Several Columbus area hospitals get lower marks in latest safety grade report. Here’s why
It costs more than $2,000 a day to stay in a hospital in Georgia. Shouldn’t every facility get an A when it comes to patient rights and ethics? Several Columbus area hospitals received lower marks in a recent safety grade report by the Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit watchdog organization that monitors the healthcare industry. The report stated that some hospitals were not performing well in meeting customer needs, particularly in meeting the needs of customers. The average cost of a hospital stay in Georgia is over $2,000 per day, which is a significant sum for a hospital that doesn't measure up. The Leapfrog group uses 30 national performance markers to determine the grades for area healthcare facilities. Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital declined to report to the group, which arrived at the grade using publicly available data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and other publicly available datasets.
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The average cost of a hospital stay in Georgia is over $2,000 per day, and this is a huge amount of money to pay a hospital that doesn’t measure up.
Some of the Columbus area hospitals didn’t get great marks when it comes to meeting customer needs, according to the Leapfrog Group.
The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit watchdog organization that monitors the healthcare industry, “serves as a voice for health care consumers and purchasers, using their collective influence to foster positive change in U.S. health care.”
Leapfrog consults an expert panel and uses 30 national performance markers to come up with the grades for area healthcare facilities.
Here’s how Columbus’ hospitals did for Spring 2024:
Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital declined to report to the Leapfrog Group. They arrive at the grade by using publicly available data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and other publicly available datasets to fill in the gaps when hospitals do not voluntarily submit information. Their scores from previous years are as follows:
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