Since late last year, Becker’s has covered eight instances in which CMS issued an immediate jeopardy warning to hospitals. To avert the loss of CMS funding, hospitals that receive such warnings must ...

Even with North Carolina’s strong reputation for hospital safety, some facilities didn’t fare as well in the fall 2025 Hospital Safety Grades. The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog, reviewed 93 ...

North Carolina is now among the nation’s safest states for hospital care, according to a national watchdog. The Leapfrog Group released its fall 2025 Hospital Safety Grades on Wednesday, Nov. 12, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Cleveland Clinic had the most hospitals earning A grades for patient safety among Greater Cleveland hospital systems in the recently released Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades. But ...

After a federal judge ordered The Leapfrog Group to remove safety grades it assigned to five Florida hospitals, Leapfrog told Becker’s March 16 it has pulled several grades for U.S. hospitals that ...

Nonprofit watchdog organization The Leapfrog Group must remove the safety grades it assigned to five Tenet Healthcare hospitals after a federal judge ruled the grades were deceptive and unfair. Judge ...

Editor’s note: This story was updated to include comment from Tenet Healthcare. A federal judge in Florida has sided with five hospitals that challenged the biannual grading system of the health ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Seven area hospitals — including four Cleveland Clinic and three University Hospitals medical centers – earned A grades in the Leapfrog Group’s fall 2025 Hospital Safety Grade. The ...

The latest iteration of The Leapfrog Group’s Hospital Safety Grades has released, this time with additional kudos to repeat high performers and the threat of a lawsuit from disgruntled Tenet ...

Leapfrog’s Fall 2025 grades rank North Carolina fifth‑safest. Four Charlotte hospitals earned Straight A status, and several others earned A or B. Leapfrog bases grades on ~30 safety measures and ...