Costs of Care Now Accepting Nominations for the Annual Steven Schroeder Award for Outstanding Healthcare CEO

BOSTON, Aug. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Costs of Care, a leading non-profit dedicated to curating and disseminating insights from the frontlines of health care to help clinicians and delivery systems improve the affordability of healthcare, is now accepting nominations for the annual Steven Schroeder Award for Outstanding Healthcare CEO. This award was created to recognize a hospital and/or health system CEO who is demonstrating courageous and ethical leadership addressing the twin issues of affordability and quality of health care in their community. The recipient of this year's award will again be prominently recognized at The Leapfrog Group's Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner on December 17th, 2019 in Washington, D.C.

The Outstanding Healthcare CEO award is named in honor of Steven Schroeder, MD, Distinguished Professor of Health and Health Care at the University of California San Francisco and former President and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Dr. Schroeder has spent five decades inspiring and mentoring leaders to forcefully advocate for better quality and more affordable health care, and he has inspired leaders of both Costs of Care and The Leapfrog Group. Dr. Schroeder believes, "now more than ever health care needs to find the sweet spot where quality is maximized and costs are constrained. It is not possible for institutions to achieve those goals without visionary and courageous leadership. This award recognizes such leaders, with the intent to salute their accomplishments and to serve as a model for others."

"When you ask patients what they care about when it comes to health care, affordability often tops the list," said Chris Moriates, MD, Executive Director of Costs of Care. "To build trust with patients, health systems must address patient affordability. There are CEOs who have boldly committed to this goal, and we want to highlight their efforts and encourage others to follow their lead to make health care better – and less expensive - for our patients."

Last year's inaugural Steven Schroeder Award was presented to Gary S. Kaplan, MD, Chairman and CEO of Virginia Mason Health System in Seattle, Washington. "Receiving the Steven Schroeder Award was one of the highlights of the year for me and the Virginia Mason organization," Dr. Kaplan said. "The award affirmed our commitment to continually improving quality, safety and the patient experience as we strive to transform health care."

"The greatest health system leaders know that doing the right thing for their patients is also good business," said Leah Binder, President and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. "With this award we're excited to recognize a CEO who fights for the highest quality and safest care at the right price. Dr. Steven Schroeder taught us that in health care, better quality can lower costs, and we want to recognize the leaders who are showing us how. We're honored to again have the opportunity to recognize this individual at Leapfrog's annual Awards Dinner".

Nominations will be accepted through October 15th, 2019. For more information on how to nominate a CEO for the prestigious Steven Schroeder Award – please visit Costs of Care.

About Costs of Care
Costs of Care is a nonprofit organization dedicated to curating and broadly disseminating insights from the front lines of health care to help clinicians and delivery systems improve the affordability of healthcare. Since 2009, Costs of Care has collected more than 500 personal accounts from physicians, nurses, and patients all over the United States that illustrate routine and high yield opportunities to improve the value of care delivery through improved decision-making. These accounts have been cited in an influential report of the Institute of Medicine, described in the New England Journal of Medicine, and carried by most major national media outlets. Costs of Care has also created widely adopted and enduring resources to educate medical trainees and clinicians about how to address health care costs and provide high-value care, including the textbook Understanding Value-Based Healthcare, the "COST" framework for designing value improvement projects, multiple workshops, and free, CME-approved video modules. Connect at http://www.costsofcare.org or follow us on Twitter.

About The Leapfrog Group
Founded in 2000 by large employers and other purchasers, The Leapfrog Group is a national nonprofit organization driving a movement for giant leaps forward in the quality and safety of American health care. The flagship Leapfrog Hospital Survey collects and transparently reports hospital performance, empowering purchasers to find the highest-value care and giving consumers the lifesaving information they need to make informed decisions. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, Leapfrog's other main initiative, assigns letter grades to hospitals based on their record of patient safety, helping consumers protect themselves and their families from errors, injuries, accidents, and infections.

SOURCE Costs of Care