| About Us |
Member Organizations
- Citizens Gas & Coke Utility
- City of Indianapolis
- Goodwill Industries of
Central Indiana - Herff Jones, Inc.
- Indiana Manufacturers
Association - Marion County Health
Department - State of Indiana
- Leapfrog Sponsoring
Employers
Memberships & Affiliations
Board of Directors
Chairman – Mr. John Mutz
Chairman, Lumina Foundation
for Education, Former Lt.
Governor
Secy-Treasurer - Mr. Jeff
Goodwin
Chief Operating Officer, Indiana
Manufacturers Association
Mr. Kevin Brinegar –
President, Indiana State
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Earl Goode
Chief of Staff, Office of the
Governor State of Indiana
Mr. Matt Gutwein President,
Marion County Health & Hospital
Corp.
Mr. David Johnson President
and CEO, Biocrossroads of
Indiana
Mr. Jim McClelland President,
Goodwill Industries of Central
Indiana, Inc.
Dr. Judith Monroe
Commissioner, Indiana State
Board of Health
President– Dr. Ned Lamkin
Chairman – Mr. John Mutz
Chairman, Lumina Foundation
for Education, Former Lt.
Governor
Secy-Treasurer - Mr. Jeff
Goodwin
Chief Operating Officer, Indiana
Manufacturers Association
Mr. Kevin Brinegar –
President, Indiana State
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Earl Goode
Chief of Staff, Office of the
Governor State of Indiana
Mr. Matt Gutwein President,
Marion County Health & Hospital
Corp.
Mr. David Johnson President
and CEO, Biocrossroads of
Indiana
Mr. Jim McClelland President,
Goodwill Industries of Central
Indiana, Inc.
Dr. Judith Monroe
Commissioner, Indiana State
Board of Health
President– Dr. Ned Lamkin
4145 Washington Blvd.
Suite 300
Indianapolis, IN 46205-2616
Phone: (317) 283-2780
email: nlamkin@sbcglobal.net
Suite 300
Indianapolis, IN 46205-2616
Phone: (317) 283-2780
email: nlamkin@sbcglobal.net
| Indiana Employers Quality Health Alliance |
Working to improve the value of health care in Indiana.
The Indiana Employers Quality Health Alliance, a member of the National
Business Coalition on Health, is a coalition of Indiana employers
representing over 50,000 employees. Member companies range from
very large to quite small. The Alliance, currently expanding statewide, is
committed to creating a quality focused Central Indiana health care
system which will provide nationally competitive quality care, cost
efficiency and customer service through partnering health care
providers.
Mission
The Alliance will partner with physicians and hospitals to establish a new health
care system by:
Guiding Principles
Programs & Activities
Indiana Health Information Exchange - The Alliance helped establish and plays
a leadership role in the Indiana Health Information Exchange, a common information
platform for the exchange of clinical and administrative data among health care
providers, which data is also being used for quality and efficiency measurement
and improvement programs. The Alliance will continue to push for expansion
toward ePrescribing and a virtual electronic medical record.
Leapfrog - The Alliance leads Leapfrog rollout in the northern 2/3 of Indiana with
an Indiana sponsorship of 155 employers. In collaboration with the Indiana Hospital
and Health Association and its Patient Safety Institute, hospitals are being
encouraged to complete the Leapfrog Survey and improve their profiles.
Programs & Services - The Indiana Employers Quality Health Alliance (IEQHA or
The Alliance) makes available a suite of products and services that member
employers may obtain economically and that will produce better quality and
efficiency of health services and lower costs to the employer. From 2009 through
2010, the Alliance is presenting programs to help members understand and become
more able to participate in these services. Detail on participation is on the
Members Only section, currently under development.
