Leapfrog Group Offers First Web-Based Compendium of QualityIncentive,...

U.S. Newswire;  June 30, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Newswire/ -- The Leapfrog Group, with support...among purchasers, health plans, and health care...initiated by health plans, purchasers...physicians, health plans, and consumers...officer of The Leapfrog Group, "Part of Leapfrog...providers; ...

Employer group takes big leap in purchasing.(The Leapfrog Group)(Brief...

Business Insurance;  November 20, 2000 ;     700+ words ......units. In addition, the health plans with which the member...the hospitals and the health plans risk losing the employers' business. ``The Leapfrog Group,'' named to reflect...added. For example, Leapfrog members could pay a...the highest-quality health plans, ...

Governor Rendell to Address Major Employers, Health Plans and Providers on...

U.S. Newswire;  April 30, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Health (NBCH), The Leapfrog Group and Bridges to Excellence...educate purchasers, health plans, and health care providers...performance through The Leapfrog Group's Hospital Quality...with large employers, health plans, providers and a wide...Coalition on ...

Leapfrog Group issues e-order entry guidelines

Drug Topics;  January 21, 2002 ;     321 words ......entry (CPOE) system. That's why the Leapfrog Group has issued guidelines to help health-syst...First Consulting Group (FCG) for the Leapfrog Group, a consortium of large healthcare purchasers...patient safety," said Suzanne Delbanco, Leapfrog Group executive director. "We hope what ...

First-Ever Awards Recognizing Excellence in Incentives and Rewards are...

PR Newswire;  July 20, 2006 ;     700+ words ......physicians, and health plans, and consumer incentive...noted, The seven health plans and more than 200...group of California health plans, medical groups...nbch.org/. About The Leapfrog Group On behalf of the...health benefits, The Leapfrog Group aims to ...

Governor Rendell to Address Major Employers, Health Plans and Providers on...

PR Newswire;  April 30, 2007 ;     700+ words ......by NBCH, The Leapfrog Group and Bridges to...Health (NBCH), The Leapfrog Group and Bridges to...educate purchasers, health plans, and health care...performance through The Leapfrog Group's Hospital Quality...employer-based health care ...

Leapfrog Group Launches Improved Web Site With New Safety and Quality...

U.S. Newswire;  August 1, 2008 ;     534 words ......NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Kat Song of The Leapfrog Group, +1-202-292-6707, ksong@leapfroggroup...safety information to the nonprofit Leapfrog Group, which has posted the information on...quality hospitals, said Leah Binder, MA, Leapfrog Group CEO. The redesigned site makes it easy...

Statement of the Leapfrog Group on Hospital Overdose of Up to 17 Babies at...

U.S. Newswire;  July 9, 2008 ;     335 words ......NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Kat Song of The Leapfrog Group, +1-202-292-6707, song@leapfroggroup...to take, said Leah Binder, CEO, The Leapfrog Group. Studies suggest that computerized...really looks like, continued Binder. The Leapfrog Group On behalf of the millions of Americans...

An incentive to provide incentives: Leapfrog Group tool measures...

Employee Benefit News;  May 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......available by The Leapfrog Group could change...employers and health plans to estimate the...programs for The Leapfrog Group. The ROI Estimator...Organizations and the Leapfrog Hospital Quality...seven California health plans paid a combined...

Leapfrog's next move; Delbanco leaving quality group in transition.(The...

Modern Healthcare;  August 20, 2007 ;     700+ words ......resignation of Suzanne Delbanco as chief executive officer of the Leapfrog Group comes at a time of transition for the 7-year-old quality organization of large employers, health plans and providers. Calling her resignation a very difficult decision...

Minding hospitals' business; Purchasing coalition pushes hospitals to...

Modern Healthcare;  May 28, 2001 ;     700+ words ......Institute of Medicine report-thumping Leapfrog Group change the way you run your hospital...targeted regions around the country, the Leapfrog Group, a coalition of Fortune 500 companies...day. Last November, the well-heeled Leapfrog Group used public relations giant Porter...

Making it click; Providers are hanging up the phones and heading for the...

Modern Healthcare;  October 27, 2003 ;     700+ words ......it comes to conducting business with health plans, the mouse is replacing the speed-dial button. Health plans, once widely accused of delaying payments...providers away from the telephone, health plans are competing to offer user-friendly...

National Survey Finds Employers are Challenging Health Plans to Better Use...

PR Newswire;  November 12, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Business Coalition on Health (NBCH), health plans could do a better job of sharing important...gather health care data from nearly 200 health plans and health insurers. Over 100 million...every three Americans, are members of health plans that respond to the eValue8 RFI. This...

Nearly Two-Thirds of California Hospitals Complete New Patient Safety...

PR Newswire;  October 14, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Latest results from the Leapfrog Group reveal that a record number...survey results through their health plans, and many leading employers...information available. Today, the Leapfrog Group and its California sponsor...unveiled the latest results of the Leapfrog survey, a ...

Adding up quality standards; Leapfrog works on weighted evaluation...

Modern Healthcare;  October 20, 2003 ;     692 words ......Morrissey Hospitals participating in the Leapfrog Group's quality initiative soon may be graded...being made, Delbanco said. Whatever the Leapfrog Group decides, the initiative would greatly...share their results, she said. The Leapfrog Group's attempt to prioritize its expansion...