Leapfrog temporarily limits hospital grades to survey participants after court ruling

Becker’s Hospital Review – Monday, March 16, 2026
By Paige Twenter

After a federal judge ordered The Leapfrog Group to remove safety grades it assigned to five Florida hospitals, Leapfrog told Becker’s March 16 it has pulled several grades for U.S. hospitals that have not recently participated in its surveys.

The judge’s March 6 order required Leapfrog to withdraw only a few safety grades — those from fall 2024, spring 2025 and fall 2025 — for the five hospitals part of Palm Beach (Fla.) Health Network, a division of Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare. Leapfrog was also ordered to disclose to all entities that paid to license its fall 2024, spring 2025 and fall 2025 safety grades that the grades “were found to be deceptive and unfair.”

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