Overview
HealthGrades is the leading health care ratings company, providing ratings and profiles of hospitals, nursing homes and
physicians to consumers, corporations, health plans and hospitals. HealthGrades' independent ratings and complete suite
of health-management tools are relied upon by three million consumers each month as well as more than 125 of the
nation's largest employers and health plans and more than 250 hospitals.
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 3 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 250 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 using
HealthGrades' Quality Ratings Suite create healthier employees and members, and reign in their healthcare costs.
Physicians HealthGrades allows physicians to educate patients about their specialties through HealthGrades' Patient-to-
Provider Gateway on HealthGrades.com and in HealthGrades Quality Ratings Suite.
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.
General
Partnerships:
3M, J.D. Power and Associates, Bridges to Excellence
Ticker:
Nasdaq:
HGRD
Headquarters:
500 Golden Ridge Road, Suite 100, Golden, CO 80401
Founded:
August, 1999
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
Sarah P. Loughran
Allen Dodge
Executive Vice President
Executive Vice President, Finance, and Chief Financial Officer
Tod Baker
Kirk Schreck
Senior Vice President, Patient-Provider Gateway
Senior Vice President, Provider Sales
Steve Wood, Ph.D.
Michael D. Phillips
Executive Vice President
Senior Vice President, Patient-Provider Gateway Sales
Nancy Brock,
Senior Vice President, Strategic Health Solutions
Contacts
Corporate
Contacts:
Media Contact
:
Allen Dodge
Kerry Hicks
Scott Shapiro
CFO/Senior Vice President, Finance
President/CEO
VP, Corporate Communications
(303) 716-0041
(303) 716-0041 (720)
963-6584
adodge@healthgrades.com khicks@healthgrades.com sshapiro@healthgrades.com
Corporate Fact Sheet
