"We are humbled by the extraordinary cooperation between Virginia's payer and provider communities including government, non-profit, and for-profit organizations to lower administrative healthcare costs," said Virginia Technology Secretary and National Health IT Week Honorary Co-Chairman, Aneesh Chopra. "This effort should attract the nation's most innovative firms seeking to build a model that can scale nationwide."
"Our participating health plans have worked hard to ensure that we're using technology to embrace efficiencies and cost-savings wherever possible," said Burke King, VAHP Executive Committee member and President, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Virginia. "This initiative offers us a new way to leverage our previous investments to create a superior service from which we will all benefit."
"Virginia's hospitals and health systems are committed to advancing efficiency wherever possible, including in administrative transactions whose costs are far too high for both payers and providers," said Chris Bailey, VHHA Senior Vice President. "And we fully support the collaborative, public-private structure of VHEN to identify and implement solutions that benefit all participants."
