WORKING TOGETHER TO HELP
HOSPITALS SAVE $4 BILLION


ENROLLMENT FORM


PARTICIPANT REQUIREMENTS AND GUIDELINES

  1. Your organization will specify a target goal for reducing the cost of care over the next three years.
  2. Your organization agrees to self-report high-level summary of results against your goal to Thomson Reuters on an annual basis for use in sharing overall program progress through 2012.

Notes:

  • Data submission is not required. Annual reporting consists only of your progress towards your target goal. We will use public cost reporting data to compare actual, expected and target expense per adjusted discharge to validate program savings calculations.
  • Program saving goals will only be communicated in the aggregate. The saving goals of individual organizations will not be shared or communicated.
  • There is no charge to join the program.

PARTICIPANT BENEFITS

Hospitals enrolled in the Save $4 Billion campaign will receive a complementary copy and review of the 100 Top Hospitals® Performance Matrix for their organization in 2010 and 2011.

Enrolled organizations will also have access to the free resources made available through the campaign, including research briefs, best practices, and case studies; access to a participants promotional kit and online store; inclusion of hospital as participant on the program Web site; and opportunity for additional program marketing activities as available.

To enroll, please complete and submit the following materials:

  1. Program commitment and contact information. Complete pages 2 and 3 of the registration form and send it via e-mail to your Thomson Reuters account manager or information@save4billion.com.
  2. Sign the Save 4 Billion Hospital name and logo Release form on page 4, and submit a copy via fax to (847) 332-1768, or submit a scanned copy via email to the contacts listed above.

After your enrollment is processed, an email will be sent to the contact completing the application, with confirmation and a password to the participant's microsite at www.save4billion.com.

If you have any questions, call 877-Sav-4BIL or contact your Thomson Reuters Account Manager.