Summer Update from the Executive Director
Now that the lazy, hazy days of summer are winding down, you probably are winding up for a busy and hopefully “COVID-free” fall. So are we! In fact, we’ve been…
Comprehensive Medication Management in Benefits Design: A Toolkit for Employers
Comprehensive Medication Management in Benefits Design: A Toolkit for Employers This toolkit, developed by the GTMRx Employer Toolkit Taskforce, explores the benefits of CMM for individuals and for the employers…
REPORT: Aligning Interests–Opportunities for Purchasers and Physicians to Accelerate Care Delivery, Innovation & Value
Last year, a group of DFWBGH employers and representatives from the Council of Accountable Physician Practices (CAPP) participated in a strategic Roundtable discussion of opportunities to support improvements in the…
North Texas Spring 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Patient Safety Grades Released
The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit representing hundreds of the nation’s most influential employers and purchasers of health care, and driven in north Texas by the DFW Business Group on…
Mental Health Toolkit For Mental Health Month
May is Mental Health Awareness Month when we increase awareness of mental illness through education and open discussions around the world. The lingering effects of COVID and the shift in…
DFW Business Group on Health Announces Two New Directors
The Dallas-Fort Worth Business Group on Health (DFWBGH), a nonprofit coalition of Dallas-Fort Worth area employers and health services organizations, announced the election of two new Directors, Lana Raimbault, Senior…
Health Care Provisions in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
On March 11, 2021 President Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package. While healthcare was not a major focus of…
Texas HMOs racked up big profit gains in early months of pandemic
The pandemic economy has stood out, in part, because it’s lifted certain industries and individuals, including some that seemed vulnerable to the downturn. Health maintenance organizations, which provide health coverage to…
Aligning Interests: Opportunities for Purchasers and Physicians to Accelerate Care Delivery, Innovation & Value
We’re pleased to share this new report of Roundtable discussions between several DFWBGH employers and physician leaders, which took place last July during the height of the COVID pandemic. The…
COVID-19 And Immunizations
GUIDING EMPLOYEES THROUGH UNCERTAIN TIMES TO ENSURE VACCINE ADOPTION About 75%–85% of Americans must get vaccinated to achieve herd immunity We are at the intersection of calamity and opportunity. As…