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Health Grades Incorporated, founded in 1999 and based in Golden, Colorado, is a health care ratings organization. The firm provides millions of general consumers and hundreds of employers across the United States with evaluations of hospitals, nursing homes, and physicians. The HealthGrades.com website, targeted to general consumers, publishes quality assessment and cost reports on 5,000 hospitals, 16,000 nursing homes, and 650,000 physicians. Hospital rating information is offered to consumers at no charge. Approximately 5 million people visit the online resource per month. Health Grades assists over 400 hospitals in improving their quality of care. The company's HealthGrades Health Management Suite provides employers and health plan organizations with decision support tools. The firm's Internet Patient Acquisition Program, offered through the HealthGrades.com website, allows physicians to provide consumers with health care information. The firm works with 40 liability insurance companies. Health Grades is listed on NASDAQ under the HGRD symbol.
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