Overview
Health Grades Inc. (NASDAQ:HGRD) is the leading healthcare ratings company, providing ratings and profiles of
hospitals, nursing homes and physicians to consumers, corporations, health plans and hospitals. Millions of
consumers and hundreds of the nation's largest employers, health plans and hospitals rely on HealthGrades'
independent ratings and consumer decision-support tools to make healthcare decisions based on the quality of care.
Product & Services
Consumers Visitors to healthgrades.com find quality ratings of the nation's 5,000 hospitals and 16,000 nursing
homes as well as in-depth profiles of the nation's 650,000 physicians. As a leader in the consumer revolution in
healthcare, HealthGrades receives more than 2.5 million unique visitors to its consumer Web site each month.
Hospitals HealthGrades helps hospitals understand, improve and market the quality of care they deliver through a
suite of products and physician-led clinical-advisory services. HealthGrades currently works with more than 240
hospitals nationwide and produces well-respected public studies of hospital quality in areas that include clinical
excellence, patient safety and women's health.
Employers and Health Plans More than 125 of the nation's largest employers including 75 of the Fortune 500
and many of the nation's largest health plans, provide their employees and members with HealthGrades' decision-
support tools that compare the quality and costs of hospitals, physicians, and nursing homes, and provide state-of-
the-art interactive health tools for consumers. By avoiding high-cost, low-performing healthcare providers, employers
and health plans create healthier employees and members, and reign in their healthcare costs.
Liability Insurers HealthGrades helps more than 40 liability insurance companies, including the top three nursing
home and hospital insurers, assess providers' quality and risk potential.
Physicians HealthGrades allows physicians to educate patients about their specialties through HealthGrades'
Patient-to-Provider Gateway on HealthGrades.com.
General
Partnerships:
Hewitt, 3M, JD Power and Associates
Employees:
100
Headquarters:
500 Golden Ridge Road, Suite 100
Founded:
August
1999
Golden, CO 80401
Management Team
HealthGrades has a highly qualified management team with extensive knowledge and understanding of the
healthcare industry. The management team has worked in the healthcare industry for more than 15 years on
average.
Kerry R. Hicks
David G. Hicks
President and Chief Executive Officer Executive
Vice
President
Management Information Systems
Sarah P. Loughran
Allen Dodge
Executive Vice President, Provider Services
CFO/Senior Vice President, Finance
Tod Baker
Mike Phillips
Senior Vice President, Provider Services
Senior Vice President, Provider Sales
Nancy Brock
Senior Vice President, Employer and Health Plan Services
Contacts
Corporate
Contacts:
Media Contact
:
Allen Dodge
Kerry Hicks
Scott Shapiro
CFO/Senior Vice President, Finance
President/CEO Vice
President
Health Grades Inc.
Health Grades Inc.
Corporate Communications/Marketing
(303) 716-0041
(303) 716-0041 (720)
963-6584
adodge@healthgrades.com khicks@healthgrades.com sshapiro@healthgrades.com
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