Subjects planned for these programs include:
• Aligning incentives by rewarding patients and doctors by holding each other
mutually accountable for understanding and adhering to evidence based medicine
• Providing expert consultation at the time of potentially life-threatening, highly
invasive, and/or very expensive diagnoses in order to assure proper diagnosis
and intervention
• Centers of Excellence for rare and expensive transplant cases that will better
inform and support patients with constrained costs for employers
• Control of expensive contrast radiology services, e.g., CT and MRI, to reduce
over-utilization and lower costs of these expensive services
• Providing the best possible care at the lowest possible cost for rare, chronic
and expensive hematologic illnesses
• Assuring evidence-based cancer care to assure the likelihood of the best
possible outcomes with simultaneous control of cost
• Public health collaboration in order to obtain the advantages of population
management for employers
• Programs to minimize the incidence of chronic renal failure, reduce the need
of transplant or dialysis and assure the lowest possible cost for dialysis if
necessary
• Supporting physician efforts to improve patient understanding and progress in
chronic care management
• Structuring a value based approach to pharmacy use and cost control
• The use of on-site (or “in-vicinity”) medical clinics in order to gain control of
day-to-day patient care and quality
• Making sense of current hospital performance measurement and reporting
• Development and collaboration with a quality and efficiency-based physician
network and an update on it as a potential Alliance partner
• The importance and benefits of establishing a statewide employer data
warehouse which is ultimately essential for patient and provider utilization, quality,
efficiency and cost management. This is important to support all of the other
activities of the Alliance
• An update on Healthcare IT in Indiana, including the Indiana Health Information
Exchange (Clinical Messaging and Quality Health First) and ePrescribing – al
helping to gain the advantages of the information revolution
• The benefits to be achieved through self-funding and group purchasing.
Business Coalition on Health, is a coalition of Indiana employers
representing over 50,000 employees. Member companies range from
very large to quite small. The Alliance, currently expanding statewide, is
committed to creating a quality focused Central Indiana health care
system which will provide nationally competitive quality care, cost
efficiency and customer service through partnering health care
providers.
Mission
The Alliance will partner with physicians and hospitals to establish a new health
care system by:
- Benchmarking the best available national systems
- Evaluating and supporting the continuing improvement of care
- Providing employee education in wellness and disease
prevention/management - Disease management programs
- Educating member companies about quality, cost-effective health care and
supporting their efforts to assure its availability to their employees
Guiding Principles
- Our primary focus is quality and value in health care services
- We work collaboratively with providers who are willing to work with us to
improve quality and value in health care. - We use data to monitor quality and value and to enhance member decision
making
Programs & Activities
Indiana Health Information Exchange - The Alliance helped establish and plays
a leadership role in the Indiana Health Information Exchange, a common information
platform for the exchange of clinical and administrative data among health care
providers, which data is also being used for quality and efficiency measurement
and improvement programs. The Alliance will continue to push for expansion
toward ePrescribing and a virtual electronic medical record.
Leapfrog - The Alliance leads Leapfrog rollout in the northern 2/3 of Indiana with
an Indiana sponsorship of 155 employers. In collaboration with the Indiana Hospital
and Health Association and its Patient Safety Institute, hospitals are being
encouraged to complete the Leapfrog Survey and improve their profiles.
Programs & Services - The Indiana Employers Quality Health Alliance (IEQHA or
The Alliance) makes available a suite of products and services that member
employers may obtain economically and that will produce better quality and
efficiency of health services and lower costs to the employer. From 2009 through
2010, the Alliance is presenting programs to help members understand and become
more able to participate in these services. Detail on participation is on the
Members Only section, currently under development.
Subjects planned for these programs include:
• Aligning incentives by rewarding patients and doctors by holding each other
mutually accountable for understanding and adhering to evidence based medicine
• Providing expert consultation at the time of potentially life-threatening, highly
invasive, and/or very expensive diagnoses in order to assure proper diagnosis
and intervention
• Centers of Excellence for rare and expensive transplant cases that will better
inform and support patients with constrained costs for employers
• Control of expensive contrast radiology services, e.g., CT and MRI, to reduce
over-utilization and lower costs of these expensive services
• Providing the best possible care at the lowest possible cost for rare, chronic
and expensive hematologic illnesses
• Assuring evidence-based cancer care to assure the likelihood of the best
possible outcomes with simultaneous control of cost
• Public health collaboration in order to obtain the advantages of population
management for employers
• Programs to minimize the incidence of chronic renal failure, reduce the need
of transplant or dialysis and assure the lowest possible cost for dialysis if
necessary
• Supporting physician efforts to improve patient understanding and progress in
chronic care management
• Structuring a value based approach to pharmacy use and cost control
• The use of on-site (or “in-vicinity”) medical clinics in order to gain control of
day-to-day patient care and quality
• Making sense of current hospital performance measurement and reporting
• Development and collaboration with a quality and efficiency-based physician
network and an update on it as a potential Alliance partner
• The importance and benefits of establishing a statewide employer data
warehouse which is ultimately essential for patient and provider utilization, quality,
efficiency and cost management. This is important to support all of the other
activities of the Alliance
• An update on Healthcare IT in Indiana, including the Indiana Health Information
Exchange (Clinical Messaging and Quality Health First) and ePrescribing – al
helping to gain the advantages of the information revolution
• The benefits to be achieved through self-funding and group purchasing.
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