Hospitals and Surgery Centers in Florida Named Top Hospitals and Top ASCs by The Leapfrog Group
The Leapfrog Group announced 18 hospitals in Florida that have been named on their 2024 list of Top Hospitals, and 13 ambulatory surgery centers in Florida that have been named to their list of Top Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs). These awards honor top hospitals and ASCs on patient safety and quality.
Rosen Hotels Honored for Healthcare Strategy Innovation by the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions
The National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions acknowledged the efforts of employers and member coalitions at its 2024 Annual Forum. Florida Alliance Employer Member Rosen Hotels & Resorts received the 2024 Employer/Purchaser Excellence Award for their commitment to promoting healthcare value by driving market change while also sharing what they’ve learned with others to improve the health and well-being of Florida’s working families.
The Leapfrog Group Announces Fall 2024 Hospital Safety Grades
On Friday, November 15, The Leapfrog Group announced the Fall 2024 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades, evaluating nearly 3,000 hospitals on their ability to prevent medical errors, accidents, and infections. The Hospital Safety Grade uses up to 30 performance measures to assign an “A, “B,” “C,” “D,” or “F” to individual hospitals and uses a public, peer-reviewed methodology, calculated by top patient safety experts under the guidance of a National Expert Panel.
Press Release – Catalyst for Payment Reform Releases Study on Opportunities to Control Health Prices Through Policy
UPDATE: 10/16 Click READ MORE to access newly released podcast featuring Karen van Caulil.
New research from Catalyst for Payment Reform (CPR) illustrates the opportunities and challenges for state policy reform to lower healthcare prices in Florida.
Press Release – U.S. Hospitals Show Dramatic Improvement in Hand Hygiene According to New Leapfrog Report
Percentage of hospitals achieving The Leapfrog Group’s Hand Hygiene Standard increased almost sevenfold since 2020, with leaders’ compensation increasingly tied to gains, and adoption of key technology doubling.
The Leapfrog Group Announces Spring 2024 Hospital Safety Grades
On May 1, The Leapfrog Group announced the Spring 2024 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades. The grades reflect preventable medical errors, accidents, injuries, and infections that together kill more than 500 people a day in the United States.
The Leapfrog Group announces 2023 Top Hospitals and Top ASCs
The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit watchdog organization
that rates hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) on their
commitment to patient safety and quality has announced its 2023
national list of Top Hospitals and Top ASCs.
Press Release – Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades, Fall 2023
The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit representing hundreds of the nation’s most influential employers and purchasers of health care, driven in Florida by the Florida Alliance for Healthcare Value, has announced the Fall 2023 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades.
Karen van Caulil, Florida Alliance President and CEO, Elected as New Board Member to The Leapfrog Group
The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, announced the election of three new members to its board of directors: Janet Lucas-Taylor, Senior Director Employee Benefits, Northwestern Mutual; Susan Sheridan, MIM, MBA, Founding Member, Patients for Patient Safety; and Karen van Caulil, PhD, President & CEO, Florida Alliance for Healthcare Value.
Employers Face “A Nightmare of Delays” in Obtaining Their Claims Data (But We Are Finally Seeing Some Progress in Florida!)
A recent online article reasons that “employers are losing trust in the companies they hire to run their health plans.” While most employers have not publicly probed the insurance companies’ role in rising healthcare costs, with new transparency rules requiring hospitals and health insurers to publicly disclose prices they have negotiated for many services, employers are starting to ask questions. Karen van Caulil, President and CEO of the Florida Alliance, was interviewed and quoted in the article.
