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Article: Tenet Hospitals Earn 257 Cigna HealthCare Quality Designations.
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- Health & Beauty Close-Up
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- November 4, 2009
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Tenet Healthcare Corp. said that 42 of its hospitals received 257 quality designations through Cigna HealthCare.
In a release, the Company noted that these quality designations are based on outcomes for treatment of 29 surgical procedures and medical conditions. The patient outcomes data are based partially on a hospital's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Compare measures, Leapfrog Patient Safety Measures, mortality and complications rates. Tenet said that the designations indicate superior outcomes and nearly 65 percent of Cigna HealthCare's network hospitals receive a quality designation for treatment of at least one condition.
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