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…
Hospital Prices Just Got a Lot More Transparent. What Does This Mean for You?
Hospitals face the new year with new requirements to post price information they have long sought to obscure: the actual prices negotiated with insurers and the discounts they offer their…
North Texas Fall 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Patient Safety Grades Released
DALLAS – December 16, 2020 – 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…
Employer Dilemma: Health Insurance Costs Top $20,000 for Families in Texas
According to The Commonwealth Fund, healthcare insurance costs for a family surpassed $20,000 for the first time in 2019 and are up more than 44 percent since 2010, when the…
DFWBGH Congratulates Cook Children’s Health Care System – 2020 The Leapfrog Group Top Hospital!
DFW Business Group on Health Congratulates Cook Children’s Health Care System – 2020 The Leapfrog Group Top Hospital! 105 hospitals throughout the U.S. have been recognized as 2020 Top Hospitals…