasing decisions on costs, quality, and value of health benefits;
  • Access information resources, business coalitions and other regional and national organizations to support benefit purchasing goals;
  • Understand the implication of health care reform on value based purchasing; and
  • Understand and apply the current discipline of behavioral economics and its use as applied to consumer engagement.

Format

The program consists of the following components: 

  • Instructional modules integrating content and skills development through presentations, case studies and interactive discussions;
  • Reference guide and materials reflecting the most current readings, websites, and sources of information on value based purchasing; and


"The use of this seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met the HR Certification Institute's criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit."