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The Business Case for Health Benefits, Health Care Quality, and Health; Improvement

  • The Business Case for Community Health Improvement
    Why should the business community become involved in community health improvement?
    http://www.communityhealthresource.net/Thinktank/businesscase.html

  • The Business Case for Employment-Based Health Benefits Project
    Compilation of Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRi) issue briefs and other publications on this topic.
    http://www.ebri.org/hrep/buscase.htm

  • The Business Case for Health Care Quality
    The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) discusses an economic model that describes the business case for health quality, confirming for employers, the nation's primary purchasers of health care, that their efforts to promote health care quality, and their willingness to pay for it, are among their best investments.  
    http://www.ncqa.org/somc2001/BIZ_CASE/SOMC_2001_BIZ_CASE.html

  • Health and Productivity Home Page
    Get the latest news and information on improving health and productivity in the workplace from the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine..
    http://www.acoem.org/health_productivity/default.asp

  • Is Small Business the Key to Insuring More Californians?
    provides information about the insurance status of small business employees, the rate at which small firms offer benefits, and the expected effects of policies designed to increase coverage within this group.
    http://www.chcf.org

  • The NCQA Quality Dividend Calculator(TM) 2004
    Use this free online tool to see how health care quality affects your bottom line in terms of productivity and absenteeism of your employees.
    http://www.ncqacalculator.com/Index.asp

If you would like to submit names and links to other business associations who represent small business owners within the State, please e-mail us at InsureMoreVirginians@vdh.virginia.gov.

Last Updated: December 5, 2004