Emma Hoo focuses on value-purchasing, accountability, quality measurement and data initiatives at the Purchaser Business Group on Health (PBGH), including PBGH’s Health Value Index and advanced primary care measures, use of patient-reported outcomes measures and prescription drug value-purchasing strategies. Current activities include mental health initiatives in collaboration with National Alliance’s Path Forward strategy, digital health tools assessment and efforts to develop health-related quality of life and pain measures in oncology care. She has managed joint purchasing and performance measurement initiatives for health plan, pharmacy benefit, retiree and disease management services on behalf of PBGH members. She has also evaluated and implemented data analytic solutions on behalf of large purchasers to improve health care performance reporting. Emma has authored papers on provider network management and design, consumer-directed health plans, ACOs and quality reporting requirements for health insurance exchanges. She serves on the National Quality Forum Measures Application Partnership and Cost and Efficiency Measures Committee and represents purchasers on the California Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) Health Care Payments Data (HPD) Program Advisory Committee.