Push for Reform: Ninety-seven of the top 200 corporations have signed onto
Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt’s effort to create a more
efficient health care marketplace.
Leavitt announced in May that his “four cornerstone” campaign to overhaul the
health system has gained momentum with private- and public-sector employers as
well unions and health plans. The goal of the program is to increase the use of
health information technology, better measure and publish information about the
quality and price of health care providers, and create positive incentives for
high-quality, efficient health care.
Leavitt announced that supporters of the program cover about 100 million
lives. The employer-sponsored Leapfrog Group, meanwhile, released two guides to
help states’ employee benefit managers adopt the four cornerstones.
The guides, similar to ones released for private employers in February, offer
suggestions on how benefits managers can use the purchasing power of their
organizations to improve the cost and quality of health care. The guides can be
found here.
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