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Bailit Health Purchasing is a health care consulting firm dedicated to ensuring insurer and provider performance accountability on behalf of public agencies and private purchasers. Bailit Health Purchasing, LLC was founded in 1997 by former senior executives of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services. Our senior staff consists of a team of experienced professionals, with many years of working together.

The Bailit team strives to meet and exceed the expectations of our clients. We understand that each of our clients operates in a unique environment and we are committed to ensuring that we bring value that is tailored to the particular needs of each client.

Our mission is to assist organizations in achieving measurable improvements in quality for enrolled or covered populations, from contracted or regulated providers and health plans. We are committed to the belief that comprehensive performance requirements and aggressive performance monitoring combined with attendant rewards or sanctions are the necessary ingredients for ensuring quality improvement and quality outcomes.

  • strategic program design for public and private health care purchasers
  • management of insurers and providers to performance specifications or consumer protection requirements
  • design of incentive and reimbursement systems
  • design and management of procurement processes
  • health care market assessments
  • creation of health care purchasing coalitions
  • health policy research including literature reviews, interviews, and case studies
  • design and facilitation of work groups and focus groups
  • staff training in contract monitoring and quality management

 





July 16, 2008 - Michael Bailit: "The Purchaser Guide to the Patient-Centered Medical Home" - Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative Stakeholders’ Working Meeting - Washington, DC

July 24-25, 2008 - Michael Bailit: "How to Restructure Medicaid and/or SCHIP Payments to Support and Reward Good Primary Care While Improving Efficiency" - Medical Homes Summit, sponsored by the National Academy for State Health Policy, the Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative and The Commonwealth Fund - Washington, DC

September 4, 2008 - Michael Bailit: "Engaging Physicians in Health System Reform " - AcademyHealth and The Commonwealth Fund - Cyber Seminar

October 5, 2008 - Christine Hughes: "Options for Restructuring Medicaid and/or SCHIP Reimbursement Policies to Support and Reward Good Primary Care While Improving Efficiency" - National Academy for State Health Policy Annual Conference - Tampa, Florida

October 5, 2008 - Beth Waldman: "Health Reform on the Horizon: Promoting System Change" - National Academy for State Health Policy Annual Conference - Tampa, Florida