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Since its inception over 40 years ago, Gateway Business Health Coalition’s (BHC), formerly the St. Louis Area Business Health Coalition, employer members have tracked the rapid escalation of health care spending without a commensurate return on patient outcomes with growing concern. The St. Louis Hospital Industry Overview is Gateway BHC’s hallmark report on St. Louis hospitals’ quality, cost, and financial performance.
With this resource about the financial and quality performance of St. Louis area hospitals, BHC seeks to broaden transparency in the health care market, drive and recognize improvements in value and care delivery, and provide information to support all people in the St. Louis region in choosing safe, effective, and affordable health care for themselves, family members, and friends.
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| 2025 Infographic: Employer Brief |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Actions for employers to take with this information: - Distribute BHC’s Hospital Industry Overview infographic to your members and encourage them to use the back page to select higher quality hospitals for their care.
- Obtain access to your claims data or ask your data warehouse/benefits consultant what hospitals your members are utilizing. Steer them to higher value hospitals. Consider network changes based on hospital quality and value.
- Express your cost and quality concerns to local health systems as well as your plan administrator. Ask them what they are doing to improve.
- Share and interact with BHC LinkedIn posts and news articles highlighting the publication of the Hospital Industry Overview to expand its reach and elevate the concerns of local employers.
- Present the key takeaways and infographic to your company leaders to increase awareness of growing hospital costs and the potential impacts on your plan members.
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