Our Mission
The Iowa Health Buyers Alliance is an association of health care customers (consumers and purchasers) working together for a patient centered health system, improved quality, wellness, and increased transparency and public disclosure.
Welcome to the Iowa Health Buyers Alliance (IHBA) Website
The Alliance is an association of purchasers who have come together to identify, evaluate, recommend, and provide access to cost-effective high performance policies, practices, providers, and products for its members. Formed in 2004, the IHBA enables public and private purchasers to jointly develop and promote the use of smart buying practices to drive quality performance for health and value ("more for the money").
Latest IHBA News
Stay up to date with all the latest Iowa Health Buyers Alliance news!
HPCI News: Accountable Care Organizations and earlier HPCI initiatives
Health Exchanges and Qualified Health Plans - HPCI and IHBA Involvement
Iowa Health Buyer's Alliance Statewide Conference Health Care Reform:
A Broader View - Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
Availability of Data for Performance Measurement is Key
Reporting Medical Errors Critical to Patient Safety
JULY 2011 - Modern Healthcare Magazine on Gauging Quality, State Snapshot Reports
JUNE 2011 - Iowa Leapfrog Group Rollout for 2011-2012
MAY 2011 - Healthy and Productive Workforce: HPCI's Vision and Strategy
APRIL 2011 - Iowa Health Insurance Exchange: Key Principles
APRIL 2011 - Health Care Quality in Iowa: Going from Good to Great
Affordable Care Act One Year Anniversary:
Message from the Consumer-Purchaser Disclosure Project
Boeing making health care lean and efficient
Grinnell Regional Medical Center Receives National Recognition for Outstanding Achievement in Patient Safety and Quality Care
Sixty-five (65) Named "2010 Top Hospital" by The Leapfrog Group
Our presentation to Iowa Insurance and Information Exchange Workgroup of state health reform commission
The presentation I made to the Iowa Insurance and Information Exchange Workgroup this week was very well received.
National Institute for Health Care Reform
The attached is a very good overview on employer wellness efforts.
HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS INCREASE 13% IN IOWA
August 19, 2010 IHBA Presentation:
Value-Based Health Care Reform Workgroup Legislative Health Care Coverage Commission.
Reforming Health Care Payment:
Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) Promise and Issues
Iowa will soon have a new form of managed care or HMOs. The new Federal health reform law, the Patient Protection and Affordability Act (PPACA), contains many policies for delivery system reform.
Health Care Changes
Summaries of the New Health Reform Law and Changing Delivery & Changing Care.
The Leapfrog Group Response to the Iowa Healthcare Collaborative
The Iowa Healthcare Collaborative (IHC) is advising Iowa hospitals not to respond to the Leapfrog Group annual hospital patient safety survey.
Letter to State on Health IT
Health information technology has many dimensions in terms of its promise for improvement as well as in its application. While the initial application may be through health care providers, it is very important to involve all major stakeholders from the beginning and to create a vision with goals that encompass the full potential and use of health information technology.
Consumers' Guides on Consumers Union Website
The most recent two consumers& health guides produced by IHBA and HPCI are now on the Consumers Union website under “Research and Reports”.
http://www.safepatientproject.org/geography/iowa/
IHBA Announces Consumer Health Guide Series and “Ask Your Doctor” Cards Avaliable to the Public via this Website
The Iowa Health Buyers Alliance (IHBA) uses data from various public sources to produce Iowa reports of health care provider quality, patient safety and cost/efficiency... Data sources include the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations, The Leapfrog Group, AHRQ, and the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care. Various reported and guides are prepared by IHBA based upon this data. The primary audiences for these reports are consumers, patients and their families as well as public and private employers.
The Guides and Cards are made available to members, employers, unions and others for use on their intranet sites, lunch and learn sessions and in other ways.
Hospital Performance Measures Released
The Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality recently updated its hospital performance results.
Member Login
Attention Members!
Our members only page is up and running and contains the lastest "members only" information.
Consumer Health Guide Series and "Ask Your Doctor" Cards
Consumer Health Guide Series
- Consumers’ Health Reference Guide
- Heart Health Guide with Scorecard
Heart Centers in Greater Iowa - Iowa Report Card, What Patients Say About Their Experiences with Hospital Care in the Greater Iowa Area
- Iowa Report Card, Ranking of Hospitals for Chronic Care, Greater Iowa Area, with What You Can Do to Get Health Care Right?
"Ask Your Doctor" Cards
These guides and cards are not to be reproduced without the permission of the Iowa Health Buyers Alliance
Hospital Compare
Quality Tools
- The Leapfrog Group For Consumers
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Hospital Compare
- The Joint Commission
- Consumer Reports Health
Contact Information
Iowa Health Buyers Alliance
6165 NW 86th Street
Johnston, Iowa 50131
515-252-2530
contact@ihbaonline.org