Peterson Philanthropies stands up health analytics company for employers

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Peterson Philanthropies has committed $50 million to launch Peterson Health Analytics, a public benefit corporation that will give self-insured employers detailed data on healthcare prices and quality. Cora Opsahl, formerly director of the 32BJ Health Benefit Fund, has been named managing director.

The venture grows out of a Purchaser Business Group on Health demonstration project involving five large employers, including Qualcomm, Boeing, and the City and County of Denver. Results published in October 2025 showed wide price variation not only between facilities but within the same facility depending on which health plan was paying — and higher prices did not track with standard quality measures.

“Employers have lacked a partner with no financial interest in keeping their costs high,” said Elizabeth Mitchell, president and CEO of PBGH.

The National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions is serving as the lead recruitment partner for the initiative. The National Alliance noted that third-party administrators and insurance carriers have frequently challenged purchasers’ access to their own claims data, and cautioned that better data does not by itself solve out-of-control prices.

Michael A. Peterson, chairman and CEO of Peterson Philanthropies, said the goal is to bend the healthcare cost curve in ways that help not just companies and workers but the broader U.S. economy.

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