THE LEAPFROG GROUP

Nevada Health Care Coalition supports The Leapfrog Group. Leapfrog is composed of more than 150 public and private organizations that provide health care benefits, The Leapfrog Group works with medical experts throughout the U.S. to identify problems and propose solutions that it believes will improve hospital systems that could break down and harm patients. Representing more than 34 million health care consumers in all 50 states, Leapfrog provides important information and solutions for consumers and health care providers. Additional resources are available on the Internet at http://www.leapfroggroup.org/

DIABETES DAILY 2006-2008

Nevada Health Care Coalition partnered with Merck Pharmaceuticals and Catalyst Rx to provide detailed educational materials (in both English and Spanish) to participating employer diabetic patients and their physicians. This project successfully concluded in May 2008. Over a two-year span, this project increased the number of A1c and microalbumin tests recieved by participants by 56.1% as well as compliance with oral anti-diabetic medication.