Initiatives
Summary of Major Initiatives
Gateway-IEQHA Quality Physician Partnership Arrangement
This partnership arrangement is a value-based purchasing initiative to provide
employers a first time opportunity to offer a physician network based on quality.
Physician cost and quality measures will be transparent to employers and consumers.

Leapfrog Hospital Quality & Safety Initiative
IEQHA was chosen by The Leapfrog Group to lead the rollout of its hospital quality
and safety survey to more than 100 hospitals in central and northern Indiana. We are
supported by hundreds of organizations nationally and in Indiana. Together, these
private and public-sector purchasers represent more than 34 million Americans and
more than $62 billion in health care expenditure.
Leapfrog National Members
Leapfrog Sponsors in Indiana
eValue8 Health Plan Performance
eValue8 is a National Business Coalition on Health program created for employers
and other purchasers to evaluate the effectiveness, efficiency and overall quality of
health plans. Member companies receive at no cost eValue8 results for those health
plans participating in the process.
Indiana Health Information Exchange
The Indiana Health Information Exchange (IHIE) is a non-profit venture backed by a
unique collaboration of Indiana health care institutions.  IHIE's vision is to use
information technology and shared clinical information to improve the quality,
safety, and efficiency of health care in the state of Indiana, create unparalleled
research capabilities for health researchers, and exhibit a successful model of
health information exchange for the rest of the country. IHIE is creating a common,
secure, electronic infrastructure that expands communication and
information-sharing among participating providers, hospitals, public health
organizations, and other health care entities.


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Indiana Employers Quality Health Alliance
Working to improve the quality of health care in Indiana.