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A Venn diagram with three overlapping blue circles labeled 3 Tools, 3 Pilots, and 3 Targets. The center intersection contains the word PHIERS. Each circle has an icon: a gear for Tools, lightbulbs for Pilots, and targets for Targets.3 pilots, 3 tools and 3 membership drives are all it takes to deliver the many of the benefits associated with a good private insurance plan and guaranteed jobs for all who want them, for a fraction of projected costs.  These tools include volume discounts, a shared health record and a network of providers and facilities that collaborate on behalf of shared interests (e.g., patients).  These tools are based on existing, government-sanctioned resources, and together will create jobs that improve health, save time and cut the cost of health care delivery to the masses.

3 Pilots

We have 3 shovel-ready pilots which can help individuals, families, communities, cities and states better adapt to changing times, once they launch:

  • The PHIERSale (group purchasing plan and marketplace) will leverage the collective buying power of our members to negotiate for volume discounts on health-related goods and services.  These benefits will be free to the bottom 90% of earners, and the savings shared equally with all who join. Together we can:
    • Prove that the power of the people is stronger than the people in power when we organize, negotiate and buy as a group and work as a team
    • Qualify for deeper volume discounts than the best private insurance plan
    • Compete with the top online marketplaces, while making our highest priority the best interest of the people
  • PHIERworks is a sustainable job training and placement program that will use existing tools, training, resources, and support to strengthen the safety net and tax base needed to fund programs important to our future.  We will coordinate our efforts with the U.S. Climate Mayors and federal/state health and labor departments to promote rapid adoption by safety net programs across the nation. The entire program was designed to augment and complete what is being left undone by the President’s Opportunity Zones initiative.
  • PHIERStations – are community organizations and safety net programs that use PHIERS to connect with and leverage the strengths of the community while tracking encounters and outcomes.  Our community enabling solutions consists of tools, training, resources, and support, and are free of charge to our members.  Referrals and performance-based grants will be awarded to organizations/programs that use PHIERS to improve health outcomes.

3 Tools

3 tools are all it takes to create a robust and uniformly-trained workforce that can add value for the foreseeable future… making it a smart and sustainable use of public/private investments.  This plan uses existing and underutilized resources smarter and in a manner consistent with the goals of Health and Human Services to protect the health, safety, and well-being of the American people.  most importantly, savings will increase the solvency of Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and safety net programs across the nation.

Once operational, these self-funded programs will deliver many of the benefits of universal coverage and a public alternative to profit-driven healthcare and more.  By working smarter and not harder, we can use existing resources to assist high-risk, high-cost patients and their expanded care teams improve population health for a fraction of projected costs.  The best part is that this nonpartisan, apolitical plan will pay for itself without increasing taxes, raising the deficit or requiring legislation.

PHIERS.org can deliver on its goals through the use of 3 simple tools:

  • MyHealtheVet (and MyHealthePeeps, coming soon) are underutilized government-sanctioned tools that can be used to keep all members of the member’s care team on the same page.  It is comprised of a case management system and a HIPAA-compliant personal health record that can eliminate data silos and fragmented care as patients travel across settings and between providers.
  • PHIERSafe:  A public version of VistA, the VA’s Open Source electronic health record, already paid for by taxpayers and designed by the VA to fit the needs of veterans nationwide.  Veterans are a microcosm of the U.S., and often have complex health and social issues, and deserve better quality and more continuous care.  PHIERworks will train health and social workers to use these tools to serve the needs of more than 9 million veterans living in communities across the nation.
  • PHIERplace:  A publicly-focused directory, resource matching and referral service that raises awareness about PHIERStations, (local providers that use PHIERS to coordinate care and transportation for enrolled patients) as well as free and paid services that improve the lives of people in need of assistance.  PHIERStations will use PHIERS to collaborate on behalf of shared interests (patients, families, communities and safety net programs and facilities) with the goal of improving population health while creating jobs that strengthen and expand the safety net.

3 Goals

3 membership drives are all it takes to deliver the same benefits as a good private insurance plan.

  • The PHIERSale will provide volume discounts once we reach critical mass in our membership drive.
  • The PHIERworks job training and placement program will work with safety net programs to train job seekers to fill unmet needs, locally.
  • PHIERStations are community organizations that wish to participate in coordinated, sponsored interventions.

 

Cartoon character in a blue outfit, red bowtie, and star-striped top hat holds money, surrounded by the words EVERYBODY WINS on a purple background.

