The Catalyst

In 2003 a study commissioned by the Greater Milwaukee Business Foundation on Health found health care costs in southeast Wisconsin were 39 percent above the Midwest average. This alarming report prompted the CEOs of several large, Milwaukee-based employers to be deeply concerned about our region’s ability to thrive economically and maintain jobs. Pushing more and… Read more »

2022 marked the first year BHCG member employers offered the BHCG-Centivo high-performance, primary care-centered health plan to their employees. This strong primary care physician-guided model has yielded outstanding results and satisfaction for member employers, their employees and dependents. Results were detailed in a recently distributed press release.

Is your organization interested in raising its profile to an ever-expanding audience of highly engaged, prominent area employers and other health care stakeholders? BHCG is offering organizations opportunities to support its mission to lead change and create value by improving health care quality and cost efficiency for employers, employees and the community. Sponsorship includes recognition/acknowledgment… Read more »

Building on the successful implementation and results of numerous member employers adopting the BHCG-Centivo high-performance, primary care-centered health plan in 2022, more employers are reimagining health care by offering the plan to their employees, effective in 2023. The BHCG-Centivo health plan solution, designed to improve health care value – both quality and cost efficiency –… Read more »

This edition of The Catalyst features the introduction of a new column, Partners News, where we will highlight significant awards and accomplishments of our member employers, best in class strategic partners and network health care systems and provider groups. Congratulations to Charter Manufacturing Company, Inc. and Hydrite Chemical for being named top finalists for Wisconsin… Read more »

BHCG Member Employers Involved in New Initiative to Impact Diet-Related Disease Food For Health, a BHCG member employer, along with its parent organization Dohmen Company Foundation, announced its initiative at the end of 2022 to combat diet-related disease. The Foundation has pledged $75 million over seven years to target healthy eating. Food For Health, a… Read more »

Delivering Value Series (DVS) Symposium Schedule Mark your calendars for the following 2023 DVS symposiums: May 4 – Centivo: The Results Are In. Change is Possible; June 21 – Navitus Health Solutions: Transformative Pharmacy Benefit Management and; September 20 – Hot Topics in Benefits Law. Stay tuned for additional symposiums to be scheduled featuring our… Read more »