On April 1, Leapfrog will launch a major redesign of the Leapfrog ASC Survey, now known as the ASC Public Reporting Program, to vastly increase safety and quality ratings available to the public. By July we will report on thousands of ASCs. There are three elements of the new public reporting. First, we will report and score thirteen (13) performance measures from CMS. Second, we will report achievement on five (5) additional measures for ASCs that provide us with their accreditation certificate from either of two accrediting bodies. Finally, we will report on the results of a revised and shortened ASC Survey 2.0.
Visitors to our public reporting website will be able to see and compare ASCs’ progress towards achieving these robust, evidence-based patient safety and quality standards; identify ASCs that have earned Leapfrog’s prestigious Top ASC Award; and quickly identify those ASCs that have demonstrated full transparency through voluntary reporting.
Leapfrog’s ASC Public Reporting Program is the result of a year of intense engagement with our Ambulatory Surgery Center Advisory Committee, outreach to ASC networks and health systems, meetings with leading accrediting organizations including the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) and Joint Commission (JC), and close consultation with Leapfrog’s community of authoritative experts in performance improvement, including our national expert panels, the research team at Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality and, above all, our constituency of purchasers, employers, and consumer advocates.
New Public Reporting Program has 3 Components to Meet ASCs Where They Are On Their Path to Full Transparency
Key Components of Leapfrog’s New ASC Public Reporting Program:
- Make CMS ASCQR Data More Accessible to Consumers and Purchasers - Score and Publicly Report 13 Measures from the CMS ASCQR Program on Leapfrog’s Public Reporting Website for All ASCs Regardless of Participation in the Leapfrog ASC Survey 2.0
- Highlight National Accreditation Standards and Replace Some Reporting Requirements - Score and Publicly Report 5 Measures Aligned with AAAHC and JC Accreditation Standards on Leapfrog’s Public Reporting Website for All ASCs that Submit Accreditation Certificate Regardless of Participation in the Leapfrog ASC Survey 2.0
- Maintain Measures of Utmost Importance to Consumers and Purchasers – Score and Publicly Report 8 Additional Measures for ASCs that Voluntarily Submit the Leapfrog ASC Survey 2.0
Taken together, these changes will vastly enhance public access to meaningful, independent ratings of ASCs, while giving ASCs the visibility they deserve to consumers making important decisions about where to have their procedure performed. Additionally, as participation in ASC Survey 2.0 grows, ASCs themselves will benefit from more robust benchmarking, facilitating new opportunities for quality improvement that results in safe, high quality patient outcomes.
Click here to view the Final Details of Leapfrog's ASC Survey Public Reporting Program
The 2026 ASC Public Reporting Program and ASC Survey 2.0 will open on April 1.
ASCs and other stakeholders are invited to register for one of our free Town Hall Calls to review these changes here.
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