Denver Public Health

Health Grades is a leading health care ratings organization. The company provides ratings and profiles of hospitals, nursing homes and physicians throughout the United States. Its customers include consumers, corporations, health plans and hospitals. Millions of consumers and hundreds of employers, health plans and hospitals rely on Health Grades' independent ratings to make healthcare decisions. The company has ratings on 5,000 hospitals and 16,000 nursing homes, as well as in-depth profiles of 650,000 physicians. Health Grades helps hospitals understand and improve care through a suite of products and physician-led clinical-advisory services. It works with more than 240 hospitals nationwide and produces public studies of hospital quality. More than 125 of the United States largest employers, including 75 of the Fortune 500, and many of the largest health plans, provide employees and members with Health Grades' ratings to compare hospitals, physicians and nursing homes. Founded in 1999, the firm is headquartered in Golden, Colo.