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Additional References for "Hospital Rankings - 2016"
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1) Leapfrog Safety Score http://www.hospitalsafetyscore.org
Leapfrog Survey http://www.leapfroggroup.org/cp
Consumer Report Ratings: http://www.consumerreports.org/health/doctors-hospitals/doctors-and-hospitals.htm
Hospital Compare: https://www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare
CMS Hospital Acquired Condition Data: http://khn.org/news/medicare-penalizes-758-hospitals-for-safety-incidents/
U.S. News & World Report: http://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area/ky
Hospital Inspections: http://www.hospitalinspections.org/state/ky/
Nurse Magnet Recognition: http://www.nursecredentialing.org/findamagnethospital.aspx
Readmission Penalty. Half of Nation’s Hospitals Fail To Escape
Medicare’s Readmission Penalty. KHN.
http://khn.org/news/half-of-nations-hospitals-fail-again-to-escape-medicares-readmission-penalties/
Nearly 500 Hospitals Pay United States More Than $250 Million to Resolve
False Claims Act Allegations Related to Implantation of Cardiac Devices:
DOJ Settlement News Releases. Oct. 30, 2015.
http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/nearly-500-hospitals-pay-united-states-more-250-million-resolve-false-claims-act-allegations
Waldman P. Kentucky Hospital Settles Claims That Doctors Cracked Chests
for Unneeded Heart Surgeries. Bloomberg Business. Jan, 29, 2014.
http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2014-01-29/kentucky-hospital-settles-claims-that-doctors-cracked-chests-for-unneeded-heart-surgeries
Kavanagh KT. UK Wrong to downplay loss of nursing honor. Lexington
Herald Leader. Mar. 21, 2011.
http://www.kentucky.com/opinion/op-ed/article44085474.html