 

 

 

A Venn diagram with three overlapping blue circles labeled 3 Tools, 3 Pilots, and 3 Targets. The center intersection contains the word PHIERS. Each circle has an icon: a gear for Tools, lightbulbs for Pilots, and targets for Targets.3 pilots, 3 tools and 3 membership drives are all it takes to deliver the many of the benefits associated with a good private insurance plan and guaranteed jobs for all who want them, for a fraction of projected costs.  These tools include volume discounts, a shared health record and a network of providers and facilities that collaborate on behalf of shared interests (e.g., patients).  These tools are based on existing, government-sanctioned resources, and together will create jobs that improve health, save time and cut the cost of health care delivery to the masses.

3 Pilots

We have 3 shovel-ready pilots which can help individuals, families, communities, cities and states better adapt to changing times, once they launch:

  • The PHIERSale (group purchasing plan and marketplace) will leverage the collective buying power of our members to negotiate for volume discounts on health-related goods and services.  These benefits will be free to the bottom 90% of earners, and the savings shared equally with all who join. Together we can:
    • Prove that the power of the people is stronger than the people in power when we organize, negotiate and buy as a group and work as a team
    • Qualify for deeper volume discounts than the best private insurance plan
    • Compete with the top online marketplaces, while making our highest priority the best interest of the people
  • PHIERworks is a sustainable job training and placement program that will use existing tools, training, resources, and support to strengthen the safety net and tax base needed to fund programs important to our future.  We will coordinate our efforts with the U.S. Climate Mayors and federal/state health and labor departments to promote rapid adoption by safety net programs across the nation. The entire program was designed to augment and complete what is being left undone by the President’s Opportunity Zones initiative.
  • PHIERStations – are community organizations and safety net programs that use PHIERS to connect with and leverage the strengths of the community while tracking encounters and outcomes.  Our community enabling solutions consists of tools, training, resources, and support, and are free of charge to our members.  Referrals and performance-based grants will be awarded to organizations/programs that use PHIERS to improve health outcomes.

3 Tools

3 tools are all it takes to create a robust and uniformly-trained workforce that can add value for the foreseeable future… making it a smart and sustainable use of public/private investments.  This plan uses existing and underutilized resources smarter and in a manner consistent with the goals of Health and Human Services to protect the health, safety, and well-being of the American people.  most importantly, savings will increase the solvency of Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and safety net programs across the nation.

Once operational, these self-funded programs will deliver many of the benefits of universal coverage and a public alternative to profit-driven healthcare and more.  By working smarter and not harder, we can use existing resources to assist high-risk, high-cost patients and their expanded care teams improve population health for a fraction of projected costs.  The best part is that this nonpartisan, apolitical plan will pay for itself without increasing taxes, raising the deficit or requiring legislation.

PHIERS.org can deliver on its goals through the use of 3 simple tools:

  • MyHealtheVet (and MyHealthePeeps, coming soon) are underutilized government-sanctioned tools that can be used to keep all members of the member’s care team on the same page.  It is comprised of a case management system and a HIPAA-compliant personal health record that can eliminate data silos and fragmented care as patients travel across settings and between providers.
  • PHIERSafe:  A public version of VistA, the VA’s Open Source electronic health record, already paid for by taxpayers and designed by the VA to fit the needs of veterans nationwide.  Veterans are a microcosm of the U.S., and often have complex health and social issues, and deserve better quality and more continuous care.  PHIERworks will train health and social workers to use these tools to serve the needs of more than 9 million veterans living in communities across the nation.
  • PHIERplace:  A publicly-focused directory, resource matching and referral service that raises awareness about PHIERStations, (local providers that use PHIERS to coordinate care and transportation for enrolled patients) as well as free and paid services that improve the lives of people in need of assistance.  PHIERStations will use PHIERS to collaborate on behalf of shared interests (patients, families, communities and safety net programs and facilities) with the goal of improving population health while creating jobs that strengthen and expand the safety net.

3 Goals

3 membership drives are all it takes to deliver the same benefits as a good private insurance plan.

  • The PHIERSale will provide volume discounts once we reach critical mass in our membership drive.
  • The PHIERworks job training and placement program will work with safety net programs to train job seekers to fill unmet needs, locally.
  • PHIERStations are community organizations that wish to participate in coordinated, sponsored interventions.

 

Cartoon character in a blue outfit, red bowtie, and star-striped top hat holds money, surrounded by the words EVERYBODY WINS on a purple background.

 

 

 

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