The Leapfrog Group is expanding its ambulatory surgery center (ASC) public reporting program. That move, according to Leapfrog, will bring patient safety and quality data on nearly 4,000 ASCs into public view beginning in late July. The nonprofit watchdog, which has long focused on transparency in hospital safety and quality, claims the redesigned initiative will combine federal quality data, accreditation-based measures and results from a revised ASC survey in an effort to give patients, … [Read more...]