To be eligible for rewards through LHRP, a hospital must complete and submit the Leapfrog Hospital Survey by the deadline specified by the local payer that has licensed and administered the program. In most cases, the deadline is June 30 for initial results and December 31 for calendar-year results.

A hospital’s overall efficiency score, a weighted combination of quality and resource utilization measures, determines its performance category—Attainment or Improvement. These performance categories contain different recognition and rewards types as determined by the local payer, typically in collaboration with participating hospitals.

Below are the typical rewards options that payers offer in the LHRP: