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 cash-paying customers. The move is part of a larger push by the Trump administration to use price transparency to curtail prices and create better-informed consumers. Yet there is disagreement on whether it will do so. CLICK HERE to read more.
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 by the DFW Business Group on Health (DFWBGH), announced today fall 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades. CLICK HERE to read more. DFWBGH-Leapfrog-fall-2020-safety-grades-release-FINAL Download
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 average cost for family coverage was $14,526. Employers subsidize a great deal of these costs and are increasingly focused on reducing their healthcare spending, which is often one of the top business expenses. CLICK HERE to read more.
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 and Cook Children’s Health Care System is the sole winner in the DFW Region. The coveted award recognizes hospitals across the country for excellence in quality of care, transparency and patient safety. DFW Business Group on Health is proud to be a Leapfrog Regional Leader representing 75 corporate members with 750,000 local individuals spending over $4 billion in healthcare annually in addition to our 93 allied member organizations. See the…
CLICK HERE to learn more about What Employers Need to Know about the CARES Act. CLICK HERE to learn more about the National Alliance COVID-19 Town Hall. CLICK HERE to learn more about the recent Pulse of the Purchaser COVID-19 Survey Results.
When was the last time you got a raise? Was it a significant increase? For most Texans, it probably wasn’t enough to account for their rising health care costs. Tune in to this episode of Blue Promise to learn more about the single biggest health care issue for most Americans. CLICK HERE to see video of the podcast.
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The Voter's Guide to Healthcare Omni Park West Dallas 1590 Lyndon B Johnson Fwy, Dallas, TX 75234 Registration begins at 11:30 AM Lunch service and opening remarks begin at 12:00 PM Program begins at 12:15 PM Speaker: Den Bishop, President, Holmes Murphy Why has healthcare become so political? Can’t we just get the government out of healthcare? Can’t the government just give us all free healthcare? Everyone seems to have an opinion on the government’s role in healthcare, join DFWBGH and Holmes Murphy President Den Bishop to learn more about the US Healthcare Ecosystem, ACA issues, Price Discrimination, Payment Reform…
August 14, 2019 Regional Benefits Forum DoubleTree Hilton Hotel San Antonio Airport 37 NE Loop 410 at McCullough, San Antonio, TX 78216
August 15, 2019 Regional Benefits Forum Hilton Houston Post Oak by the Galleria 2001 Post Oak Blvd., Houston, TX 77056
August 21, 2019 Cancer Care Huddle - Stage and Screen Omni Park West Dallas 1590 Lyndon B Johnson Fwy, Dallas, TX 75234
September 19-20, 2019 National Association of Worksite Health Centers 7th Annual Forum - Creating and Expanding Worksite Clinics Sheraton by the Galleria, 4801 LBJ Fwy., Dallas, Texas 75244