Amid the untenable healthcare affordability crisis, Purchaser Business Group on Health (PBGH), a nonprofit coalition representing 40 private employers and public entities across the U.S., announced the launch of its commercial healthcare data project to equip employers with vital and unprecedented transparency on the cost and quality of commercial healthcare and key insights that will enable them to be effective, prudent fiduciaries.

“The high cost of health insurance is a growing burden on employers and slows wage growth for workers,” said Caroline Pearson, executive director of the Peterson Center on Healthcare. “Yet companies that are motivated to deliver higher-value coverage for their employees still lack the data, tools, and market influence to stem the rise in healthcare spending. This initiative will empower employers with critical insights into the cost and quality of care to foster informed decision-making.”

The PBGH Health Care Data Project is supported by a grant from the Peterson Center on Healthcare.