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Rankings and Ratings

The Leapfrog Group released its fall 2017 Hospital Safety Grades Tuesday. Among the 2,632 hospitals graded, 15 received failing grades.

The Leapfrog Group has assigned letter grades to hospitals based on their patient safety performance twice annually since spring 2012. Fifty-nine of those hospitals have earned an A in every update, including the fall 2017 update released Tuesday.

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Most 2017 Track 1 ACOs are likely to score above the exceptional performance threshold under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, according to recent analysis.

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