Leah Binder news and information

Slightly more than a year after the Leapfrog Group unveiled controversial letter grades for hospital safety, the organization introduced an online tool to help employers calculate the “hidden surcharge”...
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The Leapfrog Group introduced a new online tool to help businesses calculate what they pay for hospital errors, accidents and infections, drawing a new round of criticism from the AHA.
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The Leapfrog Group has released its latest round of safety scores, and nearly three-quarters of hospitals maintained the same letter grade they received in November.
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Leah Binder, president and CEO of the Leapfrog Group, and Dr. Trent Haywood, chief medical officer of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, are among the final roster of 84 individuals chosen by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to serve on its four advisory panels, the...
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The percentage of hospitals hitting the Leapfrog Group's early elective delivery target rate of less than 5% of deliveries rose to 46% as of the end of 2012 from 39% in 2011.
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A controversial hospital quality grading system created by the employer-backed Leapfrog Group was again criticized by a portion of the industry after Leapfrog released its second round of grades last week, this time with the names of hospitals receiving a D or an F.
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Modern Healthcare's annual Healthcare Purchasing Power Survey is unique because it captures an important but overlooked force in the economics of healthcare: hospitals in their role as purchasers of healthcare services. After all, health systems are employers—sometimes the largest employers...
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This year's ranking of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare includes 18 newcomers as well as eight honorees who have been on every list since it started in 2002.
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Consumer Reports has released individualized safety ratings for more than 1,100 hospitals. More than half of hospitals received an overall safety score below 50%.
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A letter-grade system based on patient-safety measures has riled up hospitals that received low or average scores.
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