Purchaser Business Group on Health (PBGH)
Randa Deaton is currently the Vice President of Purchaser Engagement at Purchaser Business Group on Health (PBGH). Prior to this, Randa served as the President and CEO of Kentuckiana Health Collaborative, a non-profit organization focused on improving healthcare in Greater Louisville and Kentucky. Randa has extensive experience in leading organizational change and development within human resources and healthcare benefits, with over 20 years of experience at Ford Motor Company. Randa has also held roles at O/E Learning, Geometric Results, Inc., and General Electric. Randa holds a B.A. in Psychology & Communication from Indiana State University and a Master of Arts in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Middle Tennessee State University.
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Purchaser Business Group on Health (PBGH)
PBGH’s Member organizations -- private employers and public agencies -- are the most powerful voice for consumers and patients in the U.S. Ultimately, the profound concern of purchasers about the high cost and poor quality of healthcare puts them on the same side as the American public when it comes to driving improvement throughout the healthcaresystem.PBGH’s approach is to use the clout and concentrated power of our Member organizations to test innovative healthcare methods in specific markets, and then to take successful approaches to scale across the U.S. PBGH also uses educational forums, user groups, and networking events to maximize our Members’ impact.Since its inception, PBGH has made some of the most notable improvements to U.S. healthcare since, including launching the first public website displaying health plan, hospital and medical group quality and patient experience data, influencing the drafting of the Affordable Care Act to emphasize federal value purchasing and accountability, representing purchasers in the Meaningful Use Health IT roll-out, and implementing the Intensive Outpatient Care Program (IOCP) for Americans with serious chronic illness in five states.Today, PBGH’s 25 professional staff members are dedicated to the success of major PBGH programs, each of which promises to further PBGH’s important mission and vision.