The leading healthcare ratings organization, HealthGrades is providing ratings and profiles of nursing homes and physicians to corporations, hospitals, consumers, health plans and hospitals. To make healthcare decisions based on the quality of care, Millions of consumers and hundreds of the nation's largest employers, health plans and hospitals rely on HealthGrades' independent ratings, consulting and products. HealthGrades was founded in 1999 and the firm is headquartered in Golden, Colorado, and has over 200 employees.

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Healthcare ratings, information and consumer decision-support resources of HealthGrades' serve the groups such as customers, hospitals, employers/health plans, liability insurers, physicians, HealthGrades in the news, and giving back to the community.

Customers:

HealthGrades.com visitors can find quality ratings and cost information for the nation's 5,000 hospitals and 16,000 nursing homes as well as in-depth profiles of the nation's 650,000 physicians. HealthGrades receives more than five million unique visitors to its consumer Web site each month, as a leader in the consumer revolution in healthcare.

Hospitals:

Hospitals get help from HealthGrades to understand, improve and communicate the quality of care by which they deliver through a suite of products and physician-led clinical-advisory services. With more than 400 hospitals nationwide, HealthGrades currently works and produces well-respected public studies of hospital quality in areas that include clinical excellence, patient safety and women's health.

Employers/Health Plans

Employees and plan members are offered by their employers and many of the nation's largest health plans to access HealthGrades Health Management Suite, a complete set of decision-support tools that include provider ratings, health optimization modules and healthcare finance tools.

Liability Insurers

HealthGrades helps more than 40 liability insurance companies, containing the top three nursing home and hospital insurers, assess providers' quality and risk potential.

Physicians

Physicians are allowed by HealthGrades to educate patients about their specialties through HealthGrades' consumer Website and the HealthGrades Connecting Point™ Program.

HealthGrades in the News

Read about HealthGrades in HealthGrades in the News.

Giving Back to the Community

For charitable and fund-raising events, HealthGrades and its employees enjoy sponsoring and volunteering. Its participation not only brings the HealthGrades team closer together, but also allows it to support its community. Few ways that they have been able to contribute are:

• Donations to the Katrina Relief Fund
• Donations for the victims of the Asian tsunami
• "Miracle on 19th Street"
• Medical Supplies for Guatemala
• Rebuilding Together
• Race for the Cure – Breast Cancer
• MS 150 for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society

Find a Local Doctor at HealthGrades.com:

If you want to find a local doctor at HealthGrades.com, then visit HealthGrades.com. Click on “physicians” navigation, and get the page of find doctor. This trusted, independent resource helps you to find a physician. Enter your last name, select Specialty, state, city and click on “find a doctor” option.

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