Health and Retirement Committee
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The Leapfrog Group
The Leapfrog Group was founded by Business Roundtable in 2000 to educate employers and providers on methods to reduce medical errors and improve quality in health care. In 2002, Leapfrog was officially established as a separate non-profit, 501©(3) organization with funding from Business Roundtable. Leapfrog is a voluntary program in which employers encourage providers to improve patient safety and customer value. Under Leapfrog, employers agree to apply principles encouraging more stringent patient safety measures when purchasing health care benefits and services. It is estimated that Leapfrog’s initiatives may save up to 58,000 lives and prevent up to 522,000 medication errors each year.
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Partnerships
The Leapfrog Group was founded by Business Roundtable in 2000 to educate employers and providers on methods to reduce medical errors and improve quality in health care. In 2002, Leapfrog was officially established as a separate non-profit, 501©(3) organization with funding from Business Roundtable. Leapfrog is a voluntary program in which employers encourage providers to improve patient safety and customer value. Under Leapfrog, employers agree to apply principles encouraging more stringent patient safety measures when purchasing health care benefits and services. It is estimated that Leapfrog’s initiatives may save up to 58,000 lives and prevent up to 522,000 medication errors each year.
National Coalition on Benefits
The National Coalition on Benefits (NCB) is dedicated to working with Congress to maintain employers' ability to provide uniform health and retirement benefits to employees and retirees across state and local lines and to ensure that federal health reform initiatives preserve Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) benefits.