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WASHINGTON, April 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, today released the spring 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades, which assign an A, B, C, D, or F letter grade to more than 2,700 general acute-care hospitals in the U.S. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is the only rating solely focused on a hospital s ability to protect patients from preventable errors, accidents, injuries, and infections.
Notably, 27 hospitals across the U.S. have achieved 19 consecutive A grades, which represents an A in every biannual grading cycle since the launch of the Safety Grade in spring 2012.
The Leapfrog Group Announces Changes for 2021 Leapfrog Surveys of Hospitals and Surgery Centers
New Questions on Ethical Billing Practices and Health Inequity, along with COVID-19-Related Rule Changes
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WASHINGTON, March 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, published changes to the 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Survey and Leapfrog Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Survey.
Leapfrog has added two new sets of questions in 2021 to assess whether hospitals and surgery centers practice ethical billing and track and address disparities in care that affect patient care. Leapfrog s employer constituency and multiple other stakeholders, along with compelling research, highlights the importance of ethical billing practices and attention to health inequity as important to patient outcomes.