Rankings and Ratings

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

U.S. News & World Report released its 2017-18 Best Nursing Home rankings Tuesday.

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.

The Leapfrog Group released its fall 2017 Hospital Safety Grades Tuesday, assigning A through F letter grades to 2,632 acute care hospitals for patient safety performance.

CareChex, an information service of Quantros, released the 2018 Hospital Quality Rankings, ranking the top hospitals by state for several specialty procedures including joint replacements.

Healthgrades on Tuesday released its inaugural National Health Index, which provides consumers with an analysis of 25 cities leading the way in health and healthcare.

Eight of the 20 Medicare Advantage plans selected as five-star policies by U.S. News & World Report for 2018 were Kaiser Permanente brands.

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.

CMS released 2018 Star Ratings for Medicare Advantage and Part D plans, with approximately 73 percent of all Medicare Advantage enrollees with prescription drug coverage enrolled in a plan earning an overall rating of four stars or higher.

Colorado is the best state for elderly people to live in, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2017-18 list of the Best States for Aging.