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Leapfrog's never events policy has higher participation in 2008

October 28, 2008 — 10:04am ET | By Anne Zieger
As healthcare industry attention shifts to medical errors--particularly "never events" that increasingly aren't reimbursable by health insurers--healthcare organizations are adopting new, more... Read more...

Leapfrog names top hospital safety performers

September 25, 2008 — 1:26pm ET | By Anne Zieger
Leapfrog Group has named 33 hospitals to this year's list of its top safety performers, a number that has shrunk from prior years as the ratings organization has gotten tougher. This year, 26... Read more...

Using claims data for doctor ratings poses big problems

May 23, 2008 — 6:59am ET
In theory, physician ratings and rankings aren't as scary as they used to be a few years ago. With activists like New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo helping to spark systematic changes in such... Read more...

Study challenges volume-based quality goals

April 22, 2008 — 6:59am ET
To date, industry leaders like the Leapfrog Group have assumed that hospitals performing higher volumes of coronary artery bypass grafting were likely to offer better quality care for these... Read more...

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