Regional Leader Information
Website: www.mbgh.org
Region: Illinois
Covered Counties: All counties except Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Monroe, St. Clair
Contact: Mark Pfleger
Address: 211 S.Clark Suite 2749, Chicago, IL 60604
Email: mpfleger@mbgh.org
The Midwest Business Group on Health is a Chicago-based, non-profit coalition for large Midwest employers, offering educational and networking activities, group purchasing and community quality initiatives
Why did your organization decided to apply to become a Leapfrog Regional Leader?
MBGH applied to serve as a Regional Leader to enable Chicago-area employers to have a vehicle to get involved with the patient safety movement. The coalition wanted to demonstrate to the local health marketplace the commitment of the purchaser community to quality and error reduction.
Market Information
Geographic coverage: Illinois
Population (state or MSA/counties): 12.9 million
Number of employer/coalition lives in region: 3 million
List of area’s largest employers (by employee size):
Boeing, Abbott Laboratories, Federal Government, City of Chicago, Kraft Foods, McDonalds, United Airlines
Hospital characteristics
Total number of general acute care facilities and total number of beds in region (i.e. total number of targeted hospitals): There are over 200 hospitals in the state. Close to 150 in the Chicago metro area, the remainder in small urban and rural communities.
Breakdown by hospital system: Crains Chicago list of largest hospitals: http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/article.pl?page_id=1399
Insurer characteristics: Largest plans and % of the market share for HMO/PPO products: Blue Cross Blue Shield of IL has 63% of the total market. Aetna, Cigna, Humana and United Health Care have smaller populations