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Jan 26, 2023, 14:00 ET In New Survey, Employers Cite Quality of Care As Top Priority When Ranking Health Plans

Today, The Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety, released...

Dec 06, 2022, 06:00 ET Leapfrog Recognizes 2022 Top Hospital and Top ASC Recipients

Today, The Leapfrog Group announced the 2022 recipients of its annual Top Hospital Award and Top Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Award, a national...

Nov 16, 2022, 06:00 ET Leapfrog Group Releases New Hospital Safety Grades, Marking 10th Anniversary

Today, The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit watchdog organization that advances patient safety in hospitals, released the fall 2022 Leapfrog...

Jul 28, 2022, 06:00 ET Preventing Patient Harm and Death from Diagnostic Errors: New Leapfrog Report Identifies 29 Recommended Practices that Hospitals Should Implement Now

The Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety, today released the ...

May 26, 2022, 06:00 ET Parents of Hospitalized Children May Not Feel Equipped to Report Mistakes, According To Latest Leapfrog Group Patient Experience Report

The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, today released its...

May 10, 2022, 06:00 ET New Hospital Safety Grades From The Leapfrog Group Highlight Pandemic-Era Declines in Patient Experience

The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety, today released the spring 2022...

Apr 07, 2022, 06:00 ET Leapfrog Group Series 'Patient Experience During the Pandemic' Indicates More Favorable Experiences for Outpatient Surgery at ASCs Than Hospital Outpatient Departments

The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, today released its...

Mar 31, 2022, 06:00 ET The Leapfrog Group Announces First-Ever National Ambulatory Surgery Center Advisory Committee

The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, today announced the ...

Mar 15, 2022, 11:53 ET Leapfrog Greenlight Gala Honors Patient Safety Leaders with Emerald Awards and Launches the Judie Burrows Education Institute

The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, will launch the...

Dec 07, 2021, 17:24 ET Leapfrog Names First Ever Top State of the Decade for Patient Safety

The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, today honored the...

Dec 07, 2021, 06:00 ET Leapfrog Announces 2021 Top Hospitals in the United States

The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, today announced the ...

Nov 30, 2021, 06:00 ET First Ever National Awards Recognizing Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs) for Excellence in Patient Care

The Leapfrog Group, the nation's leading independent national watchdog organization comprised of employers and other purchasers, today announced the...

Nov 10, 2021, 06:00 ET Record Number of Hospitals Receive an 'A,' 'B,' 'C,' 'D,' or 'F' on the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade

The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety, today released the fall 2021...

Sep 21, 2021, 06:00 ET The Leapfrog Group Names Three Industry Leaders to Board of Directors

The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, today announced the ...

Jul 08, 2021, 06:00 ET New report by The Leapfrog Group indicates patient-reported signs of safety problems, particularly for pediatrics

The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, today released its...

May 20, 2021, 06:00 ET The Leapfrog Group Calls for Nominations to Its New Ambulatory Surgery Center Advisory Committee

The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, today announced a...

May 11, 2021, 06:00 ET National Employer Groups to Hospitals and ASCs: Participate in the 2021 Leapfrog Surveys

Today, every hospital and ASC across the country received a letter signed by four influential national employer groups—the Health Transformation...

Apr 29, 2021, 06:00 ET The Leapfrog Group releases latest Hospital Safety Grades of U.S. hospitals, with straight 'A' hospitals sharing insights on how they were prepared for COVID-19

The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, today released the...

Apr 08, 2021, 06:00 ET Report From The Leapfrog Group Finds Rate of C-Sections Remains Too High, But Dramatic Progress on Other Maternity Care Indicators

The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, today released its...

Mar 10, 2021, 12:50 ET The Leapfrog Group Announces Changes for 2021 Leapfrog Surveys of Hospitals and Surgery Centers

The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, published changes...

Jan 28, 2021, 06:34 ET Patient Safety Watchdog The Leapfrog Group Funded for National Initiative on Preventing Harm from Diagnostic Error

The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on patient safety and quality, today announced...

Dec 14, 2020, 06:00 ET Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades Highlight Safety Fundamentals Needed to Cope with the Pandemic

The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, today released the...

Dec 08, 2020, 06:00 ET The Leapfrog Group Announces 2020 Top Hospitals and Pandemic Heroes of the Year Awards

The Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, today...

Oct 21, 2020, 12:57 ET The Leapfrog Group Joins with The Health Transformation Alliance to Advance Transparency, Payment Reform, and Higher Value Health Care

Two of the Nation's most influential employer-based organizations have announced they are joining forces to push for major change in the quality and...

Jul 22, 2020, 06:00 ET Employers Rank Cigna Highest, UnitedHealthcare Lowest for Driving Health Care Quality in A New Survey of Employee Benefits Executives

The Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization representing employers, today released findings on employer perspectives regarding...