Today, doctors and hospitals are paid without regard to the quality or affordability of the care they provide. This practice discourages efforts to deliver better and more efficient care. Leapfrog and our members are working to create real incentives to improve care through new payment practices. We also encourage consumers to choose high quality health care providers.

Leapfrog encourages employer members through their health plans to provide incentives and rewards to hospitals that improve the quality of the care they provide to patients by implementing Leapfrog’s quality and safety practices. Leapfrog is also supporting members with a number of central initiatives.