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Register now and save! Early Bird Registration until August 31. The Symposium’s agenda will be packed with speakers and panels addressing how employers can improve the health and wellbeing of employees with a focus on women. The main topics will center around women’s physical and mental health as well as how to help working families establish a work-life balance.

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Spring 2023 Hospital Grades for Michigan Announced. How Did Your Hospital Do?

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Michigan Hospitals Recognized for Patient Safety

The 2022 EAM Hospital Patient Safety Awards, recognizing hospitals in Michigan consistently performing high marks and improvements in patient safety and quality of care.

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New Case Study: Adopting Biosimilars Saves Millions in Pharmaceutical Costs

Study suggests employers implement biosimilars strategies to manage rising costs of prescription and specialty drugs.

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An Act to Follow: Michigan’s Surprise Billing Law

In regards to surprise billing, Congress needs to use the Michigan rules as a model.

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17 Hospitals Throughout Michigan Honored for Maternity Care

New Study Demonstrates Racial Disparity Gap within State’s Infant Mortality Rate

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CMS Penalizes 24 Michigan Hospitals

CMS Penalizes 24 Michigan Hospitals 58 percent of penalized hospitals located in Southeastern Michigan NOVI, MICHIGAN, March 6, 2019 – The Economic Alliance for Michigan (EAM), a nonprofit group comprised of Michigan’s largest employers and unions, is concerned about the…

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Hospitals in Michigan Struggle in Preventing Infections

Hospitals in Michigan Struggle in Preventing Infections Troubling New Report on Hospital Infections Comes While the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Considers Discontinuing Publicly Reporting Rates Each day, one out of 25 hospital patients in the U.S. contracts a…

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New Report shows Michigan hospitals lacking disclosures for Labor & Delivery outcomes

Too Many High-Risk, Very-Low Birth-Weight Babies are Being Delivered at Hospitals Ill-Equipped to Care for Them Analysis by The Leapfrog Group and Castlight Health of 2016 Leapfrog Hospital Survey Results The Leapfrog Group, a Washington D.C.-based nonprofit representing employers and…

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27 Michigan hospitals penalized for hospital acquired conditions

60 percent located in the Detroit/Flint area The Economic Alliance for Michigan (EAM) is concerned about the increase in Michigan hospitals being penalized for hospital acquired conditions by the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). According to a report…

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Jackson honored with health policy fellowship

Three Michigan professionals honored with top patient safety fellowship The Leapfrog Group’s Bruce Bradley Fellowship awarded to seven candidates nationwide The Economic Alliance for Michigan (EAM) is excited to announce that three Michigan professionals are the recipients of the 2017…

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Five Michigan Hospitals Earn Leapfrog’s 2016 Top Hospital Award

December 6, 2016 – The Economic Alliance for Michigan (EAM) and The Leapfrog Group announced  five hospitals in Michigan have been named to its 2016 list of Top Hospitals, which honors the highest performing hospitals on the Leapfrog Hospital Survey….